Category Archives: Travel

On Spanish Time

Posted on 30 September 2026 by sheg4184

For a couple of days, it was like having jetlag. Dinner at 9 o’clock meant bed after midnight, breakfast at about 10am and lunch between 2-3pm. And, of course, a siesta afterwards. After only a couple of days, I got … Continue reading →

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A Touch of Suffolk

Posted on 22 September 2026 by sheg4184

Our little Renault GPS (known as Daphne) has taken us on many a confused and convoluted route this past week, as we set out to explore Suffolk. Apart from a brief but beautiful week in Southwold many eons ago, this … Continue reading →

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Five Senses or 5-4-3-2-1

Posted on 7 September 2026 by sheg4184

‘Stories begin with noticing.’ ~With apologies to John Roberts It is early morning, and even the birds are silent. A faint breeze whispers around the tiled chimney stacks and fills the pale linen curtain like a sail. I am perched … Continue reading →

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Two Tree Island & Beyond

Posted on 2 September 2026 by sheg4184

As we start our descent over Kent, it is obvious that England has been scalded by summer sun this year and the countryside below is looking remarkably like Australia, the lawns and fields burnt to a yellowy-beige stubble. Heading east … Continue reading →

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It’s a Wrap!

Posted on 21 June 2026 by sheg4184

The Final Lap: Falmouth to Bigbury-on-Sea He made it. Yesterday, after a week on the final run up the east coast of Cornwall and across the border into Devon the job is done. Yesterday afternoon, I joined One & Only … Continue reading →

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Of Tin & Tea & Tidal Rivers

Posted on 15 June 2026 by sheg4184

The penultimate phase: the Lizard Peninsula I have just been looking at a map that divides Cornwall into six areas, like stripy socks, and noticed that the southern end of the county looks something like a crab claw. So, we … Continue reading →

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Combing the Penwith Peninsula

Posted on 7 June 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 6 of the Salt Path: St. Ives to Prussian Bay ‘By Tre, Pol and Pen, Shall ye know all Cornishmen’ On the south western tip of Cornwall (or Kernow as it is known by the Cornubians) is the rugged … Continue reading →

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Of Martyrs and Artists and Clamorous Bells

Posted on 4 June 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 5 of the Salt Path: Boscastle to St Ives This past week, we have been based in St Columb Major, a Cornish town a few miles inland, and well away from the hustle and bustle and total chaos of … Continue reading →

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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: Lynmouth 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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