UK Trips

Follow our travels around the UK ~

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Wolverhampton Wandering, June 2023. One night, one pub, one family get-together.

A warm welcome at the Shrew

Albrighton

Donington and Albrighton local nature reserve

Overnight at Portland, the isle, not the prison June 2023. The early summer heatwave drove us to the coast for a one-night pub stop, and it did not disappoint.

The Pulpit Inn, Portland, our stop for the night

Portland

Portland Bill Lighthouse

Trinity House Obelisk, Portland

The prison on the cliff

Kayakers off the Bill, the dark race in the background

The Red Crane, Portland

Pulpit Rock, intended to have the appearance of an open bible leaning on a pulpit was formed in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at Bill Quarry, and the leaning slab was added

Fishermans’ sheds, Portland Bill

Memorial rock, Red Crane, Portland

Verne High Angle Battery

Stealth camping

Nicodemus Knob was left as a pillar within the former Admiralty Quarries, which provided stone for the breakwaters of Portland Harbour between 1849-72. It marks the extent to which the convicts excavated stone from the quarries; some six million tonnes of stone was taken from the area, using convict labour from the nearby Portland Convict Establishment, thereby recording the natural ground level

Portland Harbour

The excellent little cafe opposite the prison gates

The Everlasting Circle, New Ground, Portland

Sunset at Portland

Dodging the rain in St. Mawes April 2023. A Cornish soaking at our favourite UK campsite. Four days of walking in the rain in search of the mythical Oggy.

Trethem Mill Campsite

St. M\awes

Trethem Mill Campsite

The walk to St. Just

St. Just creek

St Mawes

St. Mawes

Portscatho

A Castle Coddiwomple in Cymru February 2023. A long weekend with a pub stop near the Forest of Dean, exploring castles, eating laverbread and cockles, and going back in time.

Cyril Hart Arboretum

Forest of Dean

Raglan Castle

Usk

Usk Castle

Clytha Arms pubstop

Blaenavon Ironworks

White Castle

Goodrich Castle

The Brecon Beacons December 2022. Seeing out the old year with a wet and blustery trip to Wales. The Four Falls Walk never disappoints, but it was a shame the flooded rivers meant that we could not walk behind Sgwd Yr Eira Waterfall, or enter the caves at Porth Yr Ogof. Tretower Court and Castle was a lucky find and very interesting, well worth visiting. This was our first overnight stop at Tintern, and while the Abbey was amazing as usual, the parking and the pub proved disappointing, so we cut short our visit and headed for the impressive Chepstow Castle.

The Brecon Beacons

Sgwd Clun-Gwyn Waterfall

The Afon Mellte

The bridge over the Afon Mellte

Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn Falls

Sgwd y Pannwr Waterfall

Sgwd Yr Eira Waterfall

Porth Yr Ogof Cave – flood waters stopped us from going in

The Afon Mellte, Brecon Beacons

The Maen Llia Standing Stone

The Devil’s Elbow, Brecon Beacons

Tretower Court and Castle

Tretower Court and Castle – pike, once more prized than salmon

Tretower Court and Castle

Tintern Abbey

Chepstow Castle

Chepstow Castle – the Great Hall

Chepstow Castle

Glastonbury Festival June 2022. Three nights, four very long days in the heart of Somerset.

Glastonbury 2022

Noel Gallagher

Glastonbury 2022 – on the move

Arcadia – the spider sleeps

The Tyre Turtle

The Ribbon Tower

The Pier

The Helter Skelter

Glastonbury 2022 – the site

Glastonbury 2022

The Stone Circle

The Secret Piano Bar

The Dragon

The Sacred Field

The Craft Field

The Unfair Ground

Shangri La

Block 9

Avalon

The campsite – no 6-metre rule here!

Glastonbury 2022

Robert Plant on Pyramid

The Pavillion

Glastonbury 2022

Ziggy Marley

The trailer is a fold-out BBQ

Glastonbury 2022

Paul Mc Cartney

Noel Gallagher

Glastonbury 2022

Sam Fender

The Blossoms

Arriving at Glastonbury 2022

Glastonbury 2022

Overnight on the Jurassic Coast April 2022. From Worth Matravers, probably Dorset’s prettiest village, to deserted Tyneham village, one of the saddest. And a hike along the southwest coast footpath between St. Aldhelms and Winspit, completing the section between Poole and Weymouth for us.