Map 130: Old Routes – Canal, Railway and Bronze Age Track
11 April 2024 This expedition began from a large lay-by at the side of the busy A607 in Harlaxton, just … Continue reading Map 130: Old Routes – Canal, Railway and Bronze Age Track
11 April 2024 This expedition began from a large lay-by at the side of the busy A607 in Harlaxton, just … Continue reading Map 130: Old Routes – Canal, Railway and Bronze Age Track
12 March 2024 Mine was the sole car parked in an enormous car park at Trevor. Unlike most people visiting … Continue reading Map 117: Ruabon Mountain, World’s End and the biggest aqueduct in UK
19 August 2023 Falkirk High station is conveniently located to explore the canal system adjacent to the Edinburgh and Glasgow … Continue reading Map 65: Falkirk: canals, Archimedes, kelpies and Romans
17 November 2021 I caught the train from Paddington, where we were staying, along the start of the railway line … Continue reading Map 175 Beech woods and rare lowland heath
15 November 2021 My adventure is really London “off the beaten track”. From the hustle and bustle of Paddington Station … Continue reading Maps 176 & 177 Alternative London
26 October – 1 November 2021 This route also strayed on to maps 164 and 175 but not sufficient to … Continue reading Maps 165, 173 and 174 Avebury and The Ridgeway
6 October 2021 I caught a packed train with standing room only from Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street – totally … Continue reading Map 139 Birmingham to Wolverhampton via the countryside!
4-5 October 2021 It wasn’t an auspicious start to my few days in the Midlands. My senior railcard hadn’t arrived … Continue reading Map 140 Nuneaton Circular – typical semi-rural Midlands