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”
The Hardy Way – Puddletown April 13th 2026
I’m sitting on a bench in the evening sun outside the white washed walls of The Antique Map & Bookshop on the high street in Puddletown. Behind red brick walls the first sky blue bunches of Wisteria are to be seen dangling against the walls of cottages. Hawthorn trees are full of their star-shaped flowersContinue reading “The Hardy Way – Puddletown April 13th 2026”
SWCP – Porthcothan, February 8th 2025
It’s almost three and a half months since I was last here. It’s not that I don’t like walking in winter. I love it, unless it’s heavy rain but other things have been happening and hey, as always, what’s the rush? At my girlfriend’s house I have a favourite mug with a picture of aContinue reading “SWCP – Porthcothan, February 8th 2025”
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”
Curry Rivel November 4th
Back at the cottage after a fantastic two days in Snowdonia as a belated 50th birthday present. Perhaps in a cliche of other middle aged men around the world focusing on their health I have become a ‘hoffer’, a follower of Wim Hof and his breathing method and crazy cold water treatments. I’ve always beenContinue reading “Curry Rivel November 4th”
The Slow Walker 