Tag: circular

• Balcombe circular

  

  In which I climb the hill of contentment, then descend into the valley of despair

  Walking Away

  March 20, 2023

  Sussex, Walk

  balcombe, by train, circular, from london, Haywards Heath, nymans, Sussex, villages, walks near london, walks near me, west sussex, wood, woodpecker

• Richmond Park

  

  In which we go on an urban safari, with cake

  Walking Away

  March 16, 2023

  london, Thames, Walk

  by train, circular, city, deer park, london, richmond, richmond park, Thames, urban, Walk, Walking, walks near london, walks near me, wellbeing, wildlife, wildlife walks

• Angle Tarn & Angletarn Pikes

  

  In which we get our very own rainbow

  Walking Away

  March 8, 2023

  Cumbria, Hartsop, lake district, Walk

  angle tarn, angletarn, circular, Cumbria, far eastern fells, fell walking, Hartsop, hike, Hiking, lake district, peak bagging, pikes, wainwright, wainwrights

• Brothers Water & High Hartsop Dodd

  

  In which I struggle up a mountain to become one with the clouds

  Walking Away

  February 24, 2023

  eastern fells, Hartsop, hike, lake district, Walk

  brothers water, brotherswater, circular, eastern fells, Hartsop, hayeswater, hikes, kirkstone pass, lake district, patterdale, peak bagging, ullswater, wainwrights

• Old Bilton and Nidd Gorge

  

  In which I revisit my second favourite river and search deperately for that little flash of electric blue

  Walking Away

  February 12, 2023

  knaresborough, Nidd, Walk, Yorkshire

  by train, circular, Nidd, nidd gorge, North Yorkshire, river, riverside, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wildlife, winter, wood, Yorkshire

• Ridgeway and Icknield Way, Tring

  

  In which I find a man in the sky, a magical wood and a blood red battlefield, all without the use of hallucinogenics

  Walking Away

  February 8, 2023

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Icknield, Ridgeway, Tring, Walk

  Buckinghamshire, bucks, by train, circular, icknield way, national trail, Ridgeway, tring walks, Walk, walks near london, walks near me, walks near tring, walks near wendover, wendover, 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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• Knaresborough Evening Ramble

  

  In which I am haunted by the ghosts of a medieval hermit and a witch but I am not petrified

  Walking Away

  January 27, 2023

  knaresborough, Walk, Yorkshire

  by train, circular, evening, knaresborough, Nidd, North Yorkshire, pub, river, walks near me, wood, York

• Wyre Forest, part two: On the Beaten Track

  

  In which I listen for ghost trains on the disused railway and a buzzard brings me home under a grey and rainy sky

  Walking Away

  January 23, 2023

  Midlands, Shropshire, Walk, worcestershire

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• Wyre Forest, part one: Off the Beaten Track

  

  In which I regress to my childhood, don wellington boots and splash in the mud. The dog gets filthy.

  Walking Away

  January 19, 2023

  Midlands, Shropshire, Walk, worcestershire

  circular, dog, forest, hike, hikes, hikes near me, rambling, trees, Walk, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wildlife, winter, woods