DAYS OUT

A WINTER WALK ALONG THE STRATFORD CANAL

A WINTER WALK ALONG THE STRATFORD CANAL

The walkers now departing from platform two on the railway station close to the famous Cadbury World chocolate factory were not heading by train into Birmingham but out of a convenient side gate and b ...
AN AUTUMN WALK ALONG THE COVENTRY CANAL

AN AUTUMN WALK ALONG THE COVENTRY CANAL

My walking companion Peter Gibbs and I had not been sent to Coventry because we were willingly walking there along a wonderfully rural waterway linking the city with the mighty Trent Mersey Canal. It ...
WALKING THE TEST WAY

WALKING THE TEST WAY

What a fabulous trail is Hampshire’s Test Way which starts high on Inkpen Beacon, “next a hangman’s gibbet”, and not that far from Highclere Castle, made famous by the television series Downton Abbey. ...
The festival of books returns

The festival of books returns

The world’s first literature festival makes its welcome return to Cheltenham this week. Starting on Friday 08 October and running through until Sunday 17 October The Times and The Sunday Times Chelten ...