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…