Monthly Archives: April 2017

Lucy

It’s been nearly six years since our last dog, the globe-trotting Archie, died. We have adopted a Welsh Collie, Lucy, who is about seven and already doing her best to wear us out! We’re still trying to get used to … Continue reading

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The Saatchi Gallery

Good old Charles Saachi. It really is a fabulous gallery. And it’s free, which suits we poor pensioners (saves money for a decent bottle of wine with lunch!) Two pictures of Sally and me. Three views of the same work: … Continue reading

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The Design Museum

The Design Museum moved to its new home in Kensington last year. This bicycle was not part of the museum, but it could have been!

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Prior’s Wood

The Wildlife Trust volunteers are having a break from Walton Common and instead we’ll be clearing paths and repairing steps and bridges at Prior’s Wood, which is near the Tyntesfield estate, north of Wraxall. We had a stroll around the … Continue reading

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Tarka trail

The Tarka Trail is one of the country’s longest continuous traffic-free walking and cycling paths, and forms part of the Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route. We cycled part of it, around the River Taw estuary near Bideford.

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Gloucester

Our first visit to W&G’s dockside flat in Gloucester. Took this picture on the way back to the car park.

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Exotic Shirehampton

Setting a run for the Bristol Hash House Harrier (“Gentle Exercise for the Slightly Drunk”), I noticed this rare visitor in a private carpark at the east end of Shirehampton High Street. Although I’ve seen them abroad before, this was … Continue reading

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