Tag: walks near london

• Balcombe circular

  

  In which I climb the hill of contentment, then descend into the valley of despair

  Walking Away

  March 20, 2023

  Sussex, Walk

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• Richmond Park

  

  In which we go on an urban safari, with cake

  Walking Away

  March 16, 2023

  london, Thames, Walk

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• Pilgrims’ Way, Aylesford to Hollingbourne

  

  In which we walk stage 12 of the PW and Shovell fails to be redeemed

  Walking Away

  March 12, 2023

  Walk

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• River Thames, Reading to Goring

  

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

  Walking Away

  February 16, 2023

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• Ridgeway and Icknield Way, Tring

  

  In which I find a man in the sky, a magical wood and a blood red battlefield, all without the use of hallucinogenics

  Walking Away

  February 8, 2023

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• South Downs Way, Ditchling Beacon

  

  In which I have an elemental experience with wind

  Walking Away

  February 4, 2023

  South Downs, Sussex, Walk

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• 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

  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.

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  January 3, 2023

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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

  Oxfordshire, Thames, Walk

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• 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!)

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  October 25, 2022

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