Monthly Archives: August 2024

The SS Great Britain in the distance, framed through the rigging of the youth charity training ship Fridtjof Nansen. On opposite sides of Bristol’s Floating Harbour.

Back in Gloucestershire, but the slightly bonkers part, between the Severn and the Wye, otherwise known as the Forest of Dean (“The Forest” to locals). Here, sheep wander freely through towns and on railway lines, and nature is slowly reclaiming … Continue reading →

A Gloucester Wildlife Trust reserve, south of the pretty village of Apperley and next to the Coombe Hill disused canal. Something for everyone! The canal ran from the river Severn, east towards Coombe Hill (not up it, as there were, … Continue reading →

Nothing to do with ships of the desert, the Camel is a river in Cornwall alongside which a railway line once ran, before being “axed” by Dr Richard Beeching in the nineteen-sixties. Dr Beeching unintentionally created many miles of cycle … Continue reading →