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24 hours in Lisbon

With only a 24 hour stopover on our way home, any agenda was going to be tight. Lisbon is a huge city and you could easily spend several...

Azores Adventure: São Jorge

We have seen glimpses of São Jorge from a distance for the last few days, first from Faial and then from Pico. The three islands make up...

Azores Adventure; Pico

Pico's mountain mist Shrouded in mystery aloft Glimpse of time gone by Ocean surrounding Pumice beaches, a perfect shore Lapping eagerly...

Azores Adventure: Faial

After the most amazing flight over Pico Island, we arrived on Faial. We planned to catch one of the 'regular' buses into Horta, but soon...

Azores adventure: Terciera

Terceira Island is one of the central group of the Azorean Archipelago - the third to be discovered, as its name suggests - and the bay...

Azores Adventure: São Miguel

It is our second visit to the beautiful island of São Miguel and, unexpectedly, we land during a downpour. As we cross the tarmac to the...

Smart Phone - Smart life; truth or contradiction?

I got up this morning and followed my usual routine: bathroom, got dressed, cat duties, cup of tea and then picked up my phone. I had a...

High Road to Higham

With spring on the way: the lanes bedecked with nodding daffodils, forget-me-nots, and grape hyacinths, a clear blue sky, a stiff March...

Richmondshire and Swaledale: March 2024

Into March, and we set out for an impromptu visit to Richmondshire in North Yorkshire. The weather chilly but dry and the forecast good,...

Mud and Murmurations

March mud. After a long wet February, it feels like an age since the paths were dry enough to walk without the suck and squelch of mud....

Gordale Scar and Malham Cove: February 2024

Let's face it; when you are planning a walking trip to the Yorkshire Dales, you have plenty of choice, and in the absence of any other...

Bolton-by-Bowland: January 2024

I have read about Bolton-by-Bowland several times in magazine articles, but until now have never visited. First recorded in the Domesday...

Downham - Sawley circular: January 2023

Such a delight to get out and about after a week of rain and gales - two storms back-to-back keeping us more or less by the fireside. But...

Fairsnape Fell: January 2024

A dry spell following weeks of rain always makes me reach for my boots, and today is no different. So after a wet and muddy walk...

2023 - a synopsis

What sort of a year was 2023? And, with all the ups and downs in a year, how do you begin to categorise it as a good or bad year? Is...

Walking in Sabden: whatever the weather

The default weather forecast in Sabden, from September to May, seems to be rain. Disheartening if you actually believe it, but I have...

Over the Hill to Downham

Yesterday, full of optimism, we walked the high valley path from Parsley Barn to Whalley, setting off under a blue sky that was soon...

The Bermuda Railway Trail: September 2023

Bermuda, one of Britain's oversea sovereign states, is an archipelago of 181 island's covering just 54 square kilometers. The most...

All around the hill: 02/09/2023

Pendle Hill. An iconic landmark carved out by nature. Formed by glaciers almost 300 million years ago. Notorious for the legend of the...

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