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Savernake used to be a royal hunting forest and was then landscaped by Capability Brown. It now makes a wonderful place for a walk and is easy to connect with the Kennet & Avon canal towpath. The Waterfront is a cafe at Pewsey Wharf on the canal. Popular & well worth a visit. . . . → Read More: Savernake Forest & Kennet & Avon Canal walk Just had lunch in the rooftop restaurant at the Ashmolean In Oxford. Nice Merlot, seafood platter and rocket and Parmesan salad whilst staring across the ‘dreaming spires’ of the Oxford colleges. Song in my head: In The End – Snow Patrol On a flight to Copenhagen (for work) which had a nose-wheel camera wired to the in-cabin TVs. Fascinating; someone should make an App where you can pitch yourself against the pilot and see if you can do a better landing: except of course you can’t use electronic equipment on take-off or landing (take-note you government . . . → Read More: Nose-wheel cameras and the SAS Took the caravan for a long weekend based in Rode, Somerset. On Saturday we walked part of the Macmillan Way. From Rode to Farleigh Castle, Iford Manor (see picture), New Inn Lower Westwood (for lunch) & return; mostly following the River Frome. Before reaching Farleigh, we passed what we took to be (and the Ordnance . . . → Read More: Long weekend in Rode, Somerset Took the caravan to a farm just outside Brecon for the week after Boxing Day. Lots of mountain and waterfall walks with dog and dipping into the Good Pub Guide. Very relaxing and toasty in the caravan. Classic Corn Dhu and Pen-y-Fan walk. Looks like Pebbles (the dog) managed to get to the top of . . . → Read More: Brecon Beacons for the Christmas Break With Ian on annual pilgrimage to the Warley National model railway show at the NEC. Some absolutely outstanding and inspirational model rail layouts / scenes in different scales that must have taken ages of painstaking dedication to complete. Some great bargains as well. . . . → Read More: Warley National Model Railway Show @NEC With Liz and Mary at Take That Progress Live gig at Wembley 30th June. Met up with brother Brian for a long weekend biking in Wales. On the Saturday we were joined by Chris. Friday afternoon took us from our B&B base in Rhayader up along the Élan Valley reservoirs then along the mountain road, over the open spaces of the Cambrian Mountains, West towards Devils Bridge. Before reaching . . . → Read More: Wales biking tour Bacon Butties at 7am with Sam & Clair, Mike & Jo and Jeb (Baydon Bikers Club members) gathering with the rest of the club at Hullavington Airfield (M4 J17) for 8:30 for the ‘Ride of Respect 2011′ ride to Wootton Bassett. The ride was to thank RAF Lyneham and Wootton Bassett townsfolk for the respect . . . → Read More: Ride of Respect, Royal Wootton Bassett, Mothers Day 2011 Cracking start to my 2011 biking season. Little bit of mist and a chill but nothing the heated grips can’t handle. Decent long distance shake down for the bike (and for me) over the Welsh mountains, lakes and back. Trying out new custom earplugs I had fitted at the NEC bike show last Autumn; work . . . → Read More: Élan Valley, Rhayader, 350 mile round trip |
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