Author Archives: Martin

Gloucester was buzzing with seasonal cheer yesterday – including fairground attractions and many exotic food stalls at the so-called “German” market.

Mist and drizzle in England; 24c temperatures and blues skies in West Wales! We walked from Mumbles, on the edge of the Gower Peninsular, over the hill to Caswell Bay, and then back along the coast to Mumbles Pier and … Continue reading →

Staying in the Tawelfa B&B near the Mawddach estuary at Barmouth. We rode (and pushed) bikes up to Cader Idris then down to Dolgellau and along the Mawddach Trail to Fairbourne. The next day up Snowdon via the Llanberis path … Continue reading →

Bagnoles De l’Orne, an old favourite: Rochefort-en-Terre, Southern Brittany: Vannes and Arzan on the Morbihan Gulf: Malestroit, Jocelin and the Brest-Nantes canal: Villers-sur-Mer, Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer: Fecamp, west of Dieppe, on the last day, where we stocked up with booze … Continue reading →

The paddle steamer Waverley – the last ocean-going steamship in the world – left Clevedon Pier at 0815 hours on a perfect morning and took us, via Porthcawl and Ilfracombe, to Lundy Island, where the Bristol Channel becomes the Atlantic … Continue reading →

The Church of St Nicholas, Withycombe, in the Quantock Hills, Somerset.