Avonmouth. Avonmouth is the coastal port for Bristol at the mouth of the River Avon. Nowadays as you go over the bridge on the M5 motorway you look down onto the car compounds with rows and rows of cars and vans as this is a major transit point. In earlier times much grain arrived in…
Fungi. Found these fungi in our village churchyard, not sure that they would be edible but they appear to be past their best anyway. They look like some awful alien invasion.
Severn Crossing. Today was a triumph; Mrs Sixwheeler wanted to go Christmas shopping at the big retail park at Cribb’s Causeway on the western side of Bristol but she knows that I don’t much care for browsing. What happened was that I dropped her off at the John Lewis store then Maude and I drove…
Maude on duty. I’ve said before that Maude, our fearless Border Terrier, hates squirrels with a passion that only terriers can muster. I’m not saying that she takes this to extremes but she even attacks the television when there are squirrels. Fearless attention to duty. 1 December 2014
Life in Bath. As I have mentioned, Bath is a very Georgian city. What is not generally known though is that visitors are welcome to come and go as they please, as residents we are subject to certain regulations. Dress for example is strictly controlled; ladies are expected to wear a bonnet, gloves and a…
Bath Christmas Market. At this time of year up and down the country Christmas Markets are springing up everywhere. Acknowledged as one of the very best, Bath Christmas Market opened this week and will run for three weeks. For the market lots of wooden sheds – sorry chalets are set up and used as ‘pop…
Slammin’ Sam. At last, after about nine months waiting, we finally got to see ‘Slammin’ Sam Burgess run out for Bath Rugby. This is BIG news, at least in Bath. Sam Burgess is the latest in a line of players to switch code from Rugby League to Rugby Union. It was a great coup when…
Concrete Cows. Yes folks, we’ve been to Milton Keynes. Today we visited our daughter in Bedfordshire and went with her and two granddaughters to Milton Keynes to see the Christmas lights. And some concrete cows. Milton Keynes is a town in Buckinghamshire created as an overspill for people from London. There are positive things to…
Autumn, or is it winter? Days like today are a real challenge for getting a photograph. A late autumn day, or is it an early winter one? Dull, cold, damp and absolutely flat lighting. Looking around for something interesting and frankly there’s not much to see but if you look hard enough there’s always something.…
Fairy Castle. In the mystery land to the west of the ancient city of Bristol, across the Causeway of Cribb everyone lives in fairy castles. Yes, Christmas is on the way! 25 November 2014
The Sixwheeler Chronicles 