OS Explorer map 346, Berwick-upon-Tweed: Eyemouth, Duns, St Abb’s Head & Cockburnspath – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 9th July 2021. This is the first of six posts about my trip to Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway with my school friends … Continue reading 346: Berwick-upon-Tweed
Tag: castles
184: Mersea Island
OS Explorer map 184, Colchester: Harwich & Clacton-on-Sea – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 11th July 2020. Google Maps location links: Castle Hedingham, Mersea Island, Colchester, Copford, Harwich port When I came to this map area in July 2020, it was, … Continue reading 184: Mersea Island
111: Bude & Tintagel
OS Explorer map 111, Bude, Boscastle & Tintagel – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 28th February 2020. This is the third of three posts about my trip to Devon and Cornwall for my then-employer‘s team retreat. Google Maps location links: Bude, … Continue reading 111: Bude & Tintagel
OL19: Kirkby Stephen
OS Explorer map OL19, Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley – I own this map, but had not visited the area before starting this blog. Visited for this post 8th February 2020. This is the third of five posts about a trip I did from Friday 7th to Monday 10th February 2020; a long weekend … Continue reading OL19: Kirkby Stephen
230: Eye
OS Explorer map 230, Diss & Harleston: East Harling & Stanton – I now own this map, but hadn't visited it before starting this blog. Visited for this post 19th January 2020. Attentive readers may remember that in February 2019, I went on a trip to Cley and Blakeney in North Norfolk, looking at churches … Continue reading 230: Eye
203: Ludlow
OS Explorer map 203, Ludlow: Tenbury Wells & Cleobury Mortimer – I do not own this map, and had not visited it before starting this blog. Visited for this post 28th December 2019. For the Christmas period in 2019, I went to stay with the Dearest Progenitors in Northamptonshire for a week or so, joining … Continue reading 203: Ludlow
240: Shrawardine (well, half of it)
OS Explorer map 240, Oswestry: Chirk, Ellesmere & Pant – I do not own this map, and had not visited it before starting this blog. Visited for this post 29th March 2019. This is going to be the first of three posts about the "Gerald of Wales" trip to North Wales I did in late … Continue reading 240: Shrawardine (well, half of it)
213: Aberystwyth
OS Explorer map 213, Aberystwyth & Cwm Rheidol: Devil’s Bridge – I do not own this map, and had not visited it before starting this blog. Visited for this post 12th August 2018. My good friend Erithacus spent most of the month of August in Aberystwyth, on a summer course at the university there, learning … Continue reading 213: Aberystwyth
195: Saffron Walden
OS Explorer map 195, Braintree & Saffron Walden: Halstead & Great Dunmow – I do not own this map, but have visited it before starting this blog. Visited for this post 22nd June 2018. So, in my last post, I told you that, yay, I had finished my dissertation, my friends had finished exams, and … Continue reading 195: Saffron Walden
374: Isle of Mull North
OS Explorer map 374, Isle of Mull North & Tobermory: Ulva, Staffa & Treshinish Isles – I have not visited this map before starting this blog, but do now own the map. Visited for this post 31st March 2018. My previous post saw the Dearest Progenitors and I in Ardnamurchan, as we made our slow … Continue reading 374: Isle of Mull North