We stopped at Steart Marshes on the way to Holford. No Spoonbills this time, just the usual ducks, etc. We went in a couple of the hides and then did the 4km loop. It was windy on the bank of the Parrett river. The wind made the pylons hum. The note they hummed was B-flat. …
On Christmas Eve (Sunday) we stopped at Stroud, en route to the Malverns, to experience the carols at the Prince Albert pub. For 23 years they’ve been singing traditional carols in the pub on every Sunday in December. It was quiet when we arrived at about 12pm, but it soon got very busy. We were …
In the morning, rain being forecast, we went to the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury. It was quite interesting. We drove to the Avalon Marshes centre and got lunch from the cafe there, then spent the afternoon at Shapwick Heath reserve. Lots of Marsh Harriers. A Kingfisher. Swans and ducks. Then we went across …
We drove to Shapwick Heath reserve car park. The plan was to do a circular route including lunch at Glastonbury and back through Ham Wall reserve, but the fields alongside the road were so flooded we decided to change the plan. We walked through Ham Wall reserve along the raised path. Some of the reserve …
Nice pub, great food.
We set off unusually early, having got into a habit of rising late. It was just after 8am when we left Goathland. We got to Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park around 12:30 and had lunch in the cafe and then had a look around the “Making Mischief Folk Costume in Britain” exhibition. It was …
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We parked near the old railway station at Cloughton and walked along the disused railway line for a bit, then went along the coast path. Some birds: Yellowhammer. Then down through the woods to the waterfall at Hayburn Wyke. Had lunch on the beach, nice left-over pie from Tuesday. That’s pies for lunch three days …
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We set off from here and stopped at the Mallyan Spout hotel for coffee, then went down the steep path to the waterfall. We walked alongside the river until we came to a sign which directed us up onto the moor, as the path we intended to follow was suffering from erosion. The moor gave …
We drove to Jugger Howe on Fylingdales Moor, the walk we’d aborted a couple of days ago. We followed the path up across the moor following a track laid down by the military in WW2 – they used this area for practice – and down into a valley where there was small tree-lined stream. Over …
On the way out we startled a deer in the herb garden. It scampered around for a bit and then jumped over the gate. We went to Whitby. Parked at the Abbey car park. It was £14 (each) to get in to see a building which didn’t even have a roof so we had a …