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Walking

Travels on foot – from urban edgelands to deep countryside.
White clouds in the Black Mountains
Walking

White clouds in the Black Mountains

We drove through thick fog for an hour before turning onto the mountain road. Was this it? Would the weather spoil our view?
01 Dec 2022 3 min read
A woman in a red coat and a child carrying a blue and green rucksack walk along a stony track surrounded by tall trees.
Walking

Walking has become a radical act

Choose to walk and you're resisting pressure to conform and embracing a mode of transport that is free – in more ways than one.
11 Oct 2022 3 min read
A waterfall called Sgwd-yr-Eira, The Falling of the Snow, makes a white curtain as it plunges into a pool below.
Walking

Walking behind a waterfall

For a moment we are immersed in Sgwd-yr-Eira, the Falling of the Snow. The narrow path cocoons us between the waterfall and the rock.
22 Mar 2022 1 min read
Between Lulworth and Kimmeridge, rocky cliffs – white with patches of green – jut out into a pale blue sea.
Walking

Walking the South West Coast Path

The adventure spanned 14 years, starting in Minehead when I was a teenager and finishing in Poole as I was about to become a parent.
08 May 2021 4 min read
The first footprints in the snow
Walking

The first footprints in the snow

Peering into the predawn gloom, we saw our street deep with snow. The hill beyond was obscured by cloud but we knew we’d soon be up there.
21 Jan 2021 1 min read
A child rides along a path in a deep rock cutting on the Monsal Trail.
Cycling

Monsal Trail bike and hike

We dived into Pizza Express, hungry after a day that had unexpectedly involved combining a family ride on the Monsal Trail with a hike back into Buxton.
22 Aug 2018 2 min read
The silhouette of an adult, a child and a dog on a lead walking on the canal towpath underneath a road bridge.
Walking

The slow train from Smethwick

Keen to escape rural mud after a wet winter, we caught the train into Birmingham for an urban wander and, for one of us, an unscheduled swim.
09 Apr 2018 2 min read
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