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• Shallow Grange Campsite

  

  September 2015At least one each week, I remember that I’ve still yet to write a single word on the camp site I stayed at back in September…This has been on-goin... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Lilstock to Blue Anchor (Part 2)

  

  Saturday 14th May 2016From the edge of the holiday park where we had stopped for lunch, there was but a short distance before we would reach the village of... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Lilstock to Blue Anchor (Part 1)

  

  Saturday 14th May 2016Having left the horror of Hinkley Point behind us, we were set to continue further along the England Coast Path, moving ever closer to... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Nyland to Glastonbury (Part 2)

  

  Saturday 7th May 2016From high up in the Wedmore hamlet of Bagley, we were set to descend to the Somerset Levels after lunch; hoping to escape the intense heat... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Nyland to Glastonbury (Part 1)

  

  Saturday 7th May 2016Before I go on to write about a visit to Salisbury city, following the morning at Stonehenge; I’d like to share with you a new challenge... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Visiting Stonehenge

  

  Saturday 30th April 2016Stonehenge is one of the UK’s most popular historic sites. People flock to it each year from all over the globe and, with the Summer... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Olympus Has Fallen / A Walk in the Woods

  

  One film I’d never heard of; another I was curious about, for inclusion of the word Walk within the title…Olympus Has Fallen – It stars Gerard Butler, Morgan... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Recording Narration

  

  Following on from my previous post where I shared with you my most recent YouTube video, I’d like to talk briefly, here in this blog post, about how I recorded... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Yin and Yang Bandsaw Boxes (Part 1)

  

  It’s been a fortnight since I uploaded this first video to YouTube and I had hoped that the second instalment would be ready to upload this evening… Well, it... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Combwich to Lilstock (Part 2)

  

  Thursday 28th April 2016At long last, we were returning to the coast in its purest form.Beyond the beaches of seaside towns and somewhere beyond the riverside... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Combwich to Lilstock (Part 1)

  

  Thursday 28th April 2016On a rare day off from work, where else would I rather be but out walking in the countryside?!There were two things that made this walk... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Improved Chocolate Chip Cookies

  

  It was sometime last week that I attempted a slight variation on the chocolate chip cookies I’d made previously, which were so soft you had too tear them apart... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Southern Quantocks Walk (Part 2) – April 2016

  

  Saturday 23rd April 2016This would be the decision-maker on whether or not my new-found return route to the car would register this figure-of-eight loop as a... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• #Walk1000Miles – April 2016

  

  I’m pleased to be able to write that April 2016 has become a small milestone for me, in my quest to walk one-thousand miles see how many miles I can walk... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Southern Quantocks Walk (Part 1) – April 2016

  

  Saturday 23rd April 2016Another month in 2016 and another opportunity to complete a circular walk within the southern region of the Quantock Hills. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Sicario / Charlie Wilson’s War

  

  One stars Tom Hanks; the other has Emily Blunt.Chances were high that I was going to like both of these films.Sicario is one you’re probably quite aware of as i... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Dunball to Steart (Somerset Coast Path)

  

  Sunday 24th April 2016It felt great that we were able to resume our trek along the Somerset Coast Path, only a fortnight after our previous instalment and... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• New Windows

  

  When I moved to this flat in November 2013, I quickly began to compile a growing list of items that may need attention. Many of these have since been... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Evening Walks

  

  It feels as though this year is beginning to increase its pace. Simultaneously, I also feel as though 2016 has only recently begun…We’ve somehow survived anothe... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Walk Leading from Pensford

  

  Sunday 10th April 2016My first walk of the year has been completed – I am, of course, referring to a walk in which I am the leader, within Brunel 20s and 30s... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT