Dale and St Ann’s Head
The April issue of Country Walking magazine also has my 7-mile stroll around the Pembrokeshire headland at Dale. It’s a truly wonderful coastal circular! For a more detailed route description …
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The April issue of Country Walking magazine also has my 7-mile stroll around the Pembrokeshire headland at Dale. It’s a truly wonderful coastal circular! For a more detailed route description …
The April 2025 issue of Country Walking magazine has my 8 ¾ -mile circular stroll around the Herefordshire countryside, starting (and finishing) at Titley. For a more detailed route description …
Sometimes my imagination sends me on a wild goose chase. I was sitting in a Cannock supermarket cafe, eavesdropping on other people’s conversations, as most writers do, when two women …
Welshpool has not one, nor two, but three railway stations. For a small town on the Welsh borders with a population of 5,900 people, that seems a little greedy! My …
My Brown Clee Hill route is in the latest (November 2024 issue) of Country Walking magazine. It’s just over 7 miles and tackles Shropshire’s highest peak. A word of warning, …
My photo of Hotbank Crags on Hadrian’s Wall can be seen in the Viewpoints section of Outdoor Photography magazine (issue 308 – out July 2024). It was taken in August …
“Off to Hay-on-Wye?” enquires the cyclist waiting alongside me at the traffic light. “Golden Valley,” I reply, through my open car window. She beams. “It’s beautiful. But that’ll be the …
As cathedrals go, Carlisle’s could be classified as compact. Some tourist guides may refer to it as the smallest of the Church of England’s ancient cathedrals, but it still has …
Leaning on the ‘O’ in Telford stands a giant statue of the civil engineer, Thomas Telford. If Thomas had stood at this spot when he was alive in the 19th …
“Is this your first time at Portmeirion?” The receptionist hands me my ticket and a handy village map. “No, this must be my fourth visit,” I reply. “But I always …