Author Archives: Martin

The favourite part of one of Lucy’s regular walks is a stretch of beach, which occasionally is covered at high tide.

With the forecast of strong overnight winds, we thought we should pick as many pears (and more plums) as possible before they were blown down. This lot was from one tree. Actually three varieties grafted onto one plant. Frankenstein foods…?

The old VW Golf-Plus (14 years old, one not-particularly-careful owner) was having its annual MOT so we took the campervan to the Cotswolds, where we parked, and walked for a few miles, just above Birdlip.

Cycling back from the Nova Scotia pub, I noticed this impressive sky.

We walked from Chepstow, in Wales, to The Lancaut Peninsular, a slightly spooky area named after the disappeared village of Lancaut in Gloucestershire, on a bend in the river Wye. A ruined church (St. James’) was abandoned officially in 1865. … Continue reading →

On the right bank (north) side of the River Avon, although pictures are of Pill and beyond on the opposite bank. Lucy and I walked from the motorway bridge to Sylvan Way, and back through the golf club. Also couldn’t … Continue reading →

Spent the day in the Quantocks on the West Somerset coast. Not yet called Coleridge Country, but only a matter of time.