Monthly Archives: May 2016

A walk through the Cotswold countryside passing through Horsley Mill Fish Farm.

We’ve been to Bruges about this time of year for three years now, mainly because we refuse to believe that the weather can’t always be worse there than it is at home. It was a draw, more or less, this … Continue reading →

The four sides of “Raw”, by Neville Gabie.

Laurie Lee made this part of Gloucestershire famous when he wrote Cider With Rosie about his childhood in the period between the wars. He died almost twenty years ago and in his lifetime the area moved considerably upmarket, being now full of … Continue reading →

The little village of Llanthony, in the Welsh Black Mountains, is home to the spectacular ruins of Llanthony Priory. The scenery is breathtaking and incorporates the Offa’s Dyke long-distance path. We walked down to a village called Cwmyoy, on one … Continue reading →