Tag: river

• England Coast Path: Cliffe

  

  In which we go to the end of the world and see the lights of civilisation.

  Walking Away

  May 19, 2023

  coast, Kent, Thames, thames estuary, tidal, Walk

  circular, cliffe, england coast path, hikes near me, Kent, london, national trail, nature, nature reserve, river, rspb, Thames, thames estuary, walks near london

• 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 to Goring

  

  In which I wander by the river in Oxfordshire

  Walking Away

  May 7, 2023

  chilterns, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, Thames, Walk

  by train, cholsey, church, goring, linear, national trail, Oxfordshire, pub, Ridgeway, river, riverside, Thames, walks near london, walks near me, wallingford

• England Coast Path, Tilbury

  

  In which I walk through a thousand years of history along the Thames estuary

  Walking Away

  April 9, 2023

  city, london, Thames, Walk

  by train, england coast path, linear, london, national trail, river, riverside, Thames, thames path, Walk, Walks, walks near london, walks near me

• River Thames, Reading to Goring

  

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

  Walking Away

  February 16, 2023

  berkshire, goring, Oxfordshire, reading, Thames, Walk

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

• 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, Yorkshire Dales

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

• 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, Yorkshire Dales

  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

  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

• 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

• York: The River Foss Walk

  

  In which waves of brownish green sadness lap at my feet as I realise I could be doing something fun instead

  Walking Away

  December 1, 2022

  Walk, York, Yorkshire

  Autumn, by train, city, rambling, river, riverside, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, York, Yorkshire