Tag: mushrooms

• 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

  buzzard, circular, dog, far forest, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, mushrooms, rambling, river, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wildlife, winter, wood, wyre forest

• Edinburgh, Water of Leith Walkway

  

  In which we follow a silvery river and try to make wishes on falling leaves, with some success

  Walking Away

  November 27, 2022

  city, edinburgh, scotland, Walk

  Autumn, city, edinburgh, Fall, family, geocache, geocaching, hike, hikes near me, mushrooms, rambling, river, riverside, scotland, Walk, 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

• Pilgrims’ Way, Halling to Aylesford

  

  Stage 11 of the Pilgrims’ Way in which I walk an unloved section along the Medway, and consider opening a tea room for sexually immoral murderous idolators, that lets dogs in.

  Walking Away

  November 3, 2022

  Kent, Pilgrims way, Walk

  Autumn, aylesford, by train, church, churches, dog, Halling, Kent, linear, long distance, mushrooms, national trail, passport, Pilgrims way, rambling, stamp, stamps, villages, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, 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

• The New Forest: Ivy Wood & Perrywood

  

  In which I ramble around the woodlands looking for pigs, but have to make do with a Martian invader.

  Walking Away

  October 10, 2022

  brockenhurst, Hampshire, New Forest, Walk

  Autumn, brockenhurst, bronze age, by train, circular, dog, Hampshire, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, Mental health, mushrooms, New Forest, new forest national park, rambling, shovell, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wellbeing, wildlife, wood

• Pilgrims’ Way, Gomshall to Box Hill

  

  Stage 5b of the Pilgrims’ Way in which I immerse myself in beech woods and after some quiet contemplation decide to wish thunderbolts on a church spire.

  Walking Away

  October 7, 2022

  Pilgrims way, Surrey, Walk

  box hill, by train, church, churches, denies, gomshall, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, long distance, Mental health, mushrooms, national trail, passport, Pilgrims way, rambling, stamp, stamps, Surrey, villages, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wellbeing, wood