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• Franchis Holidays – July 2016

  

  This is the final instalment in my ongoing write-up of everything I did in Cornwall, almost two-months ago. Posts about August’s visit to Shropshire will begin... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• #Walk1000Miles – August 2016

  

  August arrived and then, seemed to depart so very suddenly. At first, it was as if the remnants of a typical summer had run away with it… More recently,... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Malvern Hills – July 2016 (Part 2)

  

  Sunday 31st July 2016At the end of Part 1, I’d reached what was effectively the ‘pinnacle’ in my sixteen-mile loop around the Malvern Hills. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Malvern Hills – July 2016 (Part 1)

  

  Sunday 31st July 2016This was my first ever walk in the Malvern Hills; an area of outstanding natural beauty and only a ninety-minute drive from home; for which... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Cotehele Mill

  

  Tuesday 19th July 2016From the map I’d been given, it didn’t look like a long walk from the house and gardens to Cotehele Mill. But it would involve following... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Visiting Cotehele

  

  Tuesday 19th July 2016Having spent my final night inside a tent down in Cornwall, it was time to begin the long journey home with a good three-hours of driving. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Shropshire Highlights

  

  At around 18.00 on Thursday, I returned home after a very long long weekend in Shropshire.It was my first time camping alone for four nights and I imagine to ge... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Priddy Good Walk

  

  Sunday marked the fourth walk that I have lead this year and I have hopes for leading a fifth before 2016 passes… Even though, I’ve yet to decide which one I’m... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• To Shropshire

  

  I’m officially heading to Shropshire in a couple of weeks, for my second camping trip/British adventure of the summer.My pitch has been booked at the camp site... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Pre-Walking in Priddy

  

  It’s almost time for me to lead another walk with the local Ramblers group, which will be my fourth of the year. Currently, I’m set to lead the group across a... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Goonhilly Downs

  

  Monday 18th July 2016After a morning at the beach beside St. Michael’s Mount and an afternoon spent reading at the camp site, I needed something to eat for... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• St. Michael’s Mount

  

  Monday 18th July 2016On the morning after my debut coastal walk in Cornwall, I found myself without the usually aches that would often follow a fifteen-miler. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• #Walk1000Miles – July 2016

  

  I immediately feel as though this past month is going to be one in which I’ve ‘under-achieved’, when it comes to my overall mileage…That’s in spite of recent... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• SWCP: Kynance Cove to Ruan Minor

  

  Sunday 17th July 2016Although I’d opted to stop for lunch a few hundred metres south of Kynance Cove and away from the mass of sunbathers, I also knew that I... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• SWCP: Poldhu to Kynance Cove

  

  Sunday 17th July 2016In this first instalment of last Sunday’s walk, I take my first miles along the South West Coast Path through Cornwall, having already... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Lanhydrock

  

  Saturday 16th July 2016It was the morning of my three-hour drive down to Cornwall and my four-day escape. I’d left later than planned, having made sure that... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Wellow Wander – July 2016

  

  Saturday 9th July 2016This was the weekend prior to my Cornwall trip. With little motivation to get up early on the Saturday, I still felt as though I should... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Back From Cornwall

  

  At around 19.00 last night, I completed the long journey back from my four-day weekend in Cornwall.St. Michael’s Mount, Marazion. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Cornwall-bound

  

  My first holiday of the year has been a long time coming but, the waiting is almost over…[Image credit: cornwalls.co.uk]CornwallI’ll be staying at site not far... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• West Harptree Wander (Part 2)

  

  Sunday 3rd July 2016It was somewhere around midday as I passed through the small village of Litton. Lunch was only an hour away and I knew where I would hope... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT