Tag: wood

• Settle, Castlebergh Crag

  

  In which we start #30DaysWild by being out after dark with the outsiders

  Walking Away

  June 3, 2023

  Walk, settle, Yorkshire Dales

  dog, walks near me, by train, circular, wood, settle, bats, wildlife, woods, pennine bridleway, short walk

• The Ridgeway from Streatley

  

  In which I stop searching for happiness and find joy

  Walking Away

  May 15, 2023

  berkshire, chilterns, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, Walk

  berkshire, bluebell, bluebells, by train, chilterns, circular, long distance, national trail, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway, spring, walks near london, walks near me, wood

• Balcombe circular

  

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

  Walking Away

  March 20, 2023

  Sussex, Walk

  balcombe, by train, circular, from london, Haywards Heath, nymans, Sussex, villages, walks near london, walks near me, west sussex, wood, woodpecker

• 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

• Hartslock and the Great Chalk Wood

  

  In which I undress in public, a car tries to run me down and I have an altercation with a jogger in the peaceful English countryside

  Walking Away

  January 31, 2023

  chilterns, goring, Oxfordshire, Thames, Walk

  Buckinghamshire, by train, chilterns, circular, dog, from london, great chalk wood, hartslock, near london, pangbourne, pub, Walking, walks near me, whitchurch, wood

• Knaresborough Evening Ramble

  

  In which I am haunted by the ghosts of a medieval hermit and a witch but I am not petrified

  Walking Away

  January 27, 2023

  knaresborough, Walk, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales

  by train, circular, evening, knaresborough, Nidd, North Yorkshire, pub, river, walks near me, wood, York

• 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

  bakery, by train, canal, chilterns, circular, dog, hike, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, orchids., peak bagging, rambling, trig, trig point, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near london, walks near me, wendover, winter, wood

• 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

  barrow, bronze age, Buckinghamshire, bucks, by train, chilterns, circular, dog, Hertfordshire, hike, hiker, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, long distance, national trail, rambling, Ridgeway, shovell, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near london, walks near me, winter, wood

• 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

  Buckinghamshire, bucks, by train, circular, dog, hike, hikes, hikes near me, Hiking, london, national trail, Oxfordshire, rambling, Thames, thames oath, villages, Walk, walker, Walking, Walks, walks near london, walks near me, winter, wood