Scorching hot weather has been the theme of this summer and our weekend in Castle Acre was no exception. A hot, dusty drive, plagued with roadworks, ended for most of us with a delicious meal at The Ostrich and a chance to unwind with a couple of drinks. Suitably relaxed …

A sunny July weekend and we headed off to the South Downs and the Truleigh Hill YH. We arrived around 9pm to find CYHA bunkered down in the hostel sun lounge, eating dinner and sipping drinks with a fantastic view over the ocean. Naturally we joined them and had a …

The fictional vet, James Herriot, was based on the real life experiences of Alf Wight, so it’s very appropriate that the route he first described in his book “James Herriot’s Yorkshire” is named after his alter ego. We started at the war memorial in Aysgarth, walking out via …

Once upon a time there was a super continent called Pangea. Then one day (or possibly it took a little longer) it unzipped along what became the mid-Atlantic ridge. During the unzipping Africa twisted round and started squeezing up against Europe, creating the Alps whilst India smacked into Asia and …

Dave and I added a few days onto the start of the Easter trip to the Lakes with the express purpose of Dave completing his Wainwrights.

For the uninitiated, a Wainwright is a Lakeland Fell described in the pictorial guides by professional curmudgeon, Alfred Wainwright. There are 214 in total …

The New Forest is wonderfully quiet. Huge expanses of trees and tracks with few roads and even fewer villages, but it has not always been the case. We could easily have walked past it without noticing, but on our walk from Fritham to Blissford a passing hiker took the time …

It’s January and our first trip of the New Year, where better than a trip to Suffolk to take in the Blyth Valley and some welcome fresh sea breezes. We arrived Friday night at our accommodation in the Old Station at Darsham. There were too many of us to …

This New Year we visited the depths of Wales, a National Trust property just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park at a place called Dinefwr, Llandeilo. The bunkhouse we were staying in was one of the older parts of the property, attached to the back of Newton House – reputedly the …

One of the side effects of the pandemic has been a long list of postponed trips. One of these trips was our booking for Fisherground Farmhouse in Eskdale. As accommodation goes this is a tad more luxurious than our standard hostel fare, and the location is one of the quieter …

The land of limestone escarpments, quaint villages, and stunning waterfalls, our long weekend in the Yorkshire Dales was much anticipated and very, very welcome. Sadly the weather didn’t entirely cooperate and weeks of sunshine broke with some chilly drizzle. It could have been worse, but it really wasn’t …