Author Archives: Martin

A sculpture, Ruth, in AWT’s Bennett’s Patch nature reserve, by the Portway alongside the Avon Gorge. The sculpture commemorates the role women played in the second world war. It was created with habitats for birds, bats, invertebrates and amphibians.

This week’s sunniest day looked like being … WEDNESDAY! So we parked by Cam Peak, north-east of Dursley in Gloucestershire, and walked through the town and up to Stinchcombe Hill following a loop in the Cotswold Way around Stinchcombe Golf … Continue reading →

On the day when, apparently, more rain fell in the United Kingdom than on any since records began (and what a day that was!) I decided to go for a cross-country run. Partly due to The Virus, I haven’t been … Continue reading →

I like equinoxes and solstices as they have real astronomical significance. Today was forecast as being the last of our Indian Summer, so we had a really nice walk around a loop in the River Severn starting at Fretherne, west … Continue reading →

On our way back from Lyme Regis we stopped for lunch near St Mary’s Parish Church in Brean, on the Somerset coast. Lucy had a run on the beach near a familiar shipwreck which, I’ve only just discovered, was a … Continue reading →