Category Archives: England

Down on the Border

Posted on 24 May 2026 by sheg4184

‘…For men must work, and women must weep,Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,And the harbour bar be moaning.’. ~ Charles Kingsley (Three Fishers) Phase 4: The Salt Path: Westward Ho! to Bude Our accommodation these past few days has … Continue reading →

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“A Wimpling Wind”*

Posted on 17 May 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 3 of the Salt Path: Linmouth to Westward Ho! Wandering through a tranquil wilderness beneath dappled beechwoods, I emerge into green fields beside a still and silent lake, and it is hard to imagine that I am in the … Continue reading →

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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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