Tag: walker

• 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

• 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

  chilterns, Walk

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• 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

  chilterns, 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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• 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

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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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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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