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  • Art Discovery United Kingdom
    Arts and crafts

    Arts and crafts

    One of my favourite childhood moments was selling a life-sized bounty hunter drawing to a hard-bastard at school, for a can of coke and a Moro…

    September 19, 2025
  • Archaeology Northumberland United Kingdom
    I’m a bag of nerves…

    I’m a bag of nerves…

    I’ve spent the best part of a year being super excited about going on the dig, but these last few days I’ve felt quite sick with…

    September 7, 2025
  • Colourful characters Friends Walking
    Woodland bow making adventures

    Woodland bow making adventures

    There seems to be something about being in the woods, and around a fire, which allows each of us to share a little more freely than…

    September 3, 2025
  • Festival Friends United Kingdom
    Manchester – a tour, PRBs, and Festwich!

    Manchester – a tour, PRBs, and Festwich!

    We have these wonderful friends – Steph is from Sheffield, and Derek is from Manchester. They live near us in New Zealand, and happened to be…

    August 31, 2025
  • Colourful characters United Kingdom Walking
    The right to roam

    The right to roam

    On foot we’re an inhale away from fox piss, cider farms and in the towns, someone else’s ganja.

    August 24, 2025
  • Festival Friends Rail travel
    Going to Manchester, via Edinburgh!

    Going to Manchester, via Edinburgh!

    Embarrassingly, for someone who used to live in Edinburgh, I had never climbed Arthur’s Seat – back in the day I was a very dedicated smoker…

    August 24, 2025
  • History Rail travel United Kingdom
    Bear pit, bulldogs, and Little John of Hathersage

    Bear pit, bulldogs, and Little John of Hathersage

    Because I rest a lot and take things at a fairly relaxed pace it can be easy to think that I’m not fitting much in to…

    August 12, 2025
  • History South Yorkshire United Kingdom
    Four museums in one week..

    Four museums in one week..

    The week that was – was a a bit quieter, so hopefully not such a long post this week, although you know me – I love…

    August 5, 2025
  • Festival History Rail travel
    Sheffield, Derby and York

    Sheffield, Derby and York

    So, our first week in Sheffield… we have four weeks here, neither of us had been here before, and we are looking after TWO dogs, so…

    July 29, 2025
  • Rail travel South Yorkshire United Kingdom
    Shifting to Sheffield

    Shifting to Sheffield

    You’ll be pleased to learn the temps have dropped to a far more civilised mid-20s, so there should be a bit less whining about weather this…

    July 22, 2025
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