I am a retired NHS Personnel person. All I do nowadays is walk about.
I used to have my pet dog Bruno with me (in the front page pic). he was Superdawg but he died. Now I have Lucky the pup. He's a bit like Bruno, only smaller and more suspicious.
Coffee by the sea at Cleethorpes.
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Seaside towns are full of brightly coloured shop fronts to entice the
holiday makers to come inside. On Christmas Day none of them were open.
Amusement arc...
Christmas in Timperley
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Xmas Eve ritual: baked potatoes with Coronation
chicken/cheese/beans/coleslaw/salad/tuna and sweetcorn, etc, followed by
Monte Cristo souffle, sticky t...
happy day
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Wishing you and yours a very happy 25th of December,
in whatever context you choose.
I hope it is full of peace and light and hay.
"December 25th" V...
Yellow Brain Fungus
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Yellow Brain Fungus or Witches Butter; loves growing on gorse especially.
Ranges in colour from yellow to bright orange.
Edible, and I find pretty tasty...
A Given Stretch of Country
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A post to round-up my local wanders in the remaining fortnight or so of my
summer break. Little S and a school friend managed to secure a couple of
travel ...
Merry Christmastide Everyone!
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It’s a few months since I’ve posted due to the ups and downs of my health.
So, here is my 2024 in pictures instead of a written piece. Isle of Coll:
May A ...
My camps of 2024
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Not many camps this year, but some interesting ones. First camp of the year
was in March on the Corfu trail, an interesting bivvy first of all on a
picnic ...
The Green's Christmas Walk
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The Green's Christmas walk. December 15th.
The Greens are a friendly group of walkers that some of us gadgies have
attached ourselves to. Walks every ot...
Ellenroad Steam House Museum.
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*Sunday 1st December 2024.*
The world's largest "working" steam mill engine is 10 minutes in the car
from my house and I cannot believe I've never been ...
Beyond the Road:
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*Recollections From a European Cycle Tour.*
*Part One: *
A week ago, I boarded the overnight ferry from Saint-Malo to Portsmouth.
This marked the...
Overnight in Glen Banchor
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Scotland is such a good place for wild camping, the autumn colours are so
lovely just now, and I was owed a night in a tent after last weekend’s
adventur...
11 - 17 September 2024 - Braemar
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The 70 mile drive took longer than usual, mainly because of heavy traffic
in Perth, but it was a pleasant journey all the same with me in the
motorcaravan ...
Lyme Park to Buxton, 18th July 2024
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A text message from my mate Vinny suggested we might go for a bit of a
walk, he quite fancied Lyme Park to Buxton. It promised to be a nice day,
so w...
Cateran Trail..what a gem
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Day 1 Blairgowrie to Kirkmichael 24.5 km 523m ascent Day started dry but
with light rain coming in & staying for most of the day, so donned the
waterproofs...
2019 in Review
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April 2019 saw us celebrating our Silver Wedding Anniversary, so we hired
a campervan to have an adventure in Scotland. We spent a lovely few days on
a wh...
Happy New Year 2019 / 20
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Well hello from my local village green in between Christmas and New Year.
I'm still active on here although only just and wondering how many other
peopl...
Borrowdale
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A few photos from a couple of days camping in Borrowdale. Many thanks to
Mike for all his help.
Over the last few months my Parkinson's condition has worsen...
Kungsleden, part 1. Hemavan to Kvikkjokk.
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It's late in the day and overcast as we disembark from our flight to the
tiny town of Hemavan.
We unwrap our rucsacs and pack the flight bags and a coup...
msr night glow zipper pulls
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A simple and effective tent upgrade that adds less than 3g* to the shelter.
They are easily installed by looping through the zip and back through the
loo...
The Sappers’ Bothy
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I’ve noticed folk referring to ascents of Ben McDui remarking on passing
the ‘ruined hut’ – or the Sappers’ Bothy if they know the name – as a sign
that th...
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