This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

It had been freezing cold during the night—bring back those hot days and nights everyone has been complaining about! Maybe I need a thicker sleeping bag. It is meant to be a two-season bag, but I rath...

The first day of Bloodstock 2026 when the araena opened on the Thursday for the first 3 bands on the Ronnie Wood stage

I was late getting to the shop, which was a blessing in disguise as the pastries would not have been ready anyway. I was asked to return tomorrow at 8.30. I also picked up some burgers for supper toni...

There had been some rain during the night. I rushed off to the shop to buy our breakfast and lunch, but left with only breakfast; the pasties and sausage rolls would not be ready until a little later....

The first task was to walk to the village shop to pick up breakfast (freshly baked pains au raisins), then return to the camper van to eat them with our coffee. I also pre-ordered a sausage roll and a...

It was a damp start to the day. After breakfast, we walked up to the Slapton Village Community Shop—a wonderful, volunteer-run enterprise that opens from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. It was incredibly busy aro...

The day started a bit cloudy and cooler, though the sun wasn’t far away. We prepared to break camp and head off in Morrison towards Slapton Sands. Checking Google Maps, we spotted what looked like a d...

We walked up to Old Sarum, the massive Iron Age hillfort and Norman castle ruins that dominate the local skyline. We first walked halfway around the immense outer bank, which features a highly impress...

Our first morning, we walked from the campsite into Salisbury. We took a slight detour through some rough ground that was supposedly a nature reserve, though I would personally call it a weed reserve....

Taking advantage of a special offer from the Camping and Caravanning Club, we took Morrison on a few-day trip. The promotion offered half-price grass pitches, and opting out of an electric hook-up sav...

Leaving WOMAD 2026 on the Monday morning, before the traffic conjestion, and driving over to Ely in Cambridgeshire,

Womad 2026 on Sunday started with breakfast at the bus. The final headline act of the day was Oumou Sangaré

WOMAD 2026 on Saturday started warm and was yet another warm day. Breakfast was at the double decker Tea Bus

Friday at WOMAD 2026 with Barrington Levy, Annie and the Caldwells, Wesli. Another dry and fine weather WOMAD was eventful.

I have never attended WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance), though I had heard many reviews over the years. A few years back, I planned to go with my friend Ravi, but he unfortunately couldn’t make ...

Some time ago, I booked a ticket to see Biffy Clyro headline a massive 45,000-capacity show at Finsbury Park. Four other bands were on the bill: the surf-punk outfit Wavves, post-hardcore favourites M...

It was the 2026 Ludgershall Bike Night, and a very fine day it was for it. Moder and classic bikes arrived to fille the green

The Download Rock Festival 2026 at Donnington Park, Download 2026, Creeper, Limp Bizkit, Halestorm, Daughtry

Download Rock by Day, Rest by Night goody bag contained T shirt, pillow and of course the festival dog, along with other goodies

Gonville and Caius alumni benefactors garden party, camping in Cambridge and a visit to National Trust Wimpole Farm

We appear to have one fox, who loves lying under the hedge. The fox appears to be limping on one hind leg. As time passes the leg gets better, and the limp disappears. Event Date 16th June2026

In his first column for Zeteo UK, acclaimed journalist and author Owen Jones looks at how the lie about immigrants pushed by British media and political elites is fueling the violence we see today.

A few days in Cambridge Camping at the Camping and Caravan Club site, then meeting with the Sadgits, and a meal at Caius Collage

I moved the cameras over to the field pond to see what activity was happening there. Last year had been a bit of a disappointment. One camera was set looking at the rabbit holes and, sure enough, we h...

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...

8th September 2025 It rained for most of the day—showers and steady drizzle. Despite R’s reservations about there being only three toilets and three showers in service, there were fortunately no queue...

7th September 2025 We were up promptly today at 07:30. It was still dark. I suppose we are on the same longitude as somewhere near Bristol, but with the clocks set an hour earlier. We ate breakfast an...

The cloud broke in the southwest, and there was a fabulous golden light which bathed the fields behind the house

Monday 1st September 2025 Today the forecast was for rain all day plus thunderstorms. We lay in bed hearing the water drumming on the van roof. Opening the door, the sky appeared to be quite blue, and...

Mottisfont National Trust house dressed for winter. This year’s theme was centered on the classic tale of Cinderella.

15th November 2025 Today Gonville and Caius celebrated the benefactors of the college, going right back to the days of Edmund Gonville.  We had yet again been invited. The weather was a little damp, r...

9th November 2025 R and I visited the New Theatre in Oxford to watch Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. We arrived in plenty of time and eventually found a reasonable bar hidden away in t...

Reedham Ferry pub and the ferry have been run by the Archer family since 1949, there is a lovely campsite there.

24th July 2025 We decided on a short trip to Norfolk, taking the van and staying at a couple of campsites along the way. We set off on Thursday and stopped overnight at the St Neots Camping and Carava...

10th August 2025 Another warm and sunny Sunday at my favourite music festival, Bloodstock! Today’s theme was Dinosaurs, so if you spot any prehistoric creatures in the photos or videos, that’s the rea...