Redcar There’s only one shower at Durham Services. It’s kept locked but you get the key from the W H Smith’s next door, surrendering car key pending its return. The shower is hot with a good flow, the room basic … Read More »
River Brede in East Sussex, close to Battle near Hastings and fifteen miles upstream of Rye Wise words from a friend of several years, though we’ve not met face to face. Commenting on No way out but war, my May … Read More »
At 08:45 Tebay and I take the train, changing at Derby to reach Matlock at 10:08. A few minutes later we’re picked up by Bryan for the drive to Alport. In sparkling sunshine we walk, clockwise, the route shown; following … Read More »
. After spending all of February doing my tiny bit to combat the most intensive propaganda blitz of my life, I took a break in the last few hours of the month. At eight pm I threw the necessaries into … Read More »
Thursday teatime: arr. Park Manor Hotel, Scarborough. Sea visible to the east, Peasholme Park to the south. Friday: light and shade on Jugger Howe Moor On to Robin Hoods Bay … … then Whitby Grey-skied and windy in Scarborough, Saturday … Read More »
January 5, 2022 provided perfect conditions at Attenborough Nature Reserve. After a spell of warm and wet, the fifth day of the year saw temperatures drop – and lashings of sunshine. The birds were out in force. No excuse, then, … Read More »
Yesterday was one of those days of dramatic change: skies almost black one minute, beatifically lit up the next. I’d been doing a spot of DIY for a stepdaughter in Derby, and was on my way to get the bus … Read More »
It almost looks like summer for these tufted ducks, behind Attenborough Cricket Club. Or early autumn. But the world is dusted with snow. And there’s ice on the water. Though the birds are out in force, … Read More »
Sunday afternoon with the woofers, on the River Soar around Kegworth and Sutton Bonington. We leave the tiny car park due east of Kegworth on the far side of the eighteenth century bridge over the Soar. We have to cross … Read More »
My route yesterday, the loop taken anti-clockwise Not my normal route. Usually I walk from steel city house by way of Attenborough Cricket Club. Instead I took the Skylink to Chilwell Retail Park, then hiked down the lane to the … Read More »