It’s only one county away but the drive from South Lincolnshire to the Yorkshire coast isn’t a particularly direct one. We took the scenic route, via the Lincolnshire Wolds and the North York Moors....
Wolsey Walk in Cawood, Yorkshire
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses And all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. We all know the nursery rhyme of egg-shaped...
Riverside Walk from Leamington Spa to Warwick
What makes a good walk? Here’s a list – in no particular order – of a few things that, if they can be added to the usual views, scenery etc, can persuade me to...
Heading for the hills in Edinburgh
Have you ever tried ‘munro-bagging’? The idea is to climb one or all of the 282 Scottish mountains over 3000ft high (914m). I can’t say that’s ever been on our agenda. We love walking...
Come on, Eileen! Finding the weird and wonderful in museums
Who doesn’t love a museum which is a little bit weird and wonderful? Not for me a boring traipse around some dry old exhibits, usually accompanied by long-winded information on signage boards. I much...
Trekking with Nidderdale Llamas
“Stop that, Barney!” says the patient llama-handler, as the frisky creature continues to make mischief by knocking the top off a metal post with his head. We’re standing in a barn in the North...
Inntravel walking holiday: Alnwick and the Northumberland Coast
The green cover of the book was instantly recognisable. A Kingdom by the Sea, written in 1967 by a London Journalist, Betty James, might have gone unnoticed by other visitors to Barter Books in...
Kerrycroy: self-catering accommodation in Perthshire, Scotland
Last summer I had a yearning to travel after being constrained by the first lockdown. As soon as we could, we made plans to go to Scotland. We have great friends, Marion and Henry,...