The drive to Derbyshire for a family wedding reinforced my view of travelling. Driving is no longer as fun as it used to be. Larger cars, heavy traffic, roadworks, bridges being built to connect who knows where to who knows what, the speed of traffic, the difficulties of navigating in a new area all combined …
July 2025
1st July 2025 …and the hottest day of the year so far, and indeed for many years. Even in Devon it is in the high 20s. Drove out this evening for a walk in the shade of a woodland where the temperature was down to 22 C. The bluebell wood in summer had remains of …
Karen Hedges 