Author Archives: Martin

From Southerndown through Ogmore-by-Sea, and up the Ogmore river to Ogmore Castle and Merthyr Mawr. Back down the north-west side of the Ogmore river and to Porthcawl, walking through some very extensive sand dunes (the second largest in Europe apparently) … Continue reading →

The restoration of this canal requires it to cross both the M5 motorway and, a mile or so to the west, the A38. The A38 crossing is under a roundabout at the junction with the A419, and it is not … Continue reading →

Summer temperatures but it’s still Spring! We continued westward from the river at Llantwit Major beach, past Tresilian Bay and St Donat’s Point. At St Donat’s is a large complex of impressive buildings now forming the centre of the UWC … Continue reading →

Still April but the hottest day of the year, so far, brings the punters out at the Clevedon Marine Lake.

Traditional start to the day with a demonstration of my artistic skill. Sally’s egg being quite realistic, in my opinion. A definite improvement on my 2018 attempt: https://martinsmag.com/2018/04/01/happy-easter/ Later at G&A’s house and an egg hunt for the kids:

More post-industrial walking, this time along the river Avon, east Bristol.

Sally’s painting of leaves from a ginkgo tree in the magnificent gardens of the Penny Brohn Cancer Care Centre in Pill.

Sherston, west of Malmesbury, is a nice, peaceful, historic village on an arm of the river Avon, along which we walked, as well as some of the remoter parts of the Roman Fosse Way.

Westward along the south Wales coast, passing some spectacular natural and man-made views. The Victorians certainly knew how to build things to last. There are several disused limestone quarries near the coast, some now nature reserves, some just desolate, at … Continue reading →