Honister Slate Mine
by A tour of Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria, England’s only working slate mine.
Category: miscellany
Woolpit Steam
A visit to Woolpit Steam with its traction engines and other machinery of yore.
Soyuz in Peterborough Cathedral
I’m unclear why, exactly, Peterborough Cathedral was hosting an exhibition of Tim Peake’s Soyuz capsule, but it sounded like something well worth visiting, so Lucy …
Up at the O2 and a cable-car
A great present from Mark and Debbit was a trip to the top of The O2 (or Millennium Dome as many of us still informally …
heritage / hiking / miscellany / running
Northumberland weekend
A weekend in Northumberland with parkrun, Holy Island, and a walk by the River Coquet.
USA road trip and total solar eclipse
A trip from Denver to Boise, including a total solar eclipse, as well as Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Craters of the Moon National Monument.
A day in San Francisco
Breakfast at Mama’s, tram car rides, sea lions at Pier 39, the Golden Gate Bridge, a submarine tour, cable car museum.
heritage / hiking / miscellany
Lake District, May 2017
Tilberthwaite to Levers Water; Lingmoor Fell from Hodge Close; Foulney Island; and Helvellyn from Glenridding.
hiking / miscellany / railway / running / sailing
Schooner sailing: Bodø to Trondheim
A fortnight’s schooner sailing from Bodø across the Arctic Circle to Trondheim.
Go Ape, Thetford Forest
A birthday visit to Go Ape in Thetford Forest