Walks

Settle, Limestone and Orchids

In which we find troll holes and look for swathes.

Settle, Castlebergh Crag

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

Pilgrims’ Way, Boughton Lees to Chilham

Stage 14 of the Pilgrims’ Way in which I contemplate life and death

Pilgrims’ Way, Charing to Boughton Lees

Section 13b of the Pilgrims’ Way in which I go full Sherlock Holmes and solve a historic crime

Pilgrims’ Way, Hollingbourne to Charing

Stage 13 of the Pilgrims’ Way in which I have pause for thought and get a bit contemplativey

England Coast Path: Cliffe

In which we go to the end of the world and see the lights of civilisation.

The Ridgeway from Streatley

In which I stop searching for happiness and find joy

Goring and Hartslock

In which I go for a walk down the river and find monkeys

The Ridgeway to Goring

In which I wander by the river in Oxfordshire

Kew Gardens

In which I walk around the world under the London flight path

Ribblehead to Dent, via Whernside

In which we become cloud on the Yorkshire Dales’ highest mountain

Flintergill and the Occupation Road

In which we ramble above Dent defying the weather forecast

Dales High Way to Farfield Mill, Sedbergh

In which I experience a considerable amount of rain and get lost a shocking number of times

Snaizwold Fell and Aye Gill Pike

In which we take a wild easter walk into the hills and get squelched in a bog

Dales Way, Cowgill to Dent

In which we follow the pretty path to the cobbled village

England Coast Path, Tilbury

In which I walk through a thousand years of history along the Thames estuary

The Ridgeway, Lewknor

In which I go for an adventure on the runaway bus

The Ridgeway to Chinnor

In which I find mud and skylarks, and celebrate a special birthday

Gunnersbury Park

In which we find spring, and join the sit club

Lundy Island

In which I walk into the shipping forecast, backing southwest 4 or 5, occasional rain, moderate becoming good

Balcombe circular

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

Richmond Park

In which we go on an urban safari, with cake

Pilgrims’ Way, Aylesford to Hollingbourne

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

Angle Tarn & Angletarn Pikes

In which we get our very own rainbow

Hayeswater & The Knott

In which we experience a perfect view with perfect clouds and the gods from above send us chocolate

Ullswater & Hallin Fell

In which we go up and over the hill and experience the Lakes in miniature

Brothers Water & High Hartsop Dodd

In which I struggle up a mountain to become one with the clouds

The Ridgeway to Princes Risborough

In which I take a very slow walk along the Ridgeway and fail to be arrested under section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime Act

River Thames, Reading to Goring

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

Old Bilton and Nidd Gorge

In which I revisit my second favourite river and search deperately for that little flash of electric blue

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

South Downs Way, Ditchling Beacon

In which I have an elemental experience with wind

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

Knaresborough Evening Ramble

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

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

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.

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)

New Orleans, Garden District

In which I take a streetcar to the stars and find a loaf cake named desire

New Orleans, French Quarter

In which I mooch around the Big Easy and find voodoo dolls and rectal dilators

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.

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

Great Missenden to Wendover

In which we ramble through beechwoods and over hills in warm clothes, and meet Britain’s creepiest cows.

A Christmas Carol, Looking for Ebenezer Scrooge

In which I go in search of Ebenezer Scrooge, just in time for Christmas.

York City Walls

In which I stroll around the walls like an off duty feudal lord, constantly distracted by cake shops hiding in towers

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

Snickelways of York

In which I sneak down 48 snickets like a medieval rat in this snickelway challenge across York

London: Jubilee Walkway

In which I dispense with the walk and tell you some interesting stuff about London instead

The Norber Erratics

In which we climb a hill and wander with a herd of prehistoric beasts, a praying rabbit and a dog on a toadstool

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

Edinburgh, Water of Leith Walkway

In which we follow a silvery river and try to make wishes on falling leaves, with some success

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