Wales Coast Path – the world’s eighth wonder?

Most of the time, I don’t worry too much about getting older, the passage of the years. After all, ageing is part of life and, as someone once commented, it’s better than the alternative. On the whole I’m perfectly happy … Continued

Walking from Caldicot Castle

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Occasionally somewhere works its place into your imagination long before you ever actually visit it; that’s how it was for me with Caldicot Castle  I can vividly recall my parents setting off to a medieval banquet, my mother in a … Continued

The Wales-England borderline

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We’ve just started an exciting new hiking project and it’s taking us to the intriguing place that is border country. Borders have always been a source of fascination for me. On mainland Britain, we have only two – Wales/England and … Continued

When a picture’s worth 1,000 words

posted in: For fun, South Wales, Wales, Walkingworld | 9

Standing at a busy Cardiff junction earlier this week, my camera poised, I realised I was attracting curious glances from passers-by. You could see what they were thinking – why would anyone be photographing a pedestrian crossing when 45 degrees … Continued