Tag: chilterns

• The Ridgeway from Streatley

  

  In which I stop searching for happiness and find joy

  Walking Away

  May 15, 2023

  berkshire, chilterns, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, Walk

  berkshire, bluebell, bluebells, by train, chilterns, circular, long distance, national trail, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, spring, walks near london, walks near me, wood

• Goring and Hartslock

  

  In which I go for a walk down the river and find monkeys

  Walking Away

  May 11, 2023

  chilterns, Oxfordshire, Thames, Walk

  by train, cafe, chilterns, circular, national trail, orchids., Oxfordshire, pub, river, riverside, Thames, walks near london, walks near me

• The Ridgeway, Lewknor

  

  In which I go for an adventure on the runaway bus

  Walking Away

  April 5, 2023

  Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, Walk

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• The Ridgeway to Chinnor

  

  In which I find mud and skylarks, and celebrate a special birthday

  Walking Away

  April 1, 2023

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Icknield, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, Walk

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• The Ridgeway to Princes Risborough

  

  In which I take a very slow walk along the Ridgeway and fail to be arrested under section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime Act

  Walking Away

  February 20, 2023

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Ridgeway, Walk

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• River Thames, Reading to Goring

  

  In which we defy February’s melancholia and go in search of life

  Walking Away

  February 16, 2023

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  berkshire, by train, chilterns, linear, national trail, Oxfordshire, reading, river, riverside, thames path, Walk, walks near london, winter

• Hartslock and the Great Chalk Wood

  

  In which I undress in public, a car tries to run me down and I have an altercation with a jogger in the peaceful English countryside

  Walking Away

  January 31, 2023

  chilterns, goring, Oxfordshire, Thames, Walk

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• 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

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• The Ridgeway: Ivinghoe Beacon

  

  In which we take an ice white walk through the woods to start the Ridgeway, and find golden nymphs dancing in the trees on Britain’s oldest trail.

  Walking Away

  January 3, 2023

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• Great Missenden to Wendover

  

  In which we ramble through beechwoods and over hills in warm clothes, and meet Britain’s creepiest cows.

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  December 28, 2022

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, great missenden, Ridgeway, Walk, wendover

  by train, chilterns, church, coombe hill, dog, dunsmore, from london, great missenden, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, linear, national trust, rambling, Ridgeway, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wendover