Category Archives: blog entries

The Thekla has been a fixture in Bristol’s Harbour for more than 30 years, during which time she has undergone a number of transformations from her original use as a cargo ship. Artist, musician and one of England’s greatest eccentrics, … Continue reading →

Brean Down is a peninsula south of Weston Super Mare in Somerset. It is the western termination of the Mendip Hills. It has a history of defence, from WWII back to the Napoleonic wars. At its far end is a … Continue reading →

Fifty thousand trees, 150 acres, the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, commemorates all those who have served the nation, both military and civilian.  

Cycling down the Portway alongside the Avon. An untypical view of Brunel’s suspension bridge, and a decaying derelict wharf near the site of the Hotwells Clifton Rocks railway.

On the “Jurassic Coast” of the Dorset and East Devon World Heritage Coastline.

The famous Clifton Suspension bridge was opened 150 years ago, on December 8th. An equally-impressive (in a different way) bridge has carried the M5 motorway from Birmingham to Exeter for forty years, and also passes over the River Avon, further downstream, … Continue reading →

Cycling from Brean to Highbridge, partly along the beach (that’s Sally’s tyre tracks in the sand).

We spent the day in Ledbury and Hereford. Mainly to see the famous Mappa Mundi in Hereford Cathedral, where we also visited the Chained Library.