This was another week this summer when yet another period of intense heat descended on us. In the middle of a county which is not famed for its coastline, small pockets of human activity appear beside the slow lowland rivers that meander across the levels to the Bristol Channel. People must have been swimming inContinue reading “Muchelney, Somerset. UK. August 10th 2026”
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The Hardy Way – Briantspuddle April 25th 2026
This day was one of those days that probably deserved to be described as ‘glorious’, and, as is so often the case with English weather, was not only affected by the day itself but by the days, weeks and possibly months that preceded it. It was not only the sight of Wessex bathed in sunlightContinue reading “The Hardy Way – Briantspuddle April 25th 2026”
SWCP Griffin’s Point to Porthcothan, October 29th 2024
Here I am still staring at the sunbeams that lance downwards onto patches of Towan Head, the small finger of land that points out to sea west of Newquay, the green of the land brighter inside those shafts of light. I think back to Newquay and the empty road train rumbling along the High Street,Continue reading “SWCP Griffin’s Point to Porthcothan, October 29th 2024”
The Slow Walker 