Category Archives: Diary

Friday 1 to Friday 8 November 2024 Rachel and I have been fortunate this autumn to enjoy a number of trips away following her retirement in the summer. We have become quite familiar with Cornwall over the last decade, spending a week (and sometimes two separate weeks) each year on the rugged north coast ofContinue reading “Song For Cornwall”

Thursday 31 October 2024 Keats’ ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ is now well upon us and, particularly on the days when the sun breaks through, the autumn colours in our woods are indeed quite a sight to behold! Since returning from our October ‘summer holiday’ Rachel and I have been enjoying the fall inContinue reading “Autumn Leaves”

Thursday 3 to Saturday 19 October 2024 (Part Two) This account of the Italian leg of our travels forms the second part of the walking trip that Rachel and I completed recently. After five days in the Alps we left Switzerland by train, departing the mountains as we headed southward to Milan, and thence toContinue reading “Tuscan Skies”

Thursday 3 to Saturday 19 October 2024 (Part One) A busy summer, of family events and celebrations, has meant that this year Rachel and I deferred our summer holiday until into the autumn. Avoiding the heat of high summer has certain advantages, especially for walkers such as us, and so we decided upon a two-countryContinue reading “The Call Of The Mountains”

Thursday 12 to Thursday 19 September 2024 (Part Three) This Blog is the third and final account of my recent trip to Nashville with friends from Hertfordshire. Those who have followed my story of the first few days of our trip will have seen our group’s experiences in following some aspiring singer-songwriters at venues suchContinue reading “For The Good Times”

Thursday 12 to Thursday 19 September 2024 (Part Two) Today our group gained a unique view into the life of the budding Nashville singer-songwriter seeking a breakthrough in the Music City. As things turned out we had a quite a treat in store in the evening, as I had been most fortunate a few daysContinue reading “Down On Music Row”

Thursday 12 to Thursday 19 September 2024 (Part One) This piece is a LETJOG Blog with a difference: an account of a week where my walking took second place to another personal passion, live music. Along with local friends Mark, Mike and Matt, I embarked upon a long-planned, week-long tour of the sights and soundsContinue reading “Sundown In Nashville”

Saturday 7 September 2024 The summer is starting to ebb away now with the leaves in the garden beginning to turn, and I awoke with the alarm on Saturday to an autumnal mist that seemed to announce the change in season. The cause of my early rising was for a drive up to Peterborough, toContinue reading “Beat It”

August 2024 Well, it has been a while since my last activity on this Blog following my LETJOG E2W walk and, whilst the heat of summer tends to curtail my walking activity somewhat, I have not been totally idle these last three months. So I thought that I would check in with you all, justContinue reading “Summertime”

Saturday 1 June 2024 My apologies for disturbing your Saturday evening, particularly as I had promised to leave you alone for a while. But I just had to send a final Blog to thank everyone again who supported my LETJOG E2W challenge – and to say that we have just passed the £2,500 target figureContinue reading “Looks Like We Made It”