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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 →

We spotted this photo in a paint shop in Avonmouth. It shows “knocking off” time in Avonmouth Docks in the nineteen-thirties, and the workers on the way home (past where the paint shop now is). We were struck by the … Continue reading →

One of us is four.

Fine weather means the campervan’s flexing its muscles. We ended up in Monmouth for lunch, home via Ross on Wye and Gloucester.

There are usually a few nice days in England in February, and this was one of them. We hadn’t been to Sidmouth, in East Devon, for ages and had forgotten what an interesting and lively place it is. Most photos … Continue reading →

A sunny, warm, day walking from Brockweir to the Abbey at Tintern, on the river Wye.

Something I’ve noticed with the advancing years is the time I spend in pubs with old men.