Today has not been an easy one, as soon as I woke up I knew that I had a problem. The top of my right shoulder is VERY tender and carrying a rucksack is out of the question at the moment. The proprijetor of the gîte was most helpful and organised a taxi to bring…
Up with the lark after a good night’s sleep and away promptly after breakfast. It turned out to be a day of ups and downs, we walked up and then we walked down and then we walked up again, you get the idea. I walked with French people and for a time an American couple…
Today is another day and yesterday’s frustrations are behind me. No big rush to get away so a leisurely pack after breakfast and off I went. Just along from the hotel came across this trompe l’oeil. Crossed the river and started walking at 9 o’clock. Last year my walk was mostly on the flat, this…
It’s been all a bit much, car from Bath to Gatwick, plane from Gatwick to Lyon airport, tram from Lyon airport to Lyon city centre, train from Lyon to Firminy, bus from Firminy to Le Puy then walked to my hotel. PHEW! To make matters worse the bus should have been a train but they…
This time tomorrow I will, hopefully, be very near to Le Puy en Velay in southern central France and from there I will start walking Stevenson’s Way on Friday. This is designated the GR70 and I will be away for two weeks. Needless to say I will be blogging so if you are not already…
As I posted a picture of granddaughter number Two last night, here is granddaughter number Four. I have to do this for the sake of peace and tranquility as if I don’t there will be trouble. Took this picture this morning just as she had raided the biscuit jar. 19 February 2014
The Somerset Levels, or the Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known, is a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, in South West England, running south from the Mendip Hills to the Blackdown Hills.The Levels occupy an area of about 160,000 acres (650 km2), corresponding broadly…
Check out @HistoryNeedsYou’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/HistoryNeedsYou/status/397514968171835392 Please note second from left – Robert Winter and extreme right Thomas Winter. I’m very proud of my ancestors.
By way of an experiment in blogging via smartphone, here is a short blog on rugby. Today Bath Rugby hosted a visit by Leicester Tigers at The Rec. Tigers are our oldest rivals and it is a local derby in everything but geography. This was my first Aviva Premiership match on my lovely new Season…
The Sixwheeler Chronicles 