Haven't they grown!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Pembrokeshire Coast Path
It's taken a lot longer than expected to get a blog written up about walking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in July last year, but finally it's finished and publicly available! It's in a similar style to the Lake District one, with photos to show what each day was like.
Also there's a list of places to stay, useful even if you're not walking the whole coast path but are just looking for a B&B in Pembrokeshire.
The new blog is at pembrokeshirecoastpath.blogspot.com so please have a read and enjoy the sea air.
Also there's a list of places to stay, useful even if you're not walking the whole coast path but are just looking for a B&B in Pembrokeshire.
The new blog is at pembrokeshirecoastpath.blogspot.com so please have a read and enjoy the sea air.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Caching around home
At last some good weather. We decided it was time to get out for a decent walk as we hadn't done much distance this year so far. To pick somewhere to go we looked for the nearest geocach to home, which turned out to be in the village of Gedding.
The route from Hitcham to Gedding is the way I drive in to work each day along nice quiet lanes, so we stuck to the roads to get there. It made quite a difference being on foot, seeing so much more of the surroundings. Of course it took a lot longer too! A little under 2 hours, compared to the normal 10 minutes.
Once in to Gedding the GPS led us to a little church, which I have never been past before. The cache was hidden just a short distance behind the church on a footpath. It was easily found, and we dropped off one of our 'calling cards'.
The church is very decorative, with flint inlaid in patterns. Looking from the churchyard you can also see Bill Wyman's house.
We left Gedding, and then took followed footpaths to get to Bradfield Woods. Here we stopped for lunch, a flask of soup. It was freezing though, so didn't sit for long. We then decided to continue on footpaths to take a different route home. This way we also spotted a few deer in the fields, and also saw a bird with a long beak which we think must have been a Woodcock.
Total distance in the end was just over 13 miles which felt like a good bit of exercise.
The route from Hitcham to Gedding is the way I drive in to work each day along nice quiet lanes, so we stuck to the roads to get there. It made quite a difference being on foot, seeing so much more of the surroundings. Of course it took a lot longer too! A little under 2 hours, compared to the normal 10 minutes.
Once in to Gedding the GPS led us to a little church, which I have never been past before. The cache was hidden just a short distance behind the church on a footpath. It was easily found, and we dropped off one of our 'calling cards'.
The church is very decorative, with flint inlaid in patterns. Looking from the churchyard you can also see Bill Wyman's house.
We left Gedding, and then took followed footpaths to get to Bradfield Woods. Here we stopped for lunch, a flask of soup. It was freezing though, so didn't sit for long. We then decided to continue on footpaths to take a different route home. This way we also spotted a few deer in the fields, and also saw a bird with a long beak which we think must have been a Woodcock.
Total distance in the end was just over 13 miles which felt like a good bit of exercise.
Friday, December 14, 2007
A year in pictures
The following 12 pictures are the ones picked out for our 2008 calendar. We've had them printed by Photobox, and wrapped them up ready to give out as Christmas presents. We did some last year, and they proved so popular that this year we ordered 32 of them!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Brrrr.....
Well Tuesday was cold, but today even worse! It's times like this when living out in the countryside has it's problems. The roads become very slippery so getting in to Bury takes twice as long. And then there's having to defrost the car in the evening before heading home again :-(
Still, the BBC monthly outlook is saying that there may be some snow on Christmas Eve. I do hope so!! None before then though as we have to get up to the Lake District. After that then all snow is welcome, particularly if we get stuck in our cottage until spring!!
Still, the BBC monthly outlook is saying that there may be some snow on Christmas Eve. I do hope so!! None before then though as we have to get up to the Lake District. After that then all snow is welcome, particularly if we get stuck in our cottage until spring!!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Silence
Hope you aren't finding the silence too unnerving, take it as more of a comfortable silence!
The other week on the radio they played 15 seconds of silence (Chris Evans on Radio 2). Any longer and the automatic backup at the station would kick in and play a pre-recorded tape. Since then I've had a few journeys to and from work with the radio off for a change.
At least I'm not alone - a drought seems to have hit blogs lately, so this is now a companionable silence.
Maybe I'll put up a few photo posts soon of images from this year....
The other week on the radio they played 15 seconds of silence (Chris Evans on Radio 2). Any longer and the automatic backup at the station would kick in and play a pre-recorded tape. Since then I've had a few journeys to and from work with the radio off for a change.
At least I'm not alone - a drought seems to have hit blogs lately, so this is now a companionable silence.
Maybe I'll put up a few photo posts soon of images from this year....
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