Author Archives: Martin

A walk with Miles and Flo (and Lucy) around Burrington on the edge of the Mendips, ending with lunch at The Plume of Feathers in Rickford and watching the geese on the lake. Nice day.

Offa’s Dyke Path starts in England overlooking the Severn estuary which is designated as a Maritime Natural Area. The estuary has the second highest tidal range in the world caused by the 5 rivers that feed the estuary and its … Continue reading →

We’ve decided, probably rashly, to walk Offa’s Dyke Path this year. And, I expect, next year too. We’ve made a start, going all the way from the Severn Estuary at the mouth of the River Wye, just east of Chepstow, … Continue reading →

Risca, to the north-west of Newport in Wales, is not a tourist town by any means, but it is borded to the north by the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, and to the south by the Ebbw River and the Sirhowy … Continue reading →

We parked in a forest clearing in Bargain Wood, north of Tintern in Monmouthshire, and walked south on the Wye Valley Walk, crossing the river at Brockweir. Then back up the river to Bigsweir Bridge, up into Cuckoo Wood, around … Continue reading →

What an embarrassing, unnecessary shambles this chaotic exercise has been. All to negotiate separate deals with countries with whom we already trade via the EU. And to “secure our borders”. Apart from our only land border, which we’re determined will … Continue reading →