We walked down the road out of the village and took a footpath past the sewage works. A road bridge crosses the Dulas Brook and the River Dore just where the two rivers meet. There, when we stopped to watch a Dipper, a Mink swam across the River Dore below us and away upstream along …
Bristol to Abergavenny took 2 hours due to Friday traffic and roadworks on the Severn Bridge. At Abergavenny we had a quick look round the castle and a quicker look round the museum on account of arriving at ten to four and the museum closing at four. We had a wander around the town and …
We did a 10-mile circular walk from the hotel. Up the combe to the top of the Quantocks, then past Halsway Post and Bicknoller Post and down to Kilve where we had lunch in the Hood Arms. Back up the lane and across the damp and foggy fields to the hotel. After dinner, scrabble. J …
We drove to Kilve and parked. Walked down to the beach and then turned left along the coast path for a bit before looping back inland to the car. Nice bright sunny day, despite the murky weather forecast. Stopped at the Hood Arms on the way back for a pint (on the house). Lunch at …
Went to Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall. Whooper Swans, Egrets, Herons, male and female Marsh Harriers, lots of ducks including Pintails. Good views of Lapwings and a Snipe just as we were about to leave. Then lunch at the pub in Cannington and on to Steart Marshes. Lots more ducks and Golden Plovers. No Spoonbills. …
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Checked into the thatched and thick-walled Mason’s Arms at 5pm, quickly ate some food we’d brought with us, and then headed off down the lanes to the village hall at Upper Odcombe. We were due to meet the other Odcombe carollers there at 5:45pm. R had met one of them, Steve C, at Sidmouth festival …
We set off from the hotel and had to scramble up a hill through brambles and holly and cross some barbed-wire fences to get to the path proper. Then down to Three Cliffs Bay. From there along the cliff path to Oxwich Bay and then inland a bit through Nicholaston Woods. It was hard-going for …
Welsh breakfast of oatcake with laver bread and leeks, bacon, cockles. WWT LLanelli: walked around the trails and saw lots of ducks, Heron, Spoonbills, etc. While we were having lunch in the WWT cafe it started raining, and continued to rain until we got to the car park at Oxwich Bay. We went down to …
Lots of traffic up to Cardiff, but clear after. Through Swansea and then, at the Gower Heritage Centre, we took a narrow lane for a mile up through the woods. At the top of the hill was park land and Parc le Breos country house hotel. We pushed open the heavy oak door and dinged …
Nant Ddu Lodge was disappointing, so last night we booked one night at Peterstone Court, 20 minutes drive away, where we’ve stayed before. We checked out of Nant Ddu and as there was no duty manager present we’d have to contact them separately to get a refund for our second night. Never mind, it was …