For this walk, I start out from my home near Cambridge train station. However, if you are coming from out of town, the nearest car parks are at the train station and the leisure centre of Hills Road. There is also limited on-road parking along the A1134 Trumpington Road and…
When I was a teenager, I went to Grafham Water for a weekend to improve my jazz flute playing. We stayed in dormitories and attended various workshops according to our performance level and the type of instrument we played. It was at this weekend when, at the tender age of…
This walk is easy to navigate and is mostly off-lead. It can be a sociable experience too, especially at weekends – off-road cyclists enjoy keeping within the thin track on the Roman Road and the playground and sports field in the River Granta area is full of families. During the…
Betty and I set off along Bideford Quay and caught the dawn light on the Old Bideford Bridge. We walked past the Oldenburg Ferry, all packed up for winter and I relived the awful trip I was made to go on when I puked all over someone’s feet. The tide was…
Park at the Go Ape – Pay and Display. As a child, my parents use to spend all weekend at the sailing club on the Cannock Chase reservoir, also known as Chasewater. Nowadays, when I go back to visit family in Stafford, we head for the Birches Valley Forest Centre,…
