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Sally said this picture of the Walton Common volunteer party looked like a record album cover from the ‘seventies. We have had several, without exception unflattering, suggestions for possible titles. Picture Mike T.

Between Weston-Super-Mare and Kewstoke.

Birnbeck pier (technically a bridge to an island) at the north end of Weston-Super-Mare has declined over the years and is now dangerous. It has been in various private ownerships for decades and the council has recently decided to compulsorily … Continue reading →

The Pump House (a Bristol pub, previously the Cumberland Basin Hydraulic Engine, or Pump, House) now has automatic milk sales. Where will this madness end?

This Iron Age fort is only a few miles from us, but it seems a while since we were last there. We walked from the legendary Black Horse pub in Clapton in Gordano (currently closed, of course) under the M5, … Continue reading →

Snacks available at Southmead Hospital:

Got to do something ‘cos it’s sunny. The beach opposite Brean Down, south of Weston-Super-Mare was a good choice, partly because the tide was in and partly because we bumped into Miles, Flo and Mabel.

No. The early-morning sun on drops of rain on the trees opposite our house.

We walked through Axbridge and around the reservoir. Last picture is a distant Cheddar Gorge. We drove back through the gorge, followed by Burrington Coombe and Brockley Coombe. A gorgeous day. Geddit?

The new Green Way connects St Pauls Learning Centre, the Adventure Playground and Halston Drive Community Room in Bristol. Murals that celebrate world foods have been painted at two of the hubs, and new benches, trees and signs line the … Continue reading →