Red Balloon

This post first appeared in 2015. Last year, with the commemoration of the start of World War I, there were huge crowds to see the poppies at the Tower of London. They were certainly an impressive yet poignant sight, each of the thousands of poppies representing one allied death during that war. As we reach […]

This post first appeared in 2016. I love this time of year.  Especially in the Chiltern Hills. I’m lucky enough to live on the door step of the Chilterns and to be able to take a walk in the area whenever I get the chance.  I’ve been watching the Autumn colours develop over the last few […]

This post first appeared in 2015. The Stonehenge area has been much in the news recently. Today (21st September 2015) is the 100th anniversary of the last private sale of the monument, bought for £6,600 by local man Cecil Chubb at an auction he didn’t plan to attend.  He then gave it to the government to be […]

This post first appeared in 2014. Here’s a typical eight mile walk to Silchester, the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, once one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. We would meet at Reading or Basingstoke and, after a short train ride to Mortimer, we would make our way along field paths and country lanes […]