Category Archives: Adventure & Travel

Our first year with Tom – part one of the handsome dog’s tale

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

I find it hard to believe it’s a year since we first met Tom. It’s difficult to remember a time when he wasn’t such a key part of our family life. Sunday, June 17th, 2018 was the day, barely 20 … Continue reading →

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Notes From a Cornish Shed – Another Shedload by Pete Cross – a writewyattuk review

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

Trepiddle’s Finest is back, and it’s like he’s never been away. Perhaps that’s because he hasn’t, but that’s not the point. Pete Cross has a new collection of scribblings out, and now it’s December I’ll throw in my first festive … Continue reading →

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Really wild at heart – the Steve Backshall interview

Posted on August 21, 2015 by

It’s 9am and wildlife expert, travel adventurer, TV presenter and author Steve Backshall is already on his second conference call, facing at least half a day fielding questions. But he’s in high spirits, despite only having returned the night before … Continue reading →

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On the write track – 10,000 hits and counting

Posted on June 23, 2013 by

FIFTEEN months ago, this here scribe decided to try and spread the word about his writing by setting up a blog, despite a few nagging doubts and advice that suggested it might involve a bit too much hard work and … Continue reading →

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Not just any old Witch Way

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

NO offence intended to East Lancastrians reading this, but it feels like you’re reaching the end of the world when the M65 becomes the A6068 at Colne, and on a miserable late November morning amid a national epidemic of rain, … Continue reading →

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“There’s a storm coming up!”

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

As I’m writing this, the wind’s howling, the rain’s swirling, leaves are taking flight and making paths treacherous, and the homemade wooden contraption in the front-room chimney breast – designed to avoid sudden downfalls on the hearth – is clunking … Continue reading →

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Catching the sun – Tony Parsons

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

I guess the best fiction takes you on a journey, and in the case of Catching the Sun, Tony Parsons has you making an 8,500 mile trek to Phuket, Thailand. Not to an all-inclusive honeymoon-friendly world of five-star travel though, … Continue reading →

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Riding along on the crest of a wheeze

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Cycling has always been a passion for me, and coming from a background where there were no drivers in our household ’til the dawn of the ’80s, the bicycle was always king in our manor. I might not know my … Continue reading →

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Growing up is hard to do – re-defining the National Trust’s top 50

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

This is a specially revised 2017 version of the third post published on this website, originally shared with the wider world on April 18th, 2012, adapted to mark the fifth anniversary of writewyattuk.com. Time flies, eh.   Being smug is … Continue reading →

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