Tag: london

• 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

• 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

  Buckinghamshire, bucks, by train, circular, dog, hike, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, london, national trail, Oxfordshire, rambling, Thames, thames oath, villages, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near london, walks near me, winter, wood

• 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

• 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: 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

• Chilterns: Chess Valley Walk

  

  In which I explore the river and find cress, cress, school children and more cress and get angry with Thames Water and Nestlé (no change there!)

  Walking Away

  October 25, 2022

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Hertfordshire, Walk

  by train, Chesham, chilterns, dog, hike, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, latimer, linear, london, rambling, rickmansworth, Walk, Walking, Walks, walks near london, walks near me

• Chilterns: Chorleywood to Chesham

  

  In which we celebrate UK Fungus Day by getting sprayed with pesticides and have a moot on a possible moot hill

  Walking Away

  October 19, 2022

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Hertfordshire, Walk

  anglo saxon, Autumn, by train, Chesham, Chorleywood, church, dog, Fall, folkmoot, fungi, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, linear, london, Mental health, metropolitan line, moot, mushrooms, rambling, shovell, toadstools, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, where to find

• 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