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The Wildlife Trust volunteers are having a break from Walton Common and instead we’ll be clearing paths and repairing steps and bridges at Prior’s Wood, which is near the Tyntesfield estate, north of Wraxall. We had a stroll around the … Continue reading →

The Tarka Trail is one of the country’s longest continuous traffic-free walking and cycling paths, and forms part of the Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route. We cycled part of it, around the River Taw estuary near Bideford.

Our first visit to W&G’s dockside flat in Gloucester. Took this picture on the way back to the car park.

Setting a run for the Bristol Hash House Harrier (“Gentle Exercise for the Slightly Drunk”), I noticed this rare visitor in a private carpark at the east end of Shirehampton High Street. Although I’ve seen them abroad before, this was … Continue reading →

14th March. Lisbon, at last. We flew, without incident this time, from Bristol, arriving at our apartment in the Rua de Sao Paulo near the Barrio Alto in the old centre at about 7:00pm, to be met by Catia, who … Continue reading →

Angela Carter, who lived for a while in Bristol, was known for her visual storytelling, which delved into fairy tale, surrealism, the Gothic and fantastic. The Royal West-of-England Academy (RWA) has an exhibition which brings together artists whose only connection … Continue reading →

The Norweigan oil tanker, Marika, off Portishead pier.

…a strange journey at The Holburne Museum in Bath. More at http://www.holburne.org.

A belated visit to Bristol’s M-Shed museum for the annual Wildlife Potographer exhibition.