Well the year is slowly catching on to the idea that it has more seasons in its repertoire than Winter, to that end I chanced a train rip down to Shrewsbury, a favourite location of mine, nestling away in its loop of the River Severn. It’s a straightforward journey and not too long from my local station, an advantage at this time of the year when the days are not […]
The days are inching longer with all the grace and elegance of a broken tooth being pulled. That said it’s still not “enjoyable” travelling weather, some days may be brighter but someone is still pressing the OFF switch about 6 pm. Anyway, as I’d see enough of the inside of my front door this week I decided to chance my luck with a train trip out along the North Wales […]
Time’s meat slicer is beginning to shave away at the days as the end of the year sneaks in on the quiet. I fancied a trip out, not too long, before the days turn into the annual “blink and you’ll miss them” short bursts of sunlight fighting for attention between great walls of murk. To that end I picked Bangor, the university town in North Wales as my destination, it’s […]
Right, so I had a choice. It was a Saturday a week ago and there’s few things worse than a Saturday going to waste. However it was raining, I mean RAINING. So it was either stay in and watch the raindrops tumble down the windowpanes while counting the minutes before bedtime or be brave, put on the big coat ( Northern England term used to describe clothing worn as protection against any form of weather from a mild shower up to and including erupting volcanoes and the arrival of the four horsemen of the apocalypse ). I chose the latter.
Right the days are starting to stretch themselves, second by second they get longer, brighter but as yet not much warmer. So the race it hotting up ( see what I did there) to get out on the trail again, get some trips organised before Autumn creeps around the corner bringing his icy friend with him and the year starts to shut down again.
Going back to my rail journey along the Conwy Valley and up to Blaenau Ffestiniog, I was making my way back to the station, it’s that thing when you’re retracing your steps you seen all the things you didn’t see when you were walking the other way. The change of viewpoint, a different angle of view, throws up odd corners and alleyways that suddenly gain an added level of interest. […]
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