Category Archives: England

A Glimpse of Somerset

Posted on 14 May 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 2 of the Salt Path Experience: Minehead to Lynmouth We have moved on to Somerset this week, but only fleetingly. The walk, as I think I mentioned before, officially begins in Minehead. So we have spent two nights in … Continue reading →

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A Soupçon of Dorset

Posted on 12 May 2026 by sheg4184

Lime Regis, where “the principal street [is] almost hurrying into the water, … [and] the very beautiful line of cliffs [are] stretching out to the east of the town.” ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion Phase 1 of the Salt Path Experience: … Continue reading →

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Needles & Pins

Posted on 14 October 2025 by sheg4184

Historical novelist Tracey Chevalier is probably best known for her second novel, ‘The Girl with a Pearl Earring’, a fictional account of the Dutch painter, Vermeer, and his model. This, you may remember, was made into a movie in 2003 … Continue reading →

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The Wheels on the Bus

Posted on 5 September 2025 by sheg4184

It has been an extremely long, long-haul flight to London, and I am feeling gritty and grey as we drag our bags off the bus at Paddington. But the sun is shining between showers and sparkling in the puddles, and … Continue reading →

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A Walled Garden and a Copper Pig

Posted on 9 June 2024 by sheg4184

I have been waxing lyrical about the National Trust for the past few months, as we made plans to travel through the UK. The National Trust – in case you haven’t heard me mention it before – is a charity … Continue reading →

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Coronation Day

Posted on 25 May 2023 by sheg4184

I am a little behind with this review on a momentous day for the UK, as sad news from home had us dashing back to Australia before the last string of flags had been removed from park railings across London. … Continue reading →

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A Pebble in My Pocket

Posted on 2 March 2021 by sheg4184

PART THREE: NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK Day nine is twenty-three miles of dodging rain clouds across North Yorkshire. The footpath travels from Richmond to Ingleby Cross and the Bluebell Hotel via lush farmland that Wainwright deplores and upon which … Continue reading →

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A Pebble in My Pocket

Posted on 22 February 2021 by sheg4184

PART TWO: THE YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK It is the fifth day. We leave Shap behind, crossing a footbridge over the motorway, passing the quarry and the steel factory spewing forth clouds of smoke. Three hours of mole-hills, moorland and … Continue reading →

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A Pebble in my Pocket

Posted on 15 February 2021 by sheg4184

PART ONE: THE LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK London, 1991. It is the week before Easter. We squeeze sideways onto the commuter train to Euston with heavy rucksacks, trying hard not to look smug. ‘There, but for the grace of God, … Continue reading →

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Jersey Jottings

Posted on 30 December 2020 by sheg4184

“Gradually the magic of the island settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.” ~ Gerald Durrell I do love islands. I seem always to feel more comfortable living on an island than in a landlocked country, be it … Continue reading →

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