Tag: canal

• Chilterns: Wendover Woods

  

  In which I explore the frosty hills of Wendover and discover the least navigable stretch of the Grand Union canal (unless you’re a duck)

  Walking Away

  January 15, 2023

  chilterns, Walk

  bakery, by train, canal, chilterns, circular, dog, hike, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, orchids., peak bagging, rambling, trig, trig point, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near london, walks near me, wendover, winter, wood

• The Isis (Thames), The Cherwell and The Oxford Canal

  

  In which I ramble along the river past the dreaming spires and end up two feet deep in it

  Walking Away

  December 15, 2022

  chilterns, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  Autumn, by train, canal, chilterns, city, dog, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, london, national trail, rambling, river, riverside, shovell, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me

• Chilterns: Grand Union Canal

  

  In which I am the meat in a water sandwich, I attempt to become tranquil staring at pond weeds and the dog forces me to eat cake

  Walking Away

  November 6, 2022

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Walk

  by train, canal, chilterns, denham, dog, family, grand union canal, hike, hikes near me, linear, london, mushrooms, pub, pubs, rickmansworth, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me

• 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