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Last time we came to Ogmore we had to move our car after an hour because we couldn’t work out how to pay for more than an hour in the beach carpark. We met MFE&L, and Esme immediately headed for … Continue reading →

Bridgwater, in Somerset is not a normal leisure destination. It hasn’t fully recovered from it’s reputation for being “a bit smelly” due to a cellophane factory which closed in 2005. It is now a mixture of modern housing and offices, … Continue reading →

Severn Beach, in South Gloucestershire, was a housing estate project in the ‘sixties, but still has echoes of past industrial activity, with its own railway station at the end of the line from Bristol, and old ferry connections to Wales … Continue reading →

Esme loves her little brother. We’re not sure, yet, whether the feeling’s mutual.

Walking around Frenchay, north east of Bristol, we spotted this excellent mural of Joe Strummer (The Clash) painted by Ollie from Gage Graphics on the side of a cottage. The words of “London Calling” on the wall behind. As an … Continue reading →

Cardiff’s “Central Park”, close to the University, Castle and the river Taff.

We’re in this small village in north Devon because it is on the Tarka Trail, a mostly off-road cycle and walking track, which follows mainly the course of a pre-1960s GWR steam railway. We last walked part of it with … Continue reading →

…and surrounding area.

Waiting to go home from the hospital.

The SS Great Britain in the distance, framed through the rigging of the youth charity training ship Fridtjof Nansen. On opposite sides of Bristol’s Floating Harbour.