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The guide book said that Castle o'Burrian was the place to spot puffins so we thought we ought to go and have a look. The Westray heritage centre mockup had shown that puffins usually roost towards the top of stacks abov…
Stopped at Maiden Castle on the way home from the Purbecks. Scooby pulled all the way round - chasing sheep or ghosts of ancient Britons. Back via West Bay.
To the A379 and back via Powderham. Very windy!
To the A379 and back via powderham Castle country store
A bike ride to the A379 and then back via Powderham Castle country store
To the A379 and back via Powderham Country Store
Went to buy bread. First bike ride in ages!
First time back on the bike for a couple of weeks. Up to the A379 and then back via Powderham Castle country store
A hound walk to the Powderham Castle county store for breakfast outside the cafe. Watched bits of the Dawlish Triathlon and steam train going by.
A lovely circular walk from Kingston (in the Purbecks) to Corfe Castle and back again. Lots of very old childhood memories.
Sunny bike ride
A short cycle ride to see friends' new house. First time on the bikes this year!
Another day, another Northumberland beach for Scooby. A great walk along to the evocative ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle and then the excellent beaches at Embleton Bay. Back via Craster where the famous smoked fish shop /…
After mostly avoiding hills while cycling for the last year, Liz and I actually went looking for some today. A ride out to Partridge Cycles at Kennford to get some spare inner tubes. Back via Exminster and Powederham Cas…
<p>From Poole Harbour into the Solent to anchor up at Keyhaven.</p><p> With the easterly winds continuing, this sail and motor took us out of Poole Harbour (past Brownsea Island and the Sandbands/Studland chain ferry). W…
From Castle Drogo down to Fingle Bridge for a coffee and cake. Scooby Hound liked the walk.
With the weather forecast being for heavy rain and strong winds coming in by mid morning, we planned an early morning stomp around the north of Westray. Of course, we failed to get up in time but our failure was punishe…
A walk round from Uyeasound to Muness Castle. The walk round the bay was a bit tough with rough, boggy ground and no real track. Add to that the limited room around the geos, the sheep and Tye's taste for sheep and we we…
Stopped off on the way to Fraserburgh to have a look at Dracula's Castle (i.e. the 2nd Slains Castle). Interesting history - https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crudenbay/slainscastle/index.html - built after the ori…
Back into England (just) and another take on the walk up to Kielder Skyspace and Kielder Observatory. The local campsite had "front page" news about the appearance of the dreaded midges so we togged up and applied the "S…
A windy bike ride to the A379 and back via Powderham Castle country store.
Along the estuary and canal to the Swing Bridge and back again with a detour to Powderham Castle for supplies
Round Exminster and to Powder Castle shop as well
Up to the A379 and then to Powderham Castle. Including a stop at SYC to chat to the dinghy cruisers
It was wet. Very wet. VERY VERY wet. And it had just about the only winds of the day. Still - Liz enjoyed it.
To A379 and Powderham Castle
Along the estuary to the A379 and then to Powederham Castle country store. Cold
Cold. Very cold. Only lost two fingers to frost bite
Why did we start cycling again during the coldest weekend of the year? To the A379 and back again via Powderham Castle shop
First ride for quite a long time. Slow and things hurt!