South West Coast Path: Boscastle to Port Gaverne
by In which: there are more ups and downs and ups and downs ● puffins have perished ● a rocky valley is a delight ● Tintagel …
South West Coast Path: Bude to Boscastle
In which: there are 1600 metres of up and down ● the day starts windy ● Crackington Haven is refreshing ● grazing goats grace the …
South West Coast Path: Hartland Quay to Bude
In which: I forget my trousers ● Ronald Duncan provides brief shelter ● Cornwall welcomes me with rain ● Hawker’s Hut stares out to sea …
Hartland Quay – the start of a South West Coast Path walk
Arrival at Hartland Quay ready for a multi-day walk on the South West Coast Path
Schooner Sailing: Oslo to Copenhagen
Sailing on Trinovante from Oslo across the Skaggerat to Denmark, visiting Anholt, Ebeltoft and Helsingør on the way to Copenhagen
Martime Museum and Fram Museum, Oslo
Before our sailing holiday starts, a look around the Maritime Museum and particularly the Fram Museum in Oslo.
Across Europe: London to Oslo
By train and ferry from London to Oslo, with a few hours in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen
South West Coast Path: Clovelly to Hartland Quay
In which: a stick is forgotten and remembered in time ● it is wet, windy and wild ● early woodlands give way to bare and …
South West Coast Path: Westward Ho! to Clovelly
In which: Westward Ho! says farewell with new and old, and echoes of Minehead ● another railway provides an easy start ● mermaids fail to …
South West Coast Path: Braunton to Westward Ho!
In which: the Coast Path becomes a walk along the Rivers Taw and Torridge ● I still see no Royal Marines, but plenty of their …