Map 24: Raasay Island Adventures

13-14 August 2024 Raasay Island, a twenty-five minute ferry ride from Skye, only measures fourteen miles by three miles but … Continue reading Map 24: Raasay Island Adventures

Maps 171,161, 160, 147, 135, 124 and 115: The Cambrian Way – an epic adventure over the mountains of Wales

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

10 March 2024 I parked in the village of Snailbeach, just next to the village hall. I began by walking … Continue reading Map 126: Lead Mines, Quartzite Rock Formations and Folklore

8 March 2024 The day was warm for March but there was significant east wind so it felt quite chilly … Continue reading Map 138: A Clee Hill Odyssey

21-23 November 2023 We couldn’t travel all that way and transit through Sydney twice without arranging to see my husband’s … Continue reading Iconic Sydney in less than three days

23 September 2023 Even though I more or less left the area in 1980 at age almost nineteen after my … Continue reading Map 172: Bristol Triangular City Walk

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

8-13 August 2023 Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) was a Scottish outlaw who later became a folk hero (the “Robin Hood” … Continue reading Maps 51, 52 and 57: The Rob Roy Way (with the “wild” variant)