In the beautiful city of Bath we are lucky enough to have two specialist cheesemongers, which is very nice if you happen to like cheese. Which I do. I was going into Bath for the rugby and Mrs Sixwheeler wanted shops so we went into town together and to Bath Abbey where The Fine Cheese…
The first autumn that we lived in Bath we thought that we would go and see the autumn foliage at the nearby Westonbirt Arboretum, but by the time we got round to it all the leaves were on the ground. The same thing happened last year. On the basis of ‘third time lucky’ we decided…
Following rain and cold during the week, the sun was shining this morning so Mrs Sixwheeler and I went into Bath for a spot of shopping. We started with coffee as in “I’ll buy you a coffee” said Mrs S but follows it up with “… but you’ll have to pay for it as I’ve…
Yesterday we decided to take a drive down to Dorchester and visit Thomas Hardy’s cottage at Higher Bockhampton. I really don’t know why anyone goes on the roads in England at this time of year, but we fetched up at the new visitor centre and car park. This is a great improvement since my last…
Sorry not to have been blogging but it’s been so hot that it’s been making me lazy; as hot as in Kerala earlier in the year but without the humidity thank goodness. So we get up late, read a lot, eat, lie by the pool, eat, eat that sort of thing that doesn’t make for…
It all started at a cold and damp Bristol Airport in chaos. We’d allowed plenty of time but were nearly brought down by others; immense queues at Check In meant that we all ended up at the gallop to the gate. Annoyingly the problem had been caused by two coachloads on a school trip who…
Yesterday Mrs Sixwheeler and I visited the Church of St Mary and St David in the village of Kilpeck in Herefordshire. This church is well known among students of church architecture but almost unknown to everyone else; I came across it by a chance reference on Twitter and decided it was worth a visit. How…
Last day of the holiday and yet again we wake up to lashing rain and howling wind, this year has not been an epic Skye trip. I remember a wetter one but this year has been so cold as well as wet and windy. Notwithstanding the weather people have managed to get out sometime every…
Today dawned as quite a pleasant day, but it was soon looking a bit threatening. I had arranged with Morag, who I had walked with earlier in the week, that we would walk out to Waternish Point in the north of Skye and another friend Jackie decided to come along as well. It’s a long…
Beer! It has become a tradition in recent years for the Aylesbury Climbing Club to buy beer when we have our annual Scottish Meet. Members enjoy a drink and make a contribution towards the cost of the beer; this produces a profit above the cost which we then donate to the local mountain rescue team.…
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