‘You don’t want to walk the Peddar’s Way’, said Andy, the angular-faced gamekeeper, as we sat in front of a sizzling log fire in the cosy-nooked Old Windmill Inn, Great Crissingham. ‘It’s boring.’ Slightly belated advice, as by this time we were about 35 miles into the ancient 47-mile route. (more…)
Category: At Home in the UK
Destinations
A stack of slick-backed brochures now glistens on top of the unread newspapers bedded down in my magazine basket. I’ve just been to the Destinations Travel Show at Earls Court (http://www.destinationsshow.com/london/welcome/) and have come back loaded up with leaflets and with a brain brimful of trips I could take – if only I had the time and the money. From yurts in Mongolia to bears in Alaska, the temptations are endless. (more…)
Gooster on the Loose in a Distillery
Me in a distillery. A fatal combination, you might think. Luckily whisky’s not really my tipple. Although having soaked in the smells and the history during our single malt-scented tour of Oban Distillery (http://www.discovering-distilleries.com/oban/), I’d become a bit of a convert, in principle if not totally in palate. (more…)
Wet and Wuthering Weekend
‘Nelly, I am Heathcliff!’ Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (more…)
Gooster on the Loose 
