Tag: urban

• 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

• New Orleans, Garden District

  

  In which I take a streetcar to the stars and find a loaf cake named desire

  Walking Away

  January 11, 2023

  Louisiana, new orleans, Walk

  city, Louisiana, new orleans, nola, urban

• New Orleans, French Quarter

  

  In which I mooch around the Big Easy and find voodoo dolls and rectal dilators

  Walking Away

  January 7, 2023

  Louisiana, new orleans, Walk

  city, rambling, urban, Walk, Walking, Walks, walks near me

• York City Walls

  

  In which I stroll around the walls like an off duty feudal lord, constantly distracted by cake shops hiding in towers

  Walking Away

  December 19, 2022

  Walk, York, Yorkshire

  Autumn, by train, cafe, Fall, medieval, pubs, Roman, urban, Walk, Walking, Walks, walks near me, walls, York, Yorkshire

• 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

• Snickelways of York

  

  In which I sneak down 48 snickets like a medieval rat in this snickelway challenge across York

  Walking Away

  December 11, 2022

  city, Walk, York, Yorkshire

  by train, circular, city, pubs, rambling, snickelways, snickleways, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, York, Yorkshire

• London: Jubilee Walkway

  

  In which I dispense with the walk and tell you some interesting stuff about London instead

  Walking Away

  December 7, 2022

  london, Walk

  by train, church, churches, circular, city, greenway, inn, jubilee, long distance, national trail, pub, pubs, rambling, urban, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, walkway

• 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

• 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

• 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