Monthly Archives: August 2019

White Cliffs walking at Walmer

Posted on 31/08/2019 by campaignerkate

I opened the White Cliffs Walking Festival at Walmer, Kent, on 22 August. Continue reading →

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Seat with no view

Posted on 30/08/2019 by campaignerkate

Too often the view from the seat has been lost. Continue reading →

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Unforgettable Bar

Posted on 28/08/2019 by campaignerkate

I like to remember my friend Barbara MacDonald on her birthday, 28 August.  She would have been 107 this year.  This is what I said at her post-funeral gathering in her home village of Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor on 30 September … Continue reading →

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Thirty years of Rail Ramblers

Posted on 21/08/2019 by campaignerkate

The Rail Ramblers have celebrated their thirtieth anniversary of walking in Shropshire and mid-Wales. Continue reading →

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Pop-up footbridge

Posted on 14/08/2019 by campaignerkate

It was a surprise to find a well-engineered footbridge had appeared over the A470 in time for the eisteddfod, when money cannot be found to provide much-needed bridges over public paths. Continue reading →

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April ouzels

Posted on 13/08/2019 by campaignerkate

In April I walked up Tavy Cleave on Dartmoor and saw and heard two ring ouzels. Continue reading →

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The keeper of the colliery

Posted on 11/08/2019 by campaignerkate

On a recent Ramblers’ visit to Wales we walked in the restored Llynfi valley near Maesteg, which was a wonderful experience. Continue reading →

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Gate too twee

Posted on 08/08/2019 by campaignerkate

A Turville resident has rightly challenged the twee gate which has appeared on the footpath to the windmill. Continue reading →

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Around Cardiff Bay

Posted on 07/08/2019 by campaignerkate

On a recent Ramblers’ weekend in Cardiff I took the opportunity to walk round Cardiff Bay on the Wales Coast Path. Continue reading →

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Turtle dove at last

Posted on 05/08/2019 by campaignerkate

At last, on an unlikely August afternoon, I saw a turtle dove at Otmoor. Continue reading →

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