Falls of the Braan (04 Nov 2026)
I’d been meaning to visit rivers and waterfalls again, and took a day with bright but not overtly sunny weather to do this. There were far more people around than I remember, many with serious-looking…
East Lomond (30 Oct 2026)
Went for a quick walk up East Lomond on a lovely day. Shutter speed: 1/620s Aperture: ƒ/1.7 ISO: 16 Focal length: 5.28mm Taken: 30 October, 2026 12:10 Camera: Pixel 11
Edinburgh Botanic Garden (29 Oct 2026)
I paid a visit to the recently reopened Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. There were lots of various tree palms, but what really caught my attention were the many species of…
Farewell Cornwall (15 Oct 2026)
It was time to go. Had breakfast with another stunning view, got a taxi to the station, arrived in Edinburgh on time, and had plenty of time to get the buses to the village. Until…
Picnic at Mylor (14 Oct 2026)
After breakfast with a glorious sunrise across the river, Pauline picked my up from Lidl and drove to Mylor, where her boat is. The water taxi took us out and it was an idyllic long…
Trebah Garden (13 Oct 2026)
I should have been walking on the 12th & 13th, but a foot injury needed a visit to the Helston Community Hospital precluded that. Alicia from the guest house was driving to Helston and gave…
Cadgwith to Porthallow (11 Oct 2026)
Another long day’s walking – just over 13 miles and 2,200′ of up & down in indifferent weather. After a short walk to Kennack Sands I managed to lose the path again, and ended up…
Mullion to Cadgwith (10 Oct 2026)
This was a long, long day (the longest) of walking – 14.85 miles. with almost 4,000′ of up & down. Harder than many Munros! The weather had improved greatly, and there was a lot of…
Porthleven to Mullion (09 Oct 2026)
This was the shortest and easiest day’s walking at just under 8 miles, and 1,500′ of climbing. That was just as well as the forecast for the afternoon was fairly grim! I had breakfast as…
Marazion to Porthleven (08 Oct 2026)
My first real day’s walking started with walking to the bus station and getting a bus to Marazion. My tracker reckons it was 12.6 miles and 2,800′ of ascent and descent. St Michael’s Mount didn’t…