Author Archives: Martin

A stroll around our old stamping ground, viewing the volunteer-maintained reserve (and the badgers sculpture by Julian Warren https://metalgnu.com/)

One of the most powerful forces known to nature: two grandmothers working together.

We’ve been following a few of https://mikesbristolwalks.com/ recently. Having lived in the Bristol area for so long, it’s easy to assume one knows it all. Mike (Wilberforce) concentrates on some less glamorous, less well-known, areas. This was an area thought … Continue reading →

Malmesbury is one of those pleasant small towns in which, one feels, Miss Marple would have felt very comfortable.

These lilies appear to be growing wild in a grassed area just down the hill from us.

You have to be careful if you plan to secure your expensive bike in Bristol!

I passed my driving test in a Minor 1000. Not this one, as far as I know.

At last! An athlete in the family.

I’ve posted about this canal a few times over the years, and how work by enthusiastic volunteers is restoring the canal and river navigation from a muddy ditch to today’s near-completion. Big advances are being made along the area we … Continue reading →