Monthly Archives: September 2026

Our yearly visit to Dunster in West Somerset. This time we walked, via the station, to Minehead.

Frome has an interesting industrial history dating back to Saxon times. It was listed in the Domesday Book, and became famous for woollen products and later paper making and printing. The central cobbled streets are very attractive and the town … Continue reading →

With a tag line like that, how can you resist? And it’s “grandparents-go-free” day! There’s no escape…

We squeezed in a few days in East Devon. Including time on the spectacular beach and cliffs at Exmouth, the lively little town of Budleigh Salterton and the lower reaches and estuary of the River Otter.

…was busy today, and I happened to have a camera with me.

Deerhurst in north Gloucestershire, a few miles south of Tewkesbury, dates back to Saxon times. The small village, which lies on the banks of the River Severn, is remarkable in having two well-preserved pre-Norman conquest buildings so close to one … Continue reading →

We hope not, but it’s Autumn and the very first day of school tomorrow.

Along the partially disused Thames and Severn canal, here parallel with the river Frome, east of Stroud in Gloucestershire.