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• Arriving in Buxton

  

  Saturday 12th September 2015It was 8.15am by the time my car was loaded with a long weekend’s worth of kit. I left my village with a good three-hours of... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Kingston Lacy

  

  Sunday 19th July 2015Turning back to July, when I spent a weekend camping down near the Jurassic Coast in Dorset and this stop at a National Trust property... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Weekend In’t Derbyshire

  

  Just over twenty-four hours ago, I returned home after an extended weekend break in Derbyshire, camping very close to the Peak District National Park. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Wild / 300: Rise of an Empire

  

  There’s one film that arrived through the post recently that I’d be highly anticipating for many weeks… It would’ve been quicker to have bought the DVD but I... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Portishead to Hewish

  

  Saturday 29th August 2015This was our second instalment in a long-distance walk following the Somerset Coast Path, from Bristol, south and then west to the Nort... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Notgrove Long Barrow

  

  Just a brief one for today as I have, erm, not an awful lot to do on this dismal Bank Holiday Monday morning!Following on from the end of my recent walk in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Cotswold Challenge

  

  Saturday 15th August 2015It must now be a fortnight since I last returned to the Cotswolds. In a month’s time, I’ll be heading that way again for a long-distanc... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Keeping My Bladder Clean

  

  Continuing on from the previous post where we looked at my recently-acquired map holder; this week, I’ve gone and bought my self a cleaning kit for my... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Map Holding

  

  While I was down in Dorset last month, I had an opportunity to try out a new map holder I had purchased, which would offered both resistance to rainfall and a... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Building the Shed (Part 2)

  

  By the end of my first day, I was impressed that I’d been able to get the roof on, albeit with a tarp thrown over for overnight ‘security’ (see Part 1). Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Bristol to Portishead (Part 2)

  

  Continuing on from Part 1, where we’d reached Ham Green via the Avon Cycleway.Still following the guide within Damian Halls’ Somerset Coast Path. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Bristol to Portishead (Part 1)

  

  Saturday 8th August 2015This was the very beginning of a long-distance coastal walk a friend and I have committed to tackling together. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Stargazing in Glastonbury

  

  Wednesday 12th August 2015My friend Anna recently suggested making a serious effort to experience the Perseid Meteor Shower, which apparently happens annually i... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Watch. Love. Repeat

  

  In 2014, I was fortunate enough to be able to experience a number of impressive and entertaining films at the cinema. In this post, I’ll recount my experience o... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Film Odyssey

  

  It’s been a little while since I last wrote about the films I’ve been renting but that’s not meant to imply that I haven’t been spending the odd evening sat... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Building the Shed (Part 1)

  

  Today marks the six-year anniversary of this blog. It’s developed and re-developed quite a bit in that time and I’m grateful to those of you who have been... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Building the Shed Base

  

  On Thursday, I took an afternoon off work to receive delivery of an 8ft x 6ft tongue-and-groove shed. This’ll be used for self-storage of items that are... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• The Pennine Way

  

  It’s rare that I would ever recommend anything produced by the BBC (in fact, I don’t watch a lot of telly at all) but when a Facebook page alerted me to the... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• RIP Katie

  

  This is without doubt the most difficult blog post I have ever had to write. It will also go down as one of my most challenging pieces of writing, personally. M... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Dorset Coastal Walk – Winspit to Old Harry Rocks (Part 2)

  

  Saturday 18th July 2015Continuing from the tail-end of Part 1, where I’d arrived at Durlston Head on the south-east corner of the SWCP, preparing to follow the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT