Monthly Archives: September 2011

30 Sept. Very warm and sunny. Wore shorts for the walk. Today, poshness, duck, Windermere, and a babbling brook, and Martins church. Wandered towards Windermere first visiting Martin’s church, built 1486. Inside it was explained that the stain glass came … Continue reading →

28 Sept. Very warm and sunny. Several parts to this post. A day with an outstanding walk, best of the trip to date, good food, a boat ride, and a fine lesson delivered to us on dry stone walls. The … Continue reading →

28 Sept. Warm, very warm. Hit 28 today. Brought cloths for 15-16 degrees C Started off as an ordinary day, ordinary in a nice way. Then the extraordinary occurred, Bob was wrong. First the ordinary, in a very good way. … Continue reading →

27 Sept. Another fine warm day. Getting warmer. Decided to stay another day in this fine hotel. Walk the castle and then off to North western wales to do a coastal walk in Moelfre. Conwy is, to our taste, far … Continue reading →

> > > 26. Sept. Much too warm. According to locals nicest day since mid-August > > Saving the castle for tomorrow we headed out on climb of Conwy Mountain. Bit challenging walk, often loner than advertised due in part … Continue reading →

Sept. 25. Nice and too warm Walking the wall of Chester and then off to Wales. Chester’s sites are well covered on many fine web sites. In summary, an excellent walking town, wall, pedestrian area, with several good restaurants. Chester … Continue reading →

24 Sept. Nice day for a walk. One slight drizzle. Bobby came up from London to join us for the weekend and for walking. Total we “Little Budworth” pleasant walk with 13 stiles, some of which are pictured on Flickr … Continue reading →

Sept.23. Sunny and a bit too warm for walking. Two walks today, both easy ones, links below. The water park is literally a park filled with recreational water related amusements. Boating, jet skis, fishing, power boats, plus non-water based miniature … Continue reading →

22 Sept. Nice day, pretty good for walking. Overslept, must have been jet-lag. Before retiring QB said: “it is vacation. It is not fun. Get up early. ” So much for intentions or instructions. Off to Stowe for a walk … Continue reading →

21 September.  Cloudy very slight drizzle Milton Keynes,MK, is a new city.  Mid-century, 20th, not medieval but….. So rectlinear and concrete based that one wonders about the famous collection of architecs that were engaged.  See wikipedia for more details.  Highlight … Continue reading →