Part 1
Minehead to Westward Ho! - April 2023
Lynton to Combe Martin 20 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 22.0km Total distance: 22.0km; ascent: 790m Walking time: 5h 34′ Total time: 6h 52′ Overnight: Newberrybeach Lodge, Combe Martin The Coast Path leaves Lynton along a level track called North … Continue reading →
Porlock Weir to Lynton 19 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 18.9km Total distance: 19.2km; ascent: 613m Walking time: 4h 51′ Total time: 6h 04′ Overnight: The Crown Hotel, Lynton The Path from Porlock Weir to Lynmouth goes mostly through … Continue reading →
Getting there: Train to Taunton, bus to Minehead (route 28). Overnight: Premier Inn, Minehead. NB: For the whole of this trip I used Luggage Transfers to move a suitcase from one overnight stop to the next. The system worked perfectly – … Continue reading →
Riding the very terrible 1914 Tour of Italy This is the fourth of Tim Moore’s books that I’ve read, and the ninth he has published. My reading is definitely non-sequential though: I read ‘French Revolutions‘, his third, in 2002; his … Continue reading →
I first came across Sally Hinchcliffe on Twitter* as someone who lives in Scotland and rides a bike, so when I realised she is also an author and had just had a novel published I thought it would be good … Continue reading →
Another trip on the ‘Serious Scientific Answers to Daft Questions’ merry-go-round from the author of the xkcd online comic. Covers such weighty matters as “How many pigeons would it take to lift an average person?”, “Can all the world’s bananas … Continue reading →
If like me you enjoyed Dave Hutchinson’s “Fractured Europe” series (links to my reviews are in the sidebar – or scroll all the way down if you’re reading this on your phone) you will like ‘Cold Water’. It’s set in … Continue reading →
This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is a monumental effort by Richard Powers, in both length and scope. It’s a book about trees and people. The two are intertwined against a background of the destruction of the North American forests for timber; … Continue reading →
It’s done! By the start of April this year I had reached the top of 175 Wainwrights, leaving 39 more on my ‘unclimbed’ list. On 17 September I reached the summit of Lingmell, the final one of the complete set … Continue reading →
In August I took my gravel bike in the car to Holland and Belgium for a couple of weeks. In Holland I met up with my family (who were also on holiday) in Otterlo, a small town on the edge … Continue reading →
