Category: city

• Kew Gardens

  

  In which I walk around the world under the London flight path

  Walking Away

  May 3, 2023

  city, london, Walk

  botantical, city, from london, garden, gardens, kew, london, plants, richmond, trees, urban, walks near london, wildlife

• England Coast Path, Tilbury

  

  In which I walk through a thousand years of history along the Thames estuary

  Walking Away

  April 9, 2023

  city, london, Thames, Walk

  by train, england coast path, linear, london, national trail, river, riverside, Thames, thames path, Walk, Walks, walks near london, walks near me

• A Christmas Carol, Looking for Ebenezer Scrooge

  

  In which I go in search of Ebenezer Scrooge, just in time for Christmas.

  Walking Away

  December 24, 2022

  city, london, Walk

  by train, christmas carol, city, dickens, london, rambling, scrooge, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me

• Snickelways of York

  

  In which I sneak down 48 snickets like a medieval rat in this snickelway challenge across York

  Walking Away

  December 11, 2022

  city, Walk, York, Yorkshire

  by train, circular, city, pubs, rambling, snickelways, snickleways, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, York, Yorkshire

• Edinburgh, Water of Leith Walkway

  

  In which we follow a silvery river and try to make wishes on falling leaves, with some success

  Walking Away

  November 27, 2022

  city, edinburgh, scotland, Walk

  Autumn, city, edinburgh, Fall, family, geocache, geocaching, hike, hikes near me, mushrooms, rambling, river, riverside, scotland, Walk, Walking, Walks, walks near me

• London: The Parkland Walk

  

  In which I am surrounded by superstition on an invisible railway: fairies in the bushes, and an abandoned station waiting for a train that will never come.

  Walking Away

  October 31, 2022

  city, london, Walk

  Alexandra palace, archway, by train, crouch hill, dog, harringay, Highgate, highgate wood, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, Islington, linear, london, nature reserve, north, queens wood, railway, rambling, shovell, underground, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wild service tree, wood

• London: Grand Union and Regents Canals

  

  In which I walk through London on the canal towpath looking for snakes escaped from the zoo

  Walking Away

  September 1, 2022

  city, london, Walk

  all year round, bats, camden, camden lock, canal, city, hawley lock, kensal green cemetery, Ladbroke grove, london, regents canal, regents park zoo, towpath, urban, Walk, wildlife, zoo, zsl