Category Archives: Diary

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Monday 7 April 2025 To shoot for the moon, or to reach for the stars; either way, today marks the culmination of several weeks and months of planning for my Camino experience that has been an ambition of mine for a fair few years. The traditional Camino Francés route that I haveContinue reading “Reach For The Stars”

Saturday 5 April 2025 I have just two days now before I set off, initially to Stanstead Airport for my flight to Biarritz, ahead of my Camino trek. The path I will be taking is the Camino Francés, one of the many ancient pilgrimage routes that leads to Santiago de Compostela, in the Spanish regionContinue reading “Holiday In Spain”

Thursday 3 April 2025 For centuries immemorial pilgrims from all over Western Europe have made their way on foot across hills and hollows, over rivers and ranges, and through forests and fields, on the paths that lead to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Their mission, traditionally, has been to reach the Galician capital andContinue reading “Eviva España”

Wednesday 19 March 2025 Today I took a ramble with a difference: a walking tour of Soho in central London alongside six close friends and under the guidance of West End actor and musician Al, from Experience Local Tours. Our walk was loosely described as a ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour’, though personalised by the companyContinue reading “London Town”

Friday 28 February to Saturday 8 March 2025 Since my last post the season has changed meteorologically and, as if on cue, we have enjoyed a few warm days of early spring here. A blip perhaps, as the cold has now seemingly returned, but these few fine days have certainly been no less welcome. OurContinue reading “Looking East”

Saturday 22 to Wednesday 26 February 2025 I reported around this time last year from the Lake District, where I spent a few days with a group of fellow walkers from west Hertfordshire. We had such a wonderful stay that we repeated the experience this year, twenty of us this time, based from the ElterwaterContinue reading “Where The Sky Is”

Friday 14 February 2025 ‘I want to thank you for the hearts and flowers’ seems a fitting sentiment for a Valentine’s Day Blog as another week of grey skies progresses. I have a limited number of pictures to share today, as highlights in the countryside around these parts take a little finding whilst one isContinue reading “Hearts And Flowers”

Tuesday 7 to Tuesday 14 January 2025 I have never been one to dread the English winter, often writing here previously on the joys of a brisk ramble on a frost-covered January morning in the Chiltern countryside, or wherever I happen to be on our varied land at this time of year. But on thisContinue reading “Walking In The Sun”

Monday 6 January 2025 I had been intending to pen this short missive last week as a conveyance of New Year wishes, and in order to bid you all a happy and active 2025. However, a busy few days led into a fun weekend, where I really was made to feel the centre of attentionContinue reading “When I’m Sixty-Four”

Wednesday 18 December 2024 Perhaps it comes with age, or just through keeping busy, but each year does indeed seem to fly by quicker than the last, and here we are, seemingly blown in quite suddenly by Ashley, Bert, Conal and Darragh, now deep into December and with the festive period looming. The high streets,Continue reading “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”