The Monks’ muddy Trod
I mentioned in my last post that there’d been a higher than average number of callouts this summer of the wonderful, fantastic, heroic Mountain Rescue service. They’re on hand to […]
Black Mountains treats
We’ve been in a period of what the forecasters call unsettled weather lately. I don’t know why they call it that – several days of rain seems pretty settled to […]
Loveliest Ludlow
John Betjeman once said that Ludlow is probably the loveliest town in England. I wonder how many he’d visited, because there’s some stiff competition out there. The only other example […]
Walking with druids
What’s the collective noun for a group of Druids? You may not think this is a very important question but this week it has been uppermost on my mind (after pondering […]
summer days
Today I’m going to write about good things. No tragedies, no sad losses, no whinging, even. Just good stuff, that has made me smile – hopefully it’ll have the same […]
The best of times, the worst of times
So here we are, mid July. It’s one of my favourite months – my birthday is on 9th, the same day as Tom Hanks. And the same year; which means […]
Flying high
I’m about to make an admission that will probably cross me off some Christmas card lists: I’m not an animal lover. I prefer plants, mountains, trees and waterfalls to things […]
The times they are a-changin’
This has been a big week – a really big week. But before I say anything at all about what happened on Thursday, let me tell you about some important events […]
Father’s Day treats
It seems that we just can’t get away from anniversaries. Every day is a reminder of a particular person or event – some which are important and others which are […]
The long valley
This week two interesting things happened – the first of which was that The Flying Scotsman hit the rails and passed through Abergavenny. This was a treat not to be […]
at home in the hills 