Witley Court
by A visit to the English Heritage site of Witley Court in Worcestershire, a spectacular ruined mansion with formal garden.
Oxford Canal
A canal holiday with friends from the Thames just below Oxford and along the Oxford Canal to Napton, and back.
South West Coast Path: Par to Polperro
In which: ● sculptures get me underway ● Polkerris works to a different calendar ● candy stripes mark the way ● I progress by ferry …
South West Coast Path: Mevagissey to Par
In which: I again wish I had shorts ● there are downs and ups and downs and ups ● granite takes a different shape ● …
South West Coast Path: Portloe to Mevagissey
In which: the weather is better than yesterday ● Wales comes to Devon ● I find time for cake and ice cream ● granite seeks …
South West Coast Path: Falmouth to Portloe
In which: Good Friday is very quiet ● a ferry is run for me ● a small ferry is busier ● the walk proper begins …
South West Coast Path: Falmouth – around Pendennis Point
In which: a train journey ends at the Lerryn Hotel ● legs are stretched around Pendennis Point ● tomorrow beckons across Carrick Roads ● you …
Windsor birthday train
A birthday trip by steam trail from Ipswich to Windsor, pulled by LNER Thompson Class B1 61306, “Mayflower”.
England Coast Path (Norfolk): Sea Palling to Bacton Green
A walk along the recently opened Norfolk Coast Path from Seal Palling to Bacton Green.
Norwegian Journey: Bergen to Oslo via Flåm
By train from Bergen to Oslo, with a diversion to visit the Flåm Railway.