Part 1
Minehead to Westward Ho! - April 2023
Woolacombe to Braunton 22 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 24.0km Total distance: 24.5km; ascent: 200m Walking time: 5h 12′ Total time: 6h 21′ Overnight: The Brookfield, South Street, Braunton Coming down for breakfast it wasn’t difficult to spot the … Continue reading →
Combe Martin to Woolacombe 21 April 2023 Distance on Coast Path: 22.6km Total distance: 22.6km; ascent: 870m Walking time: 5h 52′ Total time: 7h 29′ Overnight: The Fortescue Arms, Ossaborough (on the B3343 above Woolacombe) The day started with a steep … Continue reading →
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 →
