There are advantages in having a big family one of which is when they all club together you get a fantastic birthday present.  As mine was the big 6-0 I got a day course at River Cottage.   As pigs are due on our farm at some point wh... Read more

Well I didn't either until I happened to stumble across it while surfing the ether.  In defence I've been off-line for the past couple of days and not seen much TV or radio either.  Fortunately my week long pilgrimage walking the Cotswold W... Read more

The sun is beating against my back, setting the mosquito bites I got in Tofino on fire, but for once I hardly notice the itching. I’ve agreed to ride Whistler’s Peak 2 Peak Gondola which at 3.024km is the largest single span in th... Read more

I’m not really sure what day it is any more as we have seen so much and been on the move for so long, one day is beginning to merge into another! I know it is evening because the sun is sinking behind the mountains in splendid bars ... Read more

I’m sitting in a rock pool up to my neck in water almost too hot to bear. The rain thrums softly around my head but the heat from the cascading waters negates the chill. It has taken a ninety minute boat journey and a two kilometre ... Read more

Long haul flights always put me in mind of that remarkable young lady named Bright …   whose speed was much faster than light; She set out one day, In a relative way And returned the previous night!   Our flight to Vancouv... Read more

Judging from the state of our fridge it isn’t a moment too soon!   Number two son is a great supporter of the local culinary infrastructure which means for the past three weeks while we have been in Canada, we have been paying e-O... Read more

I thought holidays were meant to be a time of relaxation and a breathing space to reflect on the complexities of life!   I spent nearly half of my weekend away being scared witless!  Whatever possessed me, (Ha! Ha!) to suggest a... Read more

Wasn't expecting to be writing a blog post so early in my holidays, but our first B & B has internet access!   We're at Skipton at a wonderful Bed & Breakfast called Parkhill House.  Had a massive breakfast after a night in a four... Read more

It’s late afternoon with another hour or so before sunset, but the evening shadows are all ready thick and cobwebby at the bottom of this narrow bay.   The Welsh name for this is, Porth Synfor, but to me the English rendition, Hell&rsq... Read more