The Cottage garden has been in bloom while we’ve been away. It’s been good to check out the local scenes again and enjoy a home comforts at a very leisurely pace. We’ve not travelled too far over the bank holiday, to keep away from any crowds (if there were any!). However, I did nip onto Read more

Having briefly returned to Wales, a rapid U-turn facilitated a return to the South West! Here’s a few scenes from a lovely family tour around Somerset.  Including the dancing goats of Ilton… Some classic car appreciation… Visiting the historic market town of Ilminster… Hikes and trails… The Quantocks Hills… Wild Ponies… Some impromptu, mid afternoon Read more

After a few hours of sleep at The Cottage, I was back on the road again! A pre-packed bag was already for me by the back door, so after hanging up my tent to dry, I returned to Manchester to where Clare had just stepped off the flight from Seattle (via Iceland). We were almost Read more

An alpine start of 05:30am meant that we could break up the journey home with some rock climbing near Portishead. Amazingly, we managed some great climbing along with pretty much traffic free driving (only getting held up in the last half hour!). Once the group were re-united with parents, we spent some time in the Read more

Just because we were camping in an empty field on a cliff top, didn’t mean that we couldn’t have fancy pancakes for breakfast!  Sea mist and drizzle put a stop to any climbing plans, so we checked out the Minack Theatre instead. An absolutely magical place! We didn’t watch a show, but enjoyed looking around Read more

Our South West rock climbing expedition continued south this morning, and crossed borders into Cornwall… First things first…..  Then onto Sennen…. Sennen looked as magical as I remembered as we drove down the hill to the harbour. We then made the short walk over the cliff tops and made an intimidating abseil down to the Read more