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Wordless Wednesday #11: wishful thinking…
Great Witcombe Roman villa, Gloucestershire
Nestled at the foot of the Cotswold hills in Gloucestershire, just as they begin to rise up and woods cover the landscape, lies the Roman villa at Great Witcombe, built in the second century AD with additions continuing on-and-off until the fourth. I'd walked up from the village, following the footpath along the field edges, … Continue reading Great Witcombe Roman villa, Gloucestershire
On foot: the need to walk
There are days when I have to walk, like something has welled up from deep inside my subconscious and all I can do about it is to walk. I had a day like that today. I've been feeling it building, a foggy-headed lack of focus hanging over me in recent days, punctuated here and there … Continue reading On foot: the need to walk
Wordless Wednesday #2: sunset and silhouettes, Woodchester Park, Stroud
People, pigs and picnics: Nympsfield Long Barrow, Gloucestershire
High above the Severn Valley at the top of Frocester Hill, where you can look west across to the Severn estuary and the hills of the Forest of Dean, is a small-ish structure made of stone, soil piled up around it. The stones form an entrance behind which are three chambers. This is Nympsfield long … Continue reading People, pigs and picnics: Nympsfield Long Barrow, Gloucestershire
A quick lunchtime ride
I've not cycled anywhere near as much as I intended to this year, an irony not lost on me having started a blog with 'cycling' in the title. But today was unseasonably warm, with bright sun and blue skies and it was an ideal moment to make amends. I was working from home, and as … Continue reading A quick lunchtime ride
