Tag: wildlife

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• Wyre Forest, part one: Off the Beaten Track

  

  In which I regress to my childhood, don wellington boots and splash in the mud. The dog gets filthy.

  Walking Away

  January 19, 2023

  Midlands, Shropshire, Walk, worcestershire

  circular, dog, forest, hike, hikes, hikes near me, rambling, trees, Walk, Walking, Walks, walks near me, wildlife, winter, woods

• 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

• Brockenhurst, New Forest: Wilverley Plain

  

  In which we meet wildlife, discover the ancient sport of squoyling and play ice cream jeopardy

  Walking Away

  September 28, 2022

  brockenhurst, Hampshire, New Forest, Walk

  balmer lawn, brockenhurst, buzzards, circular, cockapoo, dog, enclosure, family, Hampshire, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, moor, New Forest, new forest ponies, plain, rambling, Red squirrels, shovell, skylarks, squirrels, Summer, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near me, white moor, wildlife, wilverley, wilverley plain, 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