South West Coast Path: Portland coastal walk
by In which: fog almost foils plans, but a cooked breakfast gives breathing space ● sculptures change the landscape, but for the better? ● the Bill …
Category: heritage
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
Bodø to Stockholm by train, almost
Bodø to Stockholm via Narvik by bus and train, with a visit to the Vasa Museum.
Viking Ship Museum
A visit to the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, seeing three burial ships and associated artefacts.
Honister Slate Mine
A tour of Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria, England’s only working slate mine.
Woolpit Steam
A visit to Woolpit Steam with its traction engines and other machinery of yore.
A weekend in Portsmouth
Visits to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, the Mary Rose, the Spinnaker Tower, and other activities in a weekend in Portsmouth.
Peak District Easter weekend
A walk on the Cromford Canal and High Peak Trail, trips on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway including to Ravenstor, a long run, and steam in action.
Cyprus long weekend including half-marathon
My London Marathon training plan called for a half-marathon about now, and somehow the plan arose of popping for a visit to the Cyprus Half-Marathon.