OS Explorer map 290, York: Selby & Tadcaster – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 11th July 2022. Google Maps location links: York, Ripon This summer, my parents have been married for 30 years, and in celebration of this, they invited me … Continue reading 290: York
Tag: early days
OL1: Langsett & the Dark Peak
OS Explorer map OL1, The Peak District Dark Peak Area: Kinder Scout, Bleaklow, Black Hill & Ladybower Reservoir – I own this map, and had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post Sunday 2nd August 2020. Google Maps location links: Pleasant Place in Kegworth, Langsett, Outer Edge, Castleton My previous post … Continue reading OL1: Langsett & the Dark Peak
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
279: Blyth & Doncaster
OS Explorer map 279, Doncaster: Conisburgh, Maltby & Thorne – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 7th February 2020. This is the first of five posts about a trip I did from Friday 7th to Monday 10th February 2020; a long weekend … Continue reading 279: Blyth & Doncaster
217: Church Stretton & the Long Mynd
OS Explorer map 217, The Long Mynd & Wenlock Edge: Church Stretton & Craven Arms – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 29th December 2019. During my short December 2019 trip to Shropshire with the Dearest Progenitors, I visited two new map … Continue reading 217: Church Stretton & the Long Mynd
432: Dingwall
OS Explorer map 432, Black Isle: Fortrose, Cromarty & Dingwall – I don't own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 9th October 2019. As any hypothetical regular readers may know, my parents have a holiday cottage on the Isle of Harris, which various members of our … Continue reading 432: Dingwall
OL40: Norwich & the Broads
OS Explorer map OL40, The Broads: Wroxham, Beccles, Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 29th September 2019. My previous post concerned my trip to the Norfolk coast on a committee retreat with Effective Altruism Cambridge. While the … Continue reading OL40: Norwich & the Broads
224: Irthlingborough
OS Explorer map 224, Corby, Kettering & Wellingborough: Rockingham Forest – I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 19th April 2019. As you may be aware, I grew up in Northamptonshire, living there from about age 1 until I went off to university. … Continue reading 224: Irthlingborough
251: Cley & Blakeney
OS Explorer map 251, Norfolk Coast Central: Wells-next-the-Sea & Fakenham. I do not own this map, but had visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 16th February 2019. My dear friend Millicent is very interested in churches, and is rather a fount of knowledge about them, making him always a good … Continue reading 251: Cley & Blakeney
OL7: South East Lake District
OS Explorer map OL7, The English Lakes South-eastern area: Windermere, Kendal & Silverdale – I own this map, and have visited it before starting this blog. Visited again for this post 22nd July 2018. (This is the last of fourteen posts concerning my July 2018 trip to Harris and Galloway with my Cambridge friends.) So I … Continue reading OL7: South East Lake District