A coastal stroll

I am meeting people for a short clifftop stroll. It’s wild. I’m windswept, watching waves roll in on the low-tide sun-soaked shore. Here come the ladies I’ve never met before. We walk for a bevy to a nearby caff getting to know each other, having a...
Beaches and Walks near Porthcothan

Beaches and Walks near Porthcothan

Beaches nearby List of beaches North to South from Padstow to Perranporth: Padstow (5m by road) is a picturesque harbour town on the western banks of the Camel Estuary. To the north of Padstow and accessible by the coast path is a super stretch of sand from St Georges...
Cornish Fever

Cornish Fever

I must go back to Cornwall again at least one more time before I die and all I ask is a sunshine, not rain, on my walks for my dog and I. I must go back to Cornwall if I may: to eat fish and chips by the sea or a Cornish pasty every day and at least one cream tea. I...

Wellingborough Walks

Kilburn Road Circular Walk 3.3m 1hr 6m View Larger Map Sainsbury’s to Morrisons and back – circular parkland walk 3.1m 1hr 2m View Larger Map Circular Scenic Walk from the Pumphouse Cafe, via the Castle, Croyland Park, Wellingborough Embankment 3.3m 1h 7m...

Westonbirt Arboretum 2013

Well, in spite of the dreadful weather forecast, we took our chances and three car loads of us left at ten and made the two hour journey to Westonbirt, prepared to brace ourselves against the impending storms that had been promised on the weather forecast....

Bozeat and back

Today it was the monthly Strollers’ walk, and with great trepidation I drove to the venue in Bozeat. I was not looking forward to a tramp across soggy waterlogged fields after my last walk with the Shamblers, when I fell over in the mud, after having tramped...