Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Spent a week in Carcassonne visiting Limoux and Narbonne. Here’s my blog daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2026/09/22/c...daveadcock54.wordpress.comCarcassonne Without The CarWith my wife and two friends I’ve just spent a week visiting the magnificent medieval walled city of Carcassonne and its surroundings. We didn’t hire a car, and I was intrigued to know whether we w… 220
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thanks. Yes. Good article and very true I was in a village cafe last year that was so much the centre of the community but many have gone 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A blog from my latest adventure daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/s...daveadcock54.wordpress.comSilly Billy? To Laval and Basingstoke’s TwinMuch of this trip was on the Mayenne and Sarthe rivers Organising summer adventures is part of my winter therapy. So it means they are booked months in advance. The problem then, is that often, as … 110
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Completed my walk arriving in Alençon. Impressed by the town today 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Sarthe river this evening at Fresnay Sur Sarthe 021
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This morning in Laval I saw this huge 16thC wooden statue of St Christopher and friend and then Silly Billy as I am took the train to Sillé Le Guillaume 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Took the train to Laval today on the Mayenne river. 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Good tapestry but William’s funeral didn’t go to plan. In Caen today at the start of another adventure 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 02/08/2026A thoughtful blog for people of a certain age! When is the time to give up? daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/g...daveadcock54.wordpress.comGiving Up! When is the Right Time?We need to remain fruitful I’ll be 72 later this year. As time marches on there are decisions we have to make about whether to continue in the roles we have, or to step away. I’ve been making some.… 020
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026J’aime Paris aussi I was ‘assistant anglais’ at Lycée Condorcet 1975-76 110
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It all dates back to 1567 when Queen Elizabeth 1st gave French speaking Protestants the right to worship in this building in their own language 110
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026A full house for the once a year service in French at St Julien’s Chapel Southampton. My last time leading it. The baton is passed on. 140
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It all started in 1567 but the story continues! Then refugees from religious persecution were welcomed in Southampton and granted St Julien’s Church to worship. This Sunday 3pm we’re holding the now annual service in French, Winkle Street so142ny. All welcome whatever. 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If Carlsberg made Sunday afternoons reading and listening to Radio Caroline. Is the book title a good omen? 030
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Hey on Saturday 1.30pm let me be your guide around old Southampton wegottickets.com/f/17756wegottickets.comOverground and Underground! Discover the rich history of Southampton!Southampton is a city full of historical events and stories within its medieval walls, much of which still stand to this day! Come with us to hear about our historic walls and stories about some of th... 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Here’s a blog from my recent adventure on foot, bus and train from Calais to Dieppe daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/c...daveadcock54.wordpress.comCalais to Dieppe The Leisurely WaySetting off on an adventure. Ten years ago I fulfilled a wish to walk the pilgrim route from Caen to the Mont Saint Michel. It was just before the Brexit vote. As I arrived in the town of Villedieu… 020
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026So walking, buses and trains have got me from Calais to Dieppe. Ten beds in 10 days. Today Caueux to Ault on foot, bus to Mers Les Bains, walk to Le Tréport and bus to Dieppe 061
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The cows gave me strange looks as I walked through the heat to Cayeux Sur Mer. I love beach huts and light houses. Then afternoon stroll through the dunes 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026My day started on a steam train and ended up enjoying the beauties of Saint-Valéry-Sur-Somme 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Grace and kindness today as a stranger gave me a lift to avoid a hot and boring walk. Now in Le Crotoy in the Baie de la Somme. Remember one train can hide another! 120
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Montreuil Sur Mer ( not actually on sea) to Berck that actually is. Saw seals in the distance and lovely church. Thunderstorms! 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Here’s today’s snaps from classy Le Touquet, down to earth Etaples and incredible Montreuil Sur Mer 030
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Great walk today along the coastal path from Calais to Wissant 020
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I’m off to France for a walk from Calais to Dieppe (with a bit of cheating in the middle) Today I arrived in Dover looking good in the sunshine 120
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 11/06/2026St Julien’s Chapel in Winkle Street is a hidden jewel in Southampton rarely open to the public. But you are invited to see inside on 26 July at 3pm. Then the annual service in French takes place. All welcome whether you understand le français ou non 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This gent was a chaplain. Prior to D Day his sermon on Southampton Commonwas considered too negative and he was refused permission to take part in the Normandy landings. In despair he shot himself. War has many casualties RIP 011
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Been on a train holiday to Catalonia. Here’s my blog daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/t...daveadcock54.wordpress.comTraining in the PyreneesI seem to remember that athletes use the Pyrenees mountains that separate France and Spain for altitude training, That, however, is not what we were doing. We’d embarked on a package deal with Grea… 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Southampton looked good today in the evening sunshine. 040
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Webcasts are a wonderful innovation at crematoria. You never know where people are watching 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This weekend Radio Caroline dj’s of the 1970’s are having a reunion on the radio ship Ross Revenge and playing amazing music, not the greatest hits but timeless gems. Highly recommended www.radiocaroline.co.uk/sots_player/...radiocaroline.co.ukSpirit of the 70s Player 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Just led a tour walk with a bunch of French teenagers . Tried my best and the kids were fine, but I remembered half way through how excruciatingly boring a tour is for teenagers when all they want to do is wander round the shops and try to buy cigarettes and booze. 110
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 23/02/2026First 5k for 3 months today. My first as a 71 year old. Southampton Common soaked but spring is coming 010
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 21/02/202660 years ago this week QPR scored 3 against Hull City. My first match. Today we did it again. daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/c...daveadcock54.wordpress.comConfessions of a QPR addictMe. Myself. I It must have been about 4.45pm on 6 February 2016. The match seemed to be petering out into a 0-0 draw. It was the 88th minute. Abdenasser El Khayati (Remember him?) got in a cross fr… 110
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Tomorrow it’s 60 years since I first saw @QPR play. A 3-3 draw against Hull City. Here are a couple of blogs I’ve written daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2021/09/28/a-l… and daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/con��� Rangers till I die! #QPRdaveadcock54.wordpress.com 021
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Just enjoyed a few days in Gran Canaria. Winter sun! 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Help I fell in a fish tank! But where? Answers tomorrow 000
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 13/01/2026It’s 50 years since Southampton Tourist Guides Association began Here’s what I was doing half a century ago. www.southamptontouristguides.co.uk/fifty-years-...southamptontouristguides.co.ukFifty Years of STGA — and a Few Memories from 1976Southampton's number one Tour Guide association. Learn more, buy tickets and join us on a look back through Southampton's rich history. Southampton Tourist Guides Association is the longest running to... 020
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 30/12/2025London beautiful today in winter sunshine As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise 020
Dave Adcock @daveadcock.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Here’s our annual review of the year blog. daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/c... Happy reading!daveadcock54.wordpress.comChristmas 2025Happy Christmas! As Christmas approaches, it’s time for our yearly review. The big news this year is that Carolyn has retired … well, almost! She is still doing some self employed work a… 010
