http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/stevereeve/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from stevereeve en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:37:43 +0000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:37:43 +0000 Hi FolksWriting this looking out over the forecasters idea of a light shower it is cold wet and windy. Planned bike ride has been ditched and will drive to Leominster about ten miles as that has yet to be signed off I am typing this in their library . Aplogees for spells grammmar 'cos no way to check stufff.Finally moved from Herefordshire last Wed a miserable day. Cold wet and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Shropshire/Ludlow/blog-291536.html Hi FolksThe rain promised for later today has just arrived hellip good timing as I have had a day lsquoon sitersquo airing my duvet and two sleeping bags generally airing the tent and washing all my clothes. Needless to say this all takes a little longer than it would in a lsquonormalrsquo residence. Perhaps not quite such a relaxing day as planned following a long cycle ride yesterday http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Herefordshire/Hereford/blog-286611.html Hi Folks Following two or three days of inactivity through a rather dull period of weather I have been active once more as the sun has been shinning for the past week or so.Thought you might like to see my home from home hellip. Two tents hellip. one very small in which I keep my lsquostuffrsquo cookers I have three gas bottles loo generator dirty clothes hellip.. To erect this http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Herefordshire/Hereford/blog-285922.html Hi FolksForecast not promising today so decided to catch up on some paperwork.Day started quite fine so then in two or three minds as to what to do ... settled for an easy day and hoped that it would rain By midmorning it was satisfactorily gloomy ...Steve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Herefordshire/blog-284010.html 4 June 2008 Hi Folks Combined cycle and walking day.Blue skies Away from camp site by 7am gates are locked until that time just in case any of you feel that I am slacking by setting off at such a late hour . With the bike in the back of the car I made off for an area a few miles from the camp and generally to the south of Hereford. I parked as intended in a rough parking area near http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Herefordshire/Hereford/blog-284007.html 31 May 2008Hi FolksThis was a quite delightful day possibly the best so far. Having finally escaped the clutches of Gloucestershire I quickly immersed myself in the delights of Herefordshire a county I have not previously visited. For those of you who are not clear on where this is hellip it is between the English Midlands and the Welsh county of Powys and so geographically is transitional b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Herefordshire/Hereford/blog-283220.html 01 June 2008must be my birthday Hi Folks The bright weather of yesterday has been replaced by the grey gloom that has dominated much of this trip. Aim of today is to sweep through the rest of southern Herefordshire and arrive at the CACC Hereford site by midafternoon. Note that the site is not actually in H but some seven miles to the east near the village of Tarrington.First visit was to Ab http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Herefordshire/Hereford/blog-283225.html 29 May 2008Hi Folks Two shocks today dry start and hellip late in the evening managed to get a broadband con while sitting in the tent. Mind I was in the tent because it was tipping it down Although today was dry until midevening the light was fairly poor with low cloud until after nine and thereafter a rather watery sky v poor definition for photos.So I did manage to find an attra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-282297.html Wednesday 28 May Hi Folks Alarms rang out at 5.50 as they always do. Listening to the patter of rain on the tent I decided to have a lie in Arose from slumber just after 7 washed and breakfasted is there such a word in dry if dull conditions the Severn hidden in low cloud or maybe pollution from those bhellip. towns hellip.. By shortly before nine the heavens had well and truly http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-282296.html Tuesday 27th May 2008Hi Folks As I prepare to leave Ashleworth and head towards the FOD Forest of Dean the promised improvement in the weather seems a little optimistic. Last couple of days have been cold wet and windy and this morning I had to decamp in the rain which as those of you with experience of such joys will recall is not altogether pleasant. On the road by 9am and drove west throu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-282295.html Rain pounding down on the canvas must be time for another blog Shook myself from a deep slumber to hear the promised rain lashing down so no need to rush around. As you can imagine the normal activities of the early morning human are relatively slow in a tent and even more so in the rain. Fortunately I had the foresight to bring swimming trunks and umbrella Breakfast was prepared inside the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-280291.html Hi there Monday 26 May 2008 1047 BSTSitting in Morrisons car park makes a change from Tesco in Tewkesbury. Another wet windy and cold day Forecast does not seem any better for Tuesday. Rest of the week looks like a mix of sunshine and showers which has to be an improvement. Moving on tomorrow Tuesday through the Forest of Dean and hoping to camp close to the Monmouthshire Herfordshi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Tewkesbury/blog-280289.html 15 May 2008Hi FolksListening to the rain pound down on the tent for a second successive day while putting on yet another layer of clothing is a reminder of the delights of camping in an English summer Fortunately it is a good tent and I am relatively snug although central heating would be welcomehellip.. At least the rain drowns out the traffic noise not a camp site I would recommend. The pr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-278998.html 16 May 2008Hi FolksTen days of fine weather has finally come to an end so I put together some highlights of the first days of this yearrsquos journey.The first part of my itinerary for 2008 is Gloucestershire which as I am sure you are aware is one of the largest counties in England look at the map so will probably be here for some three weeks even with fine weather. First camp site was Tet http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-278999.html 17 May 2008Anyways onto the point of all this investigating the delights of the British Isles. From Tetbury I am exploring the southern part of Glos. You will do doubt recall that Pr Charles lives down the road from here hellip.. sad to say that the town like Cirencester which I also visited in common with many places in the UK and I dare say elsewhere is spoilt by traffic passing through and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-279002.html Hi ThereFinally found a signal on my mobile broadband although using laptop in Tesco CP on a bright day is far from easy Taking this opportunity to upload blogs completed a week or so ago. CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE AGAIN ......sorry could not resist .....Steve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-278997.html Test GlosTest Glos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Upper-Slaughter/blog-258096.html Really do not like days like this For once not a gloomy start. Instead the day dawned misty and then became gloomy. The forecast was for brighter spells later so I packed the car and setff about 1030. The intention was to drive to a woodland car park and then setoff on a circuit on the bike.Arrived at the woodland to find it closed How do you close a woodland Obviously very easily h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/blog-169867.html Weather Report That word again yep you guessed hellip. gloomy. Wednesday through to Friday I was cloaked in dull grey skies. Although there was little rain the light was really quite useless for photography. Saturday dawned gloomy but with promise of clearing skies. A hint of blue appeared by latemorning which was rather late to achieve much by bike so I packed the car and setoff for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/blog-169863.html Weather Report Started gloomy but brightened up by midmorning. Prolonged sunny spells until late afternoon when it became rather gloomy cool and windy. Having decided to use the car as little as possible for the ten days or so I organised the bike and was on the road by 11am. As that was something of a late start I planned only a short itinerary some 2025 miles. Something of a warm up for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/blog-169862.html