Monthly Archives: August 2021

Well, hay rakin’. The meadow in the fabulous Penny Brohn Cancer Care Centre gardens in Pill, near us, was in need of some emergency composting work, so, as well as the usual expert gardening volunteers (Sally included), some additional heavy … Continue reading →

Llansteffan is a little village on the west side of the River Tywi estuary, south of Carmarthen. It has everything a proper Welsh village needs, including a fantastic beach, pubs, cafes, fish and chip shop and a stonking great castle … Continue reading →

The greenhouse is coming up trumps again…

Caen Hill Locks are a flight of 29 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Rowde and Devizes in Wiltshire. A miracle of early 19th century engineering. There are some pictures of the locks from an earlier visit here … Continue reading →

On our way back from Tewkesbury we detoured to Lydney Marina, on the Severn estuary. Although it’s only a 45 minute drive from home, neither of us could remember being there before. It’s another one of those slightly bonkers places, … Continue reading →

A short visit to this historic town where the river Avon meets the river Severn.

The 1901 Spritsail Barge, Gladys, returns from Portishead to Gloucester, via the Sharpness Canal, after sea trials following an upgrade.

I never imagined that Severn Beach in South Gloucestershire was at the forefront of environmental activism, but someone has made birds out of ordinary plastic milk bottles to highlight the fact that a high proportion of birds have plastic in … Continue reading →