The forecast looked very good indeed for Sunday before last providing the perfect excuse to tackle a walk which has been on my ‘to-do’ list for far too long. Our planned route would be the Cwm Clydach walk, a nine mile circuit heading out along the Lower Clydach River before Read more…
Aberdare. Not necessarily top of my list when it comes to walking destinations but, with Wednesday forecast to offer the best weather of the week, we fancied giving somewhere new a try. Our chosen route came from one of the numerous walking books we’ve accumulated over the years and kicked Read more…
I wouldn’t normally feature a power station on this blog but in the case of Cockenzie, I’ll make an exception. Its towering structure was such a prominent and regular fixture on the landscape during our time in Edinburgh that to exclude it would be to omit a key part of Read more…
Words and images from 26/11/2015 Our last full day in Edinburgh and it was time to get my geek on. Where better to combine my love of history, engineering and railways than at the Forth rail bridge, one of the most iconic structures ever to be conceived and built. Opened Read more…
Words and images from 24/11/2015 The sun returned this morning and we kicked off the day with yet more quality birding along the Firth of Forth. First stop was Prestonpans where singles of Red-throated Diver, Goldeneye and Long-tailed Duck were all picked up in quick succession. Also present were at Read more…
Words and images from 23/11/2015 After two days of glorious, albeit chilly, sunshine it was back to reality with a bump today as the cloud and rain which has so typified November returned. Getting wet when wind-chill is below freezing is not my idea of fun so instead we decided Read more…
Words and images from 21/11/2015 I could little have anticipated that just a few weeks after driving the six hundred or so miles back from Mull I’d be heading North of the border once more. But here I am, in a cottage just East of Edinburgh, contemplating the tragic loss Read more…
Back to September for this post and day two of our mini camping adventure to mid Wales. As a recap we’d spent Saturday walking from Abergynolwyn to the enigmatic Castell y Bere and when we last spoke our tent had been pitched and we were safely tucked up for the Read more…
It was a return to Ilkley Moor to round off our Leeds trip and unlike last time there wasn’t even the hint of a light shower let alone the deluges which had severely challenged our resolve earlier in the week. In their place was a clear sky and sweltering temperatures Read more…
It’s always surprising quite how quickly a week away can simply disappear and by the time we got to our final two days in Leeds we still hadn’t managed to fit in any of the long, moorland walks of which I’d so been looking forward to. This meant that, regardless Read more…