Mousehole (pronounced Mowzel) is one of my all-time favourite Cornish villages. Whether visiting for the day, passing through on one of my walks or staying over for family holidays, it…
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Category: Guides
Paul Michael writes guides for visitors, along with tips, technology and gear for walkers and photography.
Winter Daylight
During the bright and breezy summer months longer walks can be planned with relative ease with regard to the amount of daylight hours. During the winter months, daylight planning becomes…
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Visit Incredible Iceland
It was on my bucket list and I had yearned to visit Iceland for several years. I finally got to go with my wife, but that was back in 2015!…
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Walking Journal – September 2023
My monthly walking roundup and journal for September 2023. The kids are heading back to school after the long school holidays and, just so typical, the weather changes for the…
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Walking Journal – August 2023
My monthly walking roundup and journal for August 2023. Now into the second month of the school holidays and what should be glorious sunny, summer days. Well, it’s far from…
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Visit Mevagissey
I live in Cornwall, but I could visit Mevagissey a hundred times and still get excited about it. Located on the south coast of Cornwall, just a short distance from…
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Visit Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water is, without doubt, a charming Cotswold village. As scenery goes, the village is as picturesque as they come. Pretty sandstone cottages line the banks of the river with quaint…
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Walking Journal – July 2023
My monthly walking roundup and journal for July 2023. So here we are in July already! How time flies. Last month I wrote how dry it was, not much rain.…
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Walking Journal – June 2023
This is my monthly walking roundup and journal for June 2023. June was a very dry month! Hardly any rain and balmy late spring days were just what was needed…
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The Camera Never Lies
The camera never lies – or does it? The saying, ‘the camera never lies’ has been around since the dawn of photographic technology. In simple terms, the camera photographs…
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Walking Journal – May 2023
This is my monthly walking roundup and journal for May 2023. May was a tale of two halves. I was watching a weather update and our region had 100% of…
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Walking Journal – April 2023
This is my monthly walking roundup and journal for April 2023. One word to sum up the first half of April: windy! Yes, it was very windy with the weeks…
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