Three Shires Head Oct 16 2026

 My right anke outside tendon is still paiful, so this walk ended in a short there and back trek - a mere 5 miles.

Starting from the Cat and Fiddle pub on the A537 I set off onto the moor around 8:30 in thick mist. Navigation was easy as the path is well trodden. Over the road at Dane Bower where there is a well preserved chimney which was part of the Danebower Colliery engine house. The colliery closed in 1922. At this point in the walk the mist had lifted.

From here ,I dropped down the valley and followed the River Dane on a good track to the Three Shires Head.

Fabulous spot for breakfast

After eating I decided to head back the same way - my foot was still painful. At least on the return journay I would get to walk across the moor in clear weather.

Shining Tor  - highest point in Cheshire

Link to youtube slideshow

5 miles OS24 White Peak. A short but lovely walk.

South West Holiday Sept 2026

 No actual hiking involved but lots of short walks and usually by the end of each day we had clocked up quite a few steps. 

9th, 10th September . Avebury , Devizes

Drive from home to Avebury, where we had a fantastic couple of hours walking around the stone circles and standing stones. We have never been before and wasn't expecting it to be as spectacular as it was.

Avebury is near the starting point for the Ridgeway walk and is a good stopeover before the start. We then drove to Devizes camp site for a lovely evening where it was warm enough to eat outside.

After  nice evening in Devizes we drove back to Avebury to visit the national trust museum and house. 

I didn't know this brefore , but this house was used in filming the comedy TV series 'Born to the Manor' starrring Penelope Kieth.

10th 11th September Woolacombe

From Avebury we drove  to North Devon where we camped a couple of miles inland from Woolacombe. After an overcast , soggy night at the Motor Home and Caravan site we decided to drive down to Woolacombe which had a massive car park on the sea front and a fabulous beach.

The main drawback from the campsite is that to walk anywhere neccesitated an amount of road walking on narrow country lanes (that is why we opted to drive to Woolacombe)

Managed a dip in the Atlantic.

September 12 13 Tregurrian Cornwall , Eden Project

Before arriving at the campsite we visited a National Trust site at Trerice. The campsite was at Tregurrian just north of Newquay. Nice Campsite on top of the cliffs. it was a 20 - 30 minute walk along the South West Coast path to get to the village and beach. The first full day we had there we decided to drive over to the eden project as the weather wasn't looking great. Lovely day at the eden Project but we were both really tired by about 3.00 PM. Neither of us had been sleeping too well in the van on this trip.

Path leading to the cliff tops

View from the cliffs

Beach at Tregurrian

Inside one of the domes

14  September  Priddy - Somerset.

After packing up in Cornwall we drove to Somerset and stopped in Street for a quick visit with my brother before driving onto the campsite at Priddy which is near Cheddar Gorge. 

15 Sept National Trust at Tyntesfield. and then home

We drove through Cheddar Gorge and then stopped at Tyntesfield. This is a fabulous site near the M5 , and we will definitely sue it as a motorway stop off if we are ever in the area.  It had an interesting gothic themed mansion, an abbey, beautiful grounds and two cafes. After that we got on the M5 and headed home.