Tag: hike

• Pilgrims’ Way, Aylesford to Hollingbourne

  

  In which we walk stage 12 of the PW and Shovell fails to be redeemed

  Walking Away

  March 12, 2023

  Walk

  by train, church, from london, hike, Kent, long distance, national trail, passport, Pilgrims way, stamps, Walk, walks near london, walks near me

• 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

• 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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• 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

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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

  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 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

  chilterns, Hertfordshire, Ridgeway, trig, Walk

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• Henley, Hambleden and the Great Wood

  

  In which we go in search of mistletoe and sponge cake and uncover the insidious creep of fake cows

  Walking Away

  December 31, 2022

  Oxfordshire, Thames, Walk

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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.

  Walking Away

  December 28, 2022

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

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• 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

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