Isle of Mull and Skye Cuillins from south ridge of Bla Bheinn Isle of Mull and Skye Cuillins from south ridge of Bla Bheinn Is July always wet in Skye? Despite rain on 13 out of 14 days it was still possible to enjoy some dry hours and a get a few good pictures …
Here is a route with a lot to offer. For me it was a chance to try out some new gear and some old bones. And both did very well. The guides attest to its popularity. But in fact out of season it is quiet – I only met one fellow walker during my 5 …
Sabotage!
Is this the fate of creative enterprise donated to a society with values at odds with those of the individual? The Ice House in my previous note was similarly trashed several hours after the picture was taken.
It is hard to resist re-taking the same photographs on each trip along the Dorset coast. The scenery is spectacular and quite unlike other parts of the country. The coast path to the east of Lulworth crosses an area used by the military and sometimes a red flag flies high and the area is closed. …
Local residents take this opportunity to build an extension.
By morning the beer barrels are gone and this has now become an official police incident. At 10am St Peter’s hill is still a no-go area. In the Heights above we guess that those in yellow are paid to be there and have no cars to worry about; the others either have a problem …
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Eventually a row of beer barrels and a police constable protected Caversham Heights from the frustrated and foolhardy commuters intent on following their fellows to a night of fun and abandon on the side of St Peter’s Hill. Abandoned cars on the usually busy main road of St Peter’s Hill. Probably the last attempt …
This fellow and many of his friends and relations are running around the hills of Northern Andalucia. We met more than a few on a two day trip to the Aracena national park area north of Seville. Jabugo is a name well-known in Spanish ham, and our stop-off at Alajar was just a few kilometers …
The virtues of blogging and where to do it are subjects in themselves probably well covered by more knowledgeable than me. My blogging history is slight. But my small record of a trip to Bhutan and some snippets of life around Berkshire and the white squirrel disappeared earlier this year when an early adopter of …