heritage / hiking / miscellany / running / waterways
Shetland and home
by Two full days on Shetland Mainland, Bressay, Unst and Yell, plus the trip home via Falkirk and Shap
Category: heritage
heritage / hiking / miscellany
Fair Isle
A day trip to Fair Isle, most remote inhabited island in the UK, from Tingwall airport on Shetland
Schooner sailing: Orkney, June 2023
A week’s sailing and exploration around Orkney with schooner Trinovante
Cyprus, April 2023
Eight days’ holiday in Cyprus (with a little bit of villa maintenance) including running, walking, heritage and geology.
Cumbria and Lancashire, January 2023
After two and half days at a conference near Birmingham, I travelled north to the Lake District. I had some online meetings to fit in …
Cyprus, August/September 2022
A week and a half in Cyprus, mostly close to Pissouri but with a few outings west, east and north
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
A trip over and under the Pennines along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal on NB Waterway Routes
South West Coast Path: Portland coastal walk
In which: fog almost foils plans, but a cooked breakfast gives breathing space ● sculptures change the landscape, but for the better? ● the Bill …
Schooner sailing: Harwich to Littlehampton, July 2021
Sailing on schooner Trinovante from Harwich to Littlehampton, but with three days in Ramsgate harbour sheltering from Storm Evert
Lake District August/September 2020
A week in the Lake District, mixing leisure and work, with a walk up Scafell and Symonds Knott, High Dam, Black Crag, Torver to Coniston, Walna Scar, to the beaches at Silecroft and Roanhead, plus two coastal walks