A reader – yes! – “just wondered if you might be able to offer some advice.” Well, I might. I enjoy displacement activity and responding to requests for advice is a special favourite. There is little risk that the advice will … Continue reading
From Machynlleth to Barmouth via Abergynolwyn and Cregennan (June 1st 2014). About 21 miles, including three ascents of about 1250 metres in total. The walk took us nearly 10 hours. A friend whose current enthusiasm is long walks had the … Continue reading
Daniel was not in bed, technically, when I poked my head round his door at eight, but at least he was in his room. It was a relief to see him sprawled across the floor face down, naked to … Continue reading
The English-language edition of the guide to the Loire à Vélo cycling trail reached me recently. I opened it with interest, having been surprised, when we cycled along the Loire in 2011, by how elusive the trail seemed at times, … Continue reading
“I like a golf club that allows dogs,” a non-dog-owning friend told me the other day. “It makes the place more human, if that makes sense.” It certainly does. It signifies an openness of mind not always typical of golf … Continue reading
Mastering the Majors, round one. The Masters. Golf goes viral or at least mildly contagious four times a year, when a Major Championship is under way. Inside the clubhouse, golfers stop talking about their own never-ups and downs for a … Continue reading
“Woodward? Bradlee here. Remember that story you filed a few years back, about a break-in at the Watergate building? We’re going to run it next week. Update the facts, will you? By tonight if you can. Have you got any … Continue reading
If our idiom-coiners are to be believed, ducks have only death to look forward to. They are doomed, and in this they are not alone. This morning I looked out on our pond and saw an inert object adrift in … Continue reading
The dangerous influence of sat-nav smartphone apps on skiers’ behaviour has made its way up the news agenda lately, from a discreet mention in this space (‘mobile phones make us ski faster ….’) to alarm calls from Médecins de Montagne … Continue reading
Can’t get enough of those Swiss trains. Leaving the first tracks brigade to their morning devotions on the 8.10 cable car to Schilthorn, we took the Monday morning train in the other direction for an excursion to the Jungfraujoch – … Continue reading