Easter was vaguely planned to be a multi activity weekend of fun... somewhat typically that didn't quite happen, for various reasons. But I did get some good walking in, so it wasn't all bad!
On Good Friday I ticked off a bit more Wye Valley Walk - starting in Ross on Wye up to Hole in the Wall (home of PGL, fact fans) and back again along the Herefordshire Trail.
Ross was heaving - lots of sunburnt people lazing about by the riverside. And walking slowly in my way. But I soon got past them, and out into the fields. Horrible smelly... continue reading »
It's April, which means Scotland time! Previous trips have been over Easter, but as that's stupidly late this year we went a weekend earlier, in the hope of more chance of rain.
Hah! A gloriously sunny weekend, and very little water in the rivers (but I believe things haven't improved in the week since, so still a good call, methinks)
Still plenty to do for our 'intermediate' trip though! We had a very long weekend, taking the whole of Thursday to travel up to Kinlochleven, where we were staying - Blackwater bunkhouse, highly recommended!
Another sunny weekend with not enough water in the rivers for kayaking... so I've ticked off a bit more Wye Valley Walk! For extra novelty points, I used public transport too. Been a while since I've done that, hah.
Having driven to Mordiford, I parked the car and ate lunch whilst waiting for the bus to Hereford, and was a little surprised when it actually arrived, bang on time! (I did have a back up plan of a circular walk, just in case).
I've not been to Hereford for ages - obviously no time for shopping this time though! Some fairly impressive... continue reading »
