No Longer Vyrnwy Virgins
We’ve been planning to visit Lake Vyrnwy since we’d bought the van a couple of years ago, but had never got round to it until today. It’s about an hour’s…
(Not) The Bishops Castle Michaelmas Fair
The good people of Bishops Castle had been planning their annual Michaelmas Fair for months, only to have the local council and committee pull the plug, due to ‘protocols’ around…
The Yorkshire Game & Country Fair
We’ve had a glorious run of Spring weather over the past few days, so we decided to take advantage and visit the Yorkshire Game & Country Fair, being held just…
A New Home in Yorkshire – welcome to Pigeon Pie Barn
Regular readers will know that we moved out of our Lancashire home in September 2022 and then spent 4 months in our Static Van in Shropshire, before finally getting the…
Two Walks in the Shadow of Former Industry
A positive weather forecast gave us the impetus to head back to our Static in Shropshire for a week and the bonus of managing to fit in two new walks…
Out and About in East (and North) Yorkshire
It’s just over two months since we’ve moved to Sherburn, a small village between Malton and Scarborough, and I thought I’d better post the first Blog entry of 2023, as…
Seeking Sanctuary in Acharacle
As many of you will know, we’re between houses at the moment. Having sold ours on 12th September, we’re living in our Static Van in Shropshire, whilst legal issue are…
Down the Dingle at Dudmaston
We’d seen a Made in Shropshire market advertised at the National Trust property at Dudmanston, near Bridgnorth, so headed there for a mooch around the stalls and a walk down…
Anchored down in (The) Anchorage
There’s some dispute about whether this was our 5th or 6th trip to The Anchorage Cottage in Staithes – whichever it is, it’s clear we love the place. We’re deep…
Fun Times, Fifty Year Friendships and Forager Fez
Alison was gifted an “experience” voucher for her big birthday in January, which she’d used to book a Foraging Day in Whinlatter forest for the two of us. It seemed…
Shropshire, Powys and Herefordshire
We got back from Scotland on Sunday and used Bank Holiday Monday to take up the carpet on the stairs and landing, before the arrival of the decorator on Tuesday.…
Adventures in Ardnamurchan
It’s been busy, busy, busy at home, as we try to get our house ready for sale, so a week away was just what we needed. We were finally going…
Rocking up to Roybridge
It’s been a few weeks of birthdays for our grandchildren – we’ve seen Ruby for her 1st, Lily for her 10th (along with her sister, Brooklyn) and we’re just back…
Birthday, Bathford, Bristol and Bradford
Amazingly, a year has gone by since the birth of our latest granddaughter, Ruby Rose, so we took the opportunity for a few days away to attend her first birthday…
Hunkered Down in South Shropshire
Hunkered Down in South Shropshire The Pandemic continues, with the new Omicron variant spreading like wildfire and new restrictions in place, so we decided to have a quiet Xmas…
An Autumnal trip to Bow House
We’d missed out on our Birthday trip last weekend to meet up with Gabbie, Jay and Ruby, because they were suffering from a nasty bout of cold, so we hastily…
A Discovery in Ardnamurchan
We love the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in the Western Highlands, so when I found a new cabin to rent near Sanna Bay I booked us a week in October. The dates…
Welcome to a new style of Blog
Welcome to a new style of Blog Having sold Absinthe earlier this year, we’d been wondering whether to bother with the Blog, but after loads of fantastic walks and trips…
Glawning Owners’ Meet 2021
Glawning Owners’ Meet 2021 Our second Glawning Owner’s meet was scheduled for June 2020, but had to be put back a year because of the Covid pandemic, so we’re just…