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 […]
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A devil of a walk
17 June 2016 at 3:35 pm 3 comments
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 […]
A Mere interlude – Day 4
8 October 2011 at 1:14 pm 5 comments
Monday, 3rd October 2011 Today we leave Mere to make our way home but we are going back via Avebury. We have been to Avebury before and there are pictures on the main web site but we are going again so you'll just have to put up with it. :devil: On our last visit we […]
Walking in circles
5 February 2010 at 10:14 am No comments
Stonehenge is perhaps the most famous stone circle in the world and there are other significant stone circles in this country such as Avebury, Arbor Low and the Rollright Stones but there are many others scattered around the countryside that are just as old but relatively rather insignificant. When we were last in North Wales […]
Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Homeward Bound.
28 August 2009 at 11:02 am 2 comments
Day 4 – Wednesday 19th August 2009 Having stayed in Andover for three nights we thought that we should at least have a look round before we left. It’s not a place that would interest the average tourist but it does have some attractive corners and old buildings. There is the Town Mills pub, for […]
Wells – Days 5 & 6 (Thursday & Friday)
16 August 2008 at 1:39 pm 3 comments
The weather on Thursday was supposed to include some sunny intervals and when we awoke it was to blue sky and sun. After breakfast we went for a short walk around the city but within an hour the cloud cover had increased to the point that sunshine was in short supply again. We then elected […]
