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Another new tradition started? Lots of people (socially-distanced, mostly) gathered on the beach (some fires lit) and above the pier next to the marina entrance. Fiona and Paul brought cans of G&T and Scotch and ginger.

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.