Wild Dartmoor weather yesterday but enjoyed a walk up the Swincombe from Hexworthy.

Another 1000 copies of Walks Discovering Lesser Known Dartmoor arrived from printers today. Book still selling well with positive feedback. swanbooks.co.uk/peter-caton

Excellent cakes at The Art Cafe on Mersea Island this afternoon. Good to see Trove, their gallery & bookshop stock No Boat Required & 50 Walks on the Essex Coast ⁦The Art Café⁩

Wild day on Dartmoor. Lots of water in the River Plym at Brisworthy.

Better weather on Dartmoor today. Moor Brook looking to West Mill Tor & Yes Tor.

A very wet Dartmoor walk to Glaze Meet - confluence of the East & West Glazebrooks.

Sun, light rain, heavy rain, hail & sleet on Dartmoor today. Braved them all but turned back when it started to snow.

Enjoyable afternoon on Mersea Island. Good to see three of my books on the shelves in the excellent Oyster Gallery.

Starting again at Manningtree. New book. Essex Coast Revisited. Walking the Essex coast again, looking at what’s changed in 20 years.

Great view to wake up to in Newcastle.

Good to see the sea at Whitley after the disappointment of West Ham’s frustrating defeat at St James’ Park.

Symmetry at Bristol Temple Meads.

Lovely day at ⁦RHS Garden Hyde Hall⁩ garden. Beautiful flowers, excellent lunch and good to see 50 Walks on the Essex Coast on the shelves in the shop.

Amazing reflections in Torquay harbour this evening

20 people in Oban Tourist Information Centre this morning, all getting face to face advice from helpful staff. Quite ridiculous of ⁦VisitScotland⁩ to close all TICs from autumn. We come every year and they are all very useful. Can’t get same help online.

My latest book is now available. Dartmoor : England’s Last Wilderness? Or is it? troubador.co.uk/bookshop/trave…

‘Dartmoor an untamed wilderness’. But is it. amazon.co.uk/Dartmoor-Engla… @BBCCountryfile

Superb breakfast on ⁦Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail⁩ 10.30 Manchester - Cardiff. Best on UK service train. Such a shame other operators don’t offer this standard of freshly cooked catering any more.

Took six copies of No Boat Required to the Atlantic Islands Centre on the island of Luing today. Maybe the most remote place I’ve ever delivered books to?

My final ride on a Great Western HST this afternoon, 48 years after my first. Sad to see them go.