I’ll explain why…. Only 11 miles to go! It was set up in 2005 and, as it says on the homepage, ‘It’s simple: the Pylon Appreciation Society is a club for people who appreciate electricity pylons.’ What I like most is, the society was set up by a woman. Of course, the path then immediately takes you down a steep slope to South Sands, then there’s another climb up to the cliff top… you get the idea. Not far from the house in Iffley there is an old swimming place called Longbridges. From there, if you’re prepped and have your swimmers on, you can jog down the steps to the beach and be in the waves in five minutes, max. A woman with a fabulous name, Flash Wilson Bristow. I guess covid isn’t done with us yet but this felt like something pretty close to ‘normal.’. Therefore, flooding of low-lying roads and farmland is possible later this afternoon, June 13. It also didn’t help that after a couple of miles a peregrine falcon turned up. I know… it’s easy to get in! It turned out to have been built by Lord Revelstoke, Edward Baring, founder of Barings Bank (think Nick Leeson and rogue trading), as a room with a view to entertain friends. In the end, Sunday was a bloody good day’s walking… up there with the best. I bet there are loads of old geezers sharing photos of their favourite pylons and discussing the perfect pylon shape.’ Part of me was trying to be amusing, but there was another part thinking… ‘bet there is.’. We finished our weekend away with a nice gentle walk on a lovely bright sunshine day. Getting ready for bed, Douglas checks his Fitbit and finds he’s a few hundred steps short of his daily 10,000 step target. I am a bit of a bird call geek, and I knew I’d never heard it before. None on the reserve. what we found was a rather impressive ruin. The developers, who had already agreed to help transplant the orchids onto a green area in the middle of the new houses, were a bit surprised to find so many to move. Looking over the wall montbretia is happily flowering in the next door neighbour’s front garden. Sandy bays shelving to... 2km of river with little beaches (R bank) and grassy expanses of meadow (L bank). Of course you do. I took a photo and back home had a search for what they might be. We left my car and drove in Ian’s to Salcombe. Even though it was a pretty yucky evening a robin was still singing from a tree alongside the fence. All that before 11 in the morning. As the rain was coming to an end we came across The Oxford Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, in a small tent near the river Glyme. Paleomagnetic poles from other studies are combined with 32 non-transitional poles found here to give a clockwise rotation of the Oregon Plateau of 11.4°± 5.6° with respect to the younger Columbia River Basalt Group flows to the north and 14.5°± 4.6° with respect. Seeing one isn’t a big surprise either. Before I found my way back to the bridge over the smelly ditch I was rewarded by a tawny owl calling. There are probably others too. Local volunteers, including me, helped out. Shelving to up to... A small, clear, pretty Cotswold river running through the romantic grounds of the ruins. There were also plenty of swimmers at Tumbling Bay, off the Botley Road, and Kennington Meadows near Sandford. From Bovisand Fort we looked down on the breakwater across the Sound. Has done for years. In between the path and the river there are proper old fashioned grassy meadows with wildflowers and dragonflies, and calling reed buntings and sedge warblers. Just in case you’re wondering, Larry lives in Oxford. The incongruity of these giant humanoid shapes striding out across the lovely countryside. There were a few places that you could get in, but usually if you were swimming it was The Whirly in Stotts Field. Bovisand has a very obvious naval history. The first lovely wee bay you come to is Starehole Cove, a mile or so out of town. The castle sits in a cracking location on the cliff top looking out towards the Isle of Wight. The following year I was a bit disappointed… less than twenty orchids flowered on the reserve. More details on incubation boxes can be found on the Wild Trout Trust web site www.wildtrout.org or in Volume … Some people have heard a cuckoo there this Spring, but not me. Yet another of those places I must come back to one day. Whilst we were walking today I heard a bird calling. Hopefully there are still bullyheads to catch, but the Whirly, which was a pool on a sharp bend in the river, has silted up and is left to memory. Largest outdoor pool in Devon. For at least 30 years the pub storeroom doubled as his studio and we have been left with an archive of hundreds of fabulously quirky portraits of life in a small Irish town from the 1950’s to the early 80’s. By the way it is a stunning image). To be honest, the most important thing about Clarence the caravan was he had two decent, comfortable beds and there was an equally comfortable loo (in a concrete block less than a hundred yards away!). Drive down to Grafton Lock (Go down... Water shoes needed for the walking, unless someone can drive you. When we told the runners of our plans, the consensus amongst them was that the water could be quite deep, and we might not be able to get across. Specialties: The Upper Valley Aquatic Center offers state-of-the-art swimming facilities for lessons, competition, and exercise in addition to a zero entry Splash Park with two slides and a current pool. Call St Tiggywinkles. Not my favourite task, I’m very glad we relied mainly on going for a walk to use the lav! Flood Warning: River Severn at Severn Ham, Tewkesbury. On Wednesday night one of the biggest branches took a dive into the church car park next door… luckily there were no cars, and the homeless guys who sleep in the church porch must have already settled in for the night. My mileage calculations had gone askew. An historic village with river parkland, wooded river islands and a 1000-year-old pub. Now I just need to get a better view. It’s for other leisure users too: kayakers, paddle boarders even paddlers. Looking back a week later I’ve now got quite a soft spot for ‘Clarence’ and his owner Dave. A couple of weeks ago Ian McMillan (poet of the north) wrote a lovely newspaper piece about his daily walk with his wife and his duck… the duck turned out to be his right shoe, quacking at every step. Another 45 minutes later, after I’d been for a lovely swim off Wonwell beach, people were still crossing comfortably. Who knows, maybe next year the other 199 might decide to join in! Discover the best wild swim locations in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds, whether a river swim, a lake or even a waterfall. …We were already flagging when a couple of miles further along the path, a good ten miles into our walk we came to a sign that said we still had four miles to go. I was laughing loudly, but only because… well, he’s me! Today in the sunshine it wasn’t busy with birds, but there were house martins and sand martins weaving their wonderful dances over the flood water. I was left with two options. Some years there would be maybe 10 or 20 flowers. So what can you do? He’d only had one previous review, and it wasn’t good. It also features in one of my favourite 1960s films ‘Catch Us if You Can’. She says, if he does he’ll come back to find the door locked. Anxiously I got my binoculars out to look upstream for the river crossing and saw… four people and two small dogs happily paddling across. Photo: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0. “A … Under the circumstances I let him off. Who are they? Back in the dawning of time, when I was a kid … some people call it the 1970’s… we used to swim in the river. In 2017 there was a critically acclaimed exhibition and now a brilliant book ‘Small Town Portraits’. He reshaped the contours of the valley and created a spectacular lake out of the meagre River Glyme. I’d love to be one of those daily swimmers. 140 years ago he built the Revelstoke Drive. But in 1764 Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown took charge and created an elaborate tableau upon the English Landscape scheme, presenting an ‘idealised view’ of nature. We had an ice cream too. PS The truth is, I haven’t even got a Fitbit. Here’s a picture from a nicely oddball blog called Dereliction in the Shires. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. He talked us through Clarence’s idiosyncrasies (there are a few) and, as he left us, he told us he’d put some beers in the fridge. Can be... A pretty bridge and pub featured in Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat. It’s Oxford’s common land, a three mile stretch of rough grassland alongside the Thames. I could finish by saying that when I got home and tried walking in my shoe it had stopped squawking. Does that count? 02:30. I know it’s December, but it’s my birthday tomorrow and I really wanted to have a winter wander down to that beach… I’m not a total nutter, I would have taken my wetsuit with me, but yesterday we got Tier 4’d. It took a while to get there and longer to find a place to park a car. Alerts are also on the River Evenlode from Moreton in Marsh to Cassington and also the River Glyme at Wootton and Woodstock, with river levels expected to be high until later today. Even as it’s wings and body twisted and turned with the wind, the head, staring down, remained entirely steady. Bladon lies on the south side of Blenheim Park and is best known for being the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill (and his wife) at St Martins Church.Prior to this the village was famous for its contribution to the local glove making trade. The very quirkiest thing about Clarence was his location… thirty miles away inland up the Tamar river it wasn’t exactly convenient. It’s much harder than it looks, but the lovely lady said not to worry about lumps; just call it Art Yarn! Normally I’d stop to look for warblers and waders but I’d promised to meet Dave, the owner of our airbnb destination, at 6pm. Getting to Jennycliff Bay on the edge of Plymouth was much our easiest drive and we were there by nine in the morning. No denying it, it is very up and downy. A few minutes later I’m sitting on a bench overlooking a sandy beach with a coffee and a veggie pasty… one of the things I like best about walking the path, guilt free snacks. Good veggie curry and Guinness. Looking out at a row of cormorants (maybe shags?) Late to book did not help. One more thing. In the meantime I’m looking for the giant tractor thing that carries people out to the hotel on Burgh Island when the tide is in. An historic village with river parkland, wooded river islands and a 1000-year-old pub. Anyway, without admitting that I might actually like pylons I said to Eleanor, ‘I bet you there’s a ‘Pylon Appreciation Society’. The day before me and Eleanor had been watching the new BBC drama ‘Us’. Lots of people still pitch up there for a picnic and a swim, or maybe a campfire and a spliff (do people still call them spliffs?). Endless Pools brand pools and swim spas are redefining the traditional swimming pool experience with powerful exercise and therapy features. A very good weekend. This time we didn’t get to witness a dive. One early swift dropped in for a while. A very pleasant woman met us at the door. COVID-19 UPDATE (866) 558-7946 Come on, do you know which Japanese artist created ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’? They were lovely, but they put doubts in my mind. All day long we found kestrels hovering close to the cliff tops… sometimes we’d be looking down on them. I do like a shop assistant who calls me ‘my darling’. I got the sense that wild camping might involve digging your own hole if you needed the lavatory. I could see the small bird perched on a gorse bush, but it was silhouetted against a bright sky and all I could say was, it looked a bit finchy. Eventually we rounded the headland signalling the turn into the estuary of the Avon. I figured we had about 90 minutes to get there, which did not feel enough. And the magpies? Wednesday was the first dull wet day for a good long while. Dave was eager to please. Marching right through the middle of the meadows, and on towards Oxford, there is an endless line of really tall pylons. Lots of people did the same. It didn’t matter just to meet one was good enough for me. Two reasons. At last I have ‘seen’ my first ever cirl bunting. It’s a bird that is pretty much only found along the South Devon coast and I’ve been hoping to find one since Teignmouth. When you’re Ian and me, especially now when there is no live music, you get nostalgic for gigs that you’ve been to. Originally the grounds were simple, apart from the construction of a grand bridge and the channelling of the river Glyme. Record the following information on all labels: Location name of river, lake, etc. Easy. The guide book said we should do it within an hour of low tide. Of course I could moan about Covid or the weather or the price of a pint of milk but I’m not going to do that… I’m going to write about Dennis Dinneen. Follow the public footpath from St Oswald’s Church towards Burford. At the end of the path there is what is known as the Grand Cascade, a sort of miniature waterfall where the water tumbles over a fall of rocks. The main thing that this would do is start to reverse the ‘legal’ policy of allowing excess raw sewage to be released into our river. As we pedalled home we chatted about all sorts of stuff, but mainly pylons… ‘wouldn’t it be so much nicer’ we said, ‘if we could get rid of the bloody pylons and have the cables underground’, ‘or, even better, we could generate the electricity locally’, or…. This from Environment Agency: At 4:40am on Wednesday, the level at the Mythe Gauge was 3.38 metres and steady. BRIDGET f Irish, English, Irish Mythology Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid meaning "exalted one".In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. It also sounded a bit finchy, with a repetitive call a bit like the opening notes of a chaffinch calling, without bothering to add the flourish that a chaffinch likes to do. It is hidden away down typically narrow Devon lanes. Eventually, at last, we found our way back into the remarkably lovely village of Noss Mayo. Looks a bit like a bee. Altogether I think we moved around 700 plants. The current pylon of the month, May 2020, is… On Wednesday it wasn’t so bad. On the rocks below we could see two little egrets and several of my ubiquitous oystercatcher friends. Wednesday evening I saw just one other bloke with a dog. Most thrillingly at one point a beautiful female bird hung on the air directly in front of us. ... complete with swimming pools, hot tubs, tennis courts and more. I walked to the corner where the Cherwell meets the Thames… there were a few mallards silhouetted on the lighter surface of the water, and somewhere upstream geese were arguing about something or another. I guess it’s an island really. The Carpenters was a perfect place to start. There’s even a dedicate river and rowing museum to explore and you can take a boat down the river to get there. Baring had not found a magic way to shorten the route. Find local news and events in your area, water campaigns that might interest you or join a group or a meeting of like-minded people. River Evenlode. I’m sure you’re wishing it was, but then I found another website: Pylon of the Month run by a bloke called Kevin. And, come on, they’re useful… I like having lights that turn on at the flick of a switch, I like watching the telly and who doesn’t like food that’s been a bit cooked… I know, I’m going on too much, sorry. It means you can’t see the shopping trolleys and bikes that live down there. Waiting for us there was an empty bench looking out on the river and we each settled down with a remarkably lovely pint of ‘Proper Job’. Only the climb in and out might put you off. But it was really lovely to see them. It’s a place where owners leave their caravans when they are not using them… most of them looked like they would never leave the site again. Enstone Aerodrome is a small unlicensed civilian airfield in England close to Enstone in Oxfordshire, which is currently used for microlights, light aircraft and motor gliders. The air above the river was full of swifts and swallows and, out on the water we were entertained by a couple of wobbly beginners getting the hang of paddle boarding. We needed to get going but we’d had no breakfast and there was a beach cafe doing takeaways… we were not the first in the queue but eventually got coffee and something to eat. Willowbrook Farm – River Glyme Loop from Pleasure Gardens. Back in early March I booked this week off work to do just that. Hope Cove turned out just right. No idea what she would make of me and my walking buddies… hopefully she’d at least understand my motivation to carry on. ... complete with swimming pools, hot tubs, tennis courts and more. It was exciting to see it. Rather than crop the photographs as Dennis would have done for his customers, David has chosen to print the whole of each frame so you can see the context of Dennis’ studio. The River Glyme flows into the lake, and there’s a pleasant little winding trail along its banks that leads away from the back of the house. A hidden curlew called from somewhere close by. Without steps or ladders it’s bloody hard to climb out. We could see this bloke with a guitar and a small crowd of people on the steps outside the Bodleian, but inside the cafe we heard nothing. I’ve got no Q’s. The spirit of the seagull somehow placated… I’d be lying. When you’re Ian and me, especially now when there is no live music, you get nostalgic for gigs that you’ve been to. After pedalling up St Giles, we took a detour to Summertown to get a black Americano from Colombia Coffee Roasters… my first take away coffee for six weeks, and SO good. Pictures on the wall, boxes, bottles even tins of peaches in the background. 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