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I went to Rye yesterday with my family and there was the happy coincidence of a reasonably sunny day and the church tower being open! I haven’t been up here since I was a sprog. Here we can see over the Romney marsh towards the sea and the local wind farm. The tower doesn’t feel [...]

It was lovely and sunny this Saturday so it seemed like a good day to go for an adventure in the wild and barren lands of south Oxfordshire. I walked from Henley on a rather roundabout route to Wallingford. Here’s the ruined church that’s appeared on this blog before. This time swamped by blooming flowers. [...]

Sweden! That’s where I was last weekend. I had been in Uppsala the week before on a business trip so I stayed for a few days to do some sightseeing. Alas this did mean I missed the royal wedding, but as compensation I did get to blast things with a neutron beam. On Saturday, after [...]

I was back home in Hastings for the Easter weekend. My mum and I visited that often overlooked Hastings attraction: the castle! Granted, it’s not the most extensive or complete castle in the country, but it is historically significant and, well, local. Most of it has fallen into the sea or was demolished by over-enthusiastic [...]

I was away in Yorkshire last week visiting some northern acquaintances and going for a walk on the moors. I walked along the first part of the Cleveland way, from Helmsley to Kildale, and then got the train back to Middlesbrough and civilisation. Around 45 miles over three and a half days so not very [...]

I declare yesterday to have been the sunniest day of the year thus far, and so was an excellent day to visit hitherto unexplored parts of Buckinghamshire. Here’s roughly where I went: View Henley March 2011 in a larger map Saw lots of strange animals: a pheasant, a red kite, and a small red mammal [...]

Today I went for a walk near the house of my good friend and neighbour, the Queen. But the path through her garden was blocked by a herd of deer! Later on it brightened up a bit. Here is the bridge over Virginia Water: Virginia Water is a large man-made lake at the southern end [...]

Yesterday I went for a walk between Loudwater (near High Wycombe) and Henley on Thames. Here’s roughly where I went: View Loudwater to Henley in a larger map Distance was a tad over 14 miles. Not a lot of interesting things to report: it was mostly quiet countryside alternating between farmland and woodland. The Chiltern [...]

I went for a walk today in the Colne Valley. It’s a strange strip of land between West London and the M25 that can’t decide whether it wants to be part of the countryside or the city. It’s quite a nice part of the world anyway. Here’s where I went, from West Drayton – which [...]

Today is my activity day so I diligently headed off on the next part of my Thames Path adventure from Culham to Oxford. Culham, if you remember, was where I had to be evacuated from by taxi after the unexpected coming of darkness a few weeks ago. It turns out Culham is the site of [...]