#15 LONG HOT SATURDAY

Welcome to LEJoG Day 15 Day 15 pre-amble It’s Wellerworld, not me, that describes this header image as “one for the ladies” (I tend to find that phrase a bit ’70s). In fact, as I was to learn from My Listening Pleasure on Day 36, this video was actually regarded by some as homo-erotic. The Style Council are here […]

#14 TWO LONG BRIDGES

Hello to LEJoG Day 14… Goodbye South West Coast Path Day 14 pre-amble Keeping it simple with the title. This walk started a few yards from the western end of Bideford Long Bridge and finished at the eastern end of Barnstaple Long Bridge. The latter, over the River Taw, takes the main image. The former, […]

#13 “BIG YELLOW TAXI” SYNDROME

Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone? Another musical welcome… to LEJoG Day 13 Day 13 pre-amble I think most people know this song, so I will assume a passing familiarity with the lyrics. If you do need a refresher, the link is there. No-one, to […]

#12 THE QUAY, THE SECRET (VIA THE POINT)

You are invited to LEJoG Day 12… bring the Europop Day 12 pre-amble You know, when I set out on this walk and later decided to blog about it, I never imagined that Urban Cookie Collective would play any role at all. Yet here I am casually invoking their enormous 1993 hit, which – being […]

#11 TOWERING IN KERNOW; WEARY SOLES IN DEVON

Shortly after you cross the border between Cornwall and Devon, there are – literally – some steps coming up from a bridge. More than three, as it happens. A stairway, in fact. The temptation to use the most obvious pun for the title of this blog is admittedly hard to resist. Indeed, Devon/heaven puns have proved […]