I’ve read and re-read Wild Wales many times. It remains for me the most evocative travel book ever written, and brings us closer to the real George Borrow than any of his other works. Wild Wales gives a stunning picture of how Wales would have been in 1854, not just the topography but the industrialContinue reading “Wild Wales”
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Fury at Fawley Court — CampaignerKate
Pressure is mounting on Bucks County Council to replace the missing footbridge at Fawley Court, near Henley. via Fury at Fawley Court — CampaignerKate
On Ben A’an
On a beautiful September morning, we found our way to the top of Ben A’an, that modest but rather stunning hill in the Trossachs. If you want a short walk, I commend it to you, though do as we did and get there early. It’s a popular ascent, and by going early in the morningContinue reading “On Ben A’an”
Robin Hood – Still the People’s Hero
I wrote a while ago how often Robin Hood features as a place name in our landscape, from Robin Hood’s Well at Fountains Abbey to his numerous graves, from a hill in Cumbria to his various resting places. As an author of Robin Hood novels I have my own thoughts on the man himself: TraditionContinue reading “Robin Hood – Still the People’s Hero”
Walk to a Forgotten Graveyard
We owe Wensleydale Cheese to the monks of Jervaulx Abbey, not to mention the training of racehorses that goes on in this part of the Yorkshire Dales as well. I’ve featured Jervaulx Abbey on this blog before, so, although we started from there, we took a different route the other day. (We missed out theContinue reading “Walk to a Forgotten Graveyard”
Walking the Old Ways 