Tag: winter

• 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

• 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

  Buckinghamshire, chilterns, Icknield, Ridgeway, Tring, Walk

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• 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

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• 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

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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

  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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• Lindisfarne: The Pilgrims’ Way to Holy Island

  

  In which we walk across the sea in the footsteps of saints to Lindisfarne

  Walking Away

  September 16, 2022

  coastal, holy island, lindisfarne, northumberland, sea, Walk

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