In the week starting Monday 18th July we were going to have the builders in only on Monday and Friday and as the weather forecast for Tuesday was sunny all day we did the obvious – a day trip out. We thought that Hereford would be a good place to go because it's only an […]
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- Chains, Chapters and a Challenge
- There will now be a short intermission
- A devil of a walk
- ‘Hello Dolley’ then ‘Up, Up and Away’
- How not to plan a trip
- Squaring the circle
- The quietest place under the sun
- An Offa we couldn’t refuse
- First find
- New place, First walk
- Here be dragons
- Happy Christmas
- Is there Much Wenlock?
- mTicket to Ride
- Dial-a-ferry
- Following the stones
- Tunnels, tribulations and lots of time.
- A rather fowl walk
- Today’s the day!
- Happy Christmas to everyone
- Here it comes again!
- Return from Rotherhithe
- A tall story
- Strand-ed
- Today I was at Liberty to do as I liked.
- We have a Tate à Tate and Barry goes to heaven.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Wednesday.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Tuesday.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Monday.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Sunday.
- A Rampart surprise
- More of the same but more of the difference.
- Time for a Change, some Oxo and a secret!
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugley
- Cold Turkey
- It’s Friday – so it must be Paddington to St. Pancras
- Today I met a Saxon earl.
- Off the Wall and Mind the Gap
- Ancients in an ancient town
- They don’t come any shorter
- Happy Christmas
- A journey in reverse.
- From plain glass to stained glass.
- An elephant’s tentacles and some pickled moles.
- Eastbourne PS (I forgot)
- Cow Gap
- A Musical Soiree
- The view from Platform 1
- Time and Tide
- An adventure – should I?
- Lynn – Day 4
- Lynn – Day 3
- Lynn – Day 2
- Lynn – Day 1
- Lynn – Prologue
- Bright, Brighter, Brighton – Day Two
- Bright, Brighter, Brighton – Day One
- A high speed trip.
- Our trip is at an end.
- Better late than never.
- Medieval, Monumental and Modern
- I’m just a little flower
- What’s the rush?
- Trains, Cranes and Cobbles
- Spring is sprung, the grass is ris
- Snow and Software
- Don’t mention the weather!
- Plan A or Plan B?
- We are Siamese if you don’t please.
- The New Year starts with a bang!
- Happy Christmas to you all
- Cosy
- It’s a jungle out there!
- Everyone should have one!
- We are siamese if you plea-ease
- Second time lucky.
- Under an Essex sky
- And now for something slightly different.
- And now for something completely the same.
- Paws for thought
- 1,2,3,4,5 – Right, that’s enough!
- This really was Nasty.
- The Republic of Texas
- Rock and Water – Day 6
- Rock and Water – Day 5
- Rock and Water – Day 4
- Rock and Water – Day 3
- Rock and Water – Day 2
- Rock and Water – Day 1
- Rock and Water
- The best laid plans of mice and men . . . .
- T-pot
- Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Thursday
- Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Wednesday
- Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Tuesday
- A narrow perspective
- A very wet drought
- The Prospect of Whitby, Captain Kidd and the Town of Ramsgate
- The trip that nearly wasn’t.
- A March march
- Angle Shades
- My New Torch
- On top of the world
- Stairs, reflections and sunlight.
- A few statistics.
- Happy Christmas
- So, was it muddy?
- We talk about it all the time.
- Living with an old fossil
- A Mere interlude – Day 4
- A Mere diversion – Day 3
- A Mere peregrination – Day 2
- A Mere jaunt – Day 1
- A later date.
- Nothing!
- A tale of two mugs
- Yesterday we walked four feet
- Tudor Turrets and Topiary
- Cucumber Alley
- A pile of words
- Kew 2 – The route march!
- Somewhere …..
- 75%
- Two big buildings and a steep hill
- Round the world in a day.
- To Babylon and back.
- Today we had visitors; about 25,000 of them!
- England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Wednesday.
- England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Tuesday.
- England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Monday
- He said “Let there be Blue”
- Down among the tulips something stirred.
- Gloom, Gloom, Gloom – It’s official.
- Just to show that people don’t always avoid us.
- A Non Event
- 2.92 miles
- Happy Christmas
- Winter Solstice 2010
- Nature’s Colour Palette
- Pas de Deux
- The same but different!
- Picture this!
- You won’t see me photographing this in summer
- Dove of Piece
- I’m going to have to use the ‘F’ word!
- For Sale: Pair of Olde English Legs – only one careful owner.
- Hungry? Time for a Sandwich.
- British Weather – What happened to Summer?
- Here today, not gone tomorrow
- Technology – Part Two
- Technology – Part One
- A monumental trip.
- Anyone want a bit of a buzz?
- Living on the edge.
- This is getting toadally absurd.
- An imposter, tea for two but it’s all Greek to me.
- A round, another round and around.
- The Birds and the Bees
- Unlucky for some?
- Ouch!
- Compost and Concrete
- Taking the bull by the horns.
- Missed it again!
- A power station that isn’t and a wobble that isn’t.
- A Capital Trip – Tower Hill
- A Capital Trip – Greenwich
- A Capital Trip – Docklands
- Toad of Toad Hall
- Red, White and Blue
- 2010 – Preparations start.
- First ya see it then ya don’t
- Walking in circles
- Gobbledygook!
- Zoom and Bloom
- We’re not the only ones.
- Beaky’s back.
- Have you noticed?
- ‘Beaky’ and friend.
- It’s that day again.
- Two days later!
- Grey, cold and dismal
- Was it or wasn’t it?
- Up the tube without a camera.
- Bird’s Nests
- The Art of Wool Making
- Oh dear – winter again.
- Down South – Day 4 – Sunday 27th Sept.
- Down South – Day 3 – Saturday 26th Sept.
- Down South – Day 2 – Friday 25th Sept.
- Down South – Day 1 – Thursday 24th Sept.
- Latest trip.
- You’ve heard of ‘Gold Finger’ – What about ‘Goldhanger’?
- The Winton Train
- Bank Holiday
- Springs and Things.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Homeward Bound.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Two rings and a spire.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: A holy house and a giant stairway.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: A non-view, a smithy that isn’t and horses for courses.
- An English Summer with a vengence
- Road Names
- Yes and No
- Will we be lucky?
- Blooming Marvellous!
- A step too far.
- It’s ‘B’ time again!
- Snaking through Epping Forest
- Six tired legs.
- Chaos reigns
- The Chilterns: A woodland interlude – Day 3
- The Chilterns: Follies Galore – Day 2
- The Chilterns: A beacon in an ancient landscape – Day 1
- Two years ago.
- March in, Spring up, Step out.
- ‘Birdie’ again
- Stumped!
- Happy Christmas
- Amanda’s Foot – Part 3
- A peek at a porch with panache.
- A Door into History
- Thereby hangs a tail!
- Amanda’s Foot – Part 2
- A Geriatric Computer
- Amanda is for the chop!
- A book cover village
- Messing about
- Cervine and Feline
- It’s that funny rain again.
- Ghost bird
- A grey day
- Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.
- Dark, wet and underground – what could be nicer?
- Wells – Days 5 & 6 (Thursday & Friday)
- Wells – Day 4 (Wednesday)
- Wells – Day 3 (Tuesday)
- Wells – Days 1 & 2 (Sunday & Monday)
- Singing in the rain!
- Time and Space
- Mud and Lavender
- You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear!
- Can the world survive this?
- Big Sky – Small Fry
- Yellow Spikes and Purple Haze
- Towering over Tollesbury.
- Deer me!
- Stone, stone and more stone.
- We’re off again.
- Hip, Hip, Hoo Rye
- A Sussex Sojourn
- Heaven and Earth
- Trans-Atlantic Friends – Part 2
- Mystery Bird
- Cups, Locks and Ducks
- Houses through the ages.
- Wood, Water and Webbed feet.
- Ups and Downs – Day 3.
- Ups and Downs – Day 2.
- Ups and Downs – Day 1.
- Surfing the Web
- We have seen the light!
- Salami and Chips – Part 2
- Yorkshire and the Great North Road
- Salami and chips
- Summer for a day
- Mid-summer madness!
- Walking on cobbles
- Water, water and more water.
- The naked truth and a can of worms.
- Time and tide wait for no man
- The Peak District – Day 4
- The Peak District – Day 3
- The Peak District – Day 2
- Peak of perfection
- Trans-Atlantic friends
- A quick visit
- Lavenham again
- Lavenham here we come!
- Feelin’ Blue
- Angels, Windmills and Porridge
- Today we celebrate!
- Two churches and a wood.
- Another day, another wood.
- Dressed to impress
- Cottage and Castle
- Flowers and Houses
- Time is of the essence
- Spring has un-sprung!
- Distant Horizons
- Spring has sprung
- World domination
- New year plans
- Gloom with a view
- Let there be light
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- Autumn Jewels
- Autumn has arrived!
- Winter – here we come!
- Colours? What colours?
- Another visit to Copford Green Church
- A visit from the Admiral
- Extra mural activities.
- A promenade in the park.
- A Sunny September Interlude
- Going up in the world.
- Gallivanting is hard work!
- Talking point.
- Size does matter
- Back again
- Lessons learned
- Norwich – Thursday 15th June 2006
- Back home again
- Norwich – Wednesday
- Norwich – Tuesday
- We got there in the end!
- Something I didn’t know!
- Can it get any worse?
- A rather prickly subject
- “Edged-halved and bridled scarf” – pardon?
- The V.I.P. treatment!
- No rest for the wicked!
- A short visit to Maldon
- Head in the clouds
- Barking mad!
- It’s nice to know!
- Orchids galore!
- Our next trip
- It had to happen!
Browsing Posts in Trip Reports
Chains, Chapters and a Challenge
19 July 2016 at 9:32 pm No comments
A devil of a walk
17 June 2016 at 3:35 pm 3 comments
When Amanda was a child she used to read books by Malcolm Saville some of who's stories were situated around the Stiperstones in Shropshire and she had always wanted to vist them. The Stiperstones are on a ridge a little west of the Long Mynd near Church Stretton and is about a 45 minute drive […]
‘Hello Dolley’ then ‘Up, Up and Away’
26 May 2016 at 1:52 pm 1 comment
This is where it all started: It looks pretty inocuous doesn't it? The start of a path in a little place called Dolley Green. This is part of Offa's Dyke Path where it passes through Dolley Green on its way to Knighton. From here to Knighton is 5 miles which is what I'll be walking […]
Squaring the circle
5 May 2016 at 6:50 pm 1 comment
Another sunny day. Another dash for the car. Another zooming off to somewhere. This time it was Radnor Forest which is 10 miles (or 20 minutes) from home. The nearest village is New Radnor and it's called 'New' Radnor because it was new when it was built in Medieval times to replace Old Radnor. We […]
The quietest place under the sun
4 May 2016 at 1:08 pm No comments
Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun, Are the quietest places Under the sun. (A. E. Houseman) Of those four places, mentioned by A E Houseman in his poem, we visited Clun. On our outward journey we didn't actually stop in Clun but drove straight through to Clunton where we turned north past Radnor Wood and […]
An Offa we couldn’t refuse
21 April 2016 at 1:55 pm 1 comment
My brother Paul is staying with us for a few days so it's time for yet another walk especially as it's sunny. We were going to look for some of the sections of Offa's Dyke around here. Offa's Dyke is a bank and ditch built by Offa who was King of Mercia from 757 to […]
New place, First walk
17 April 2016 at 2:16 pm 1 comment
Today was a sunny day although the temperature this morning, early, was below freezing but we couldn't miss this chance to have our first walk since we moved in. We have, until now, done nothing but unpacking and settling in so this will make a change. It wasn't far to the start of the walk, […]
Is there Much Wenlock?
25 September 2015 at 10:21 am 3 comments
Is there Much Wenlock? There is actually Little Wenlock! Confused? I'll explain. Little Wenlock is a village, a little south of the town of Wellington in Shropshire, and Much Wenlock is a small market town also in Shropshire. The 'Much' part indicates that it is larger than Little Wenlock. We stayed in Much Wenlock for […]
mTicket to Ride
22 August 2015 at 8:40 pm 2 comments
No, it isn't a typographic error it's meant to be 'mticket'. I discovered something rather useful recently. It is that we can buy railway tickets on our railway line via a mobile phone and after paying for them they are then downloaded and stored on the mobile 'phone. These tickets can then be shown on […]
Dial-a-ferry
27 May 2015 at 9:07 pm 2 comments
Six weeks ago to the day we were going to do this very trip but I had a heart attack instead so it had to be cancelled. However no heart attack this time so we left home to do the short drive (10 miles) to East Mersea. You have probably not heard of East Mersea […]
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