Walks Dales Way: thunder and lightning Our two days of walking included a very apt flavour of ice cream and ended with a journey in the wrong direction.
Walks A postcard from the Wirral Drawn to the peninsula’s big tides and even bigger skies, we followed in the hoofprints of an Arthurian knight.
Rides Along the foreshore Moving through the liminal space where sea meets land, we’re immersed in a transitory world.
Walks Walking into darkness The story of two winter walks, one at dawn and one at dusk, and a call to dream.
Walks The Wayfarer’s Way Walking on the Sentiero del Viandante in the footsteps of wayfarers, traders and smugglers is a reminder that journeying on foot was once part of everyday life.
Walks Drifting through Lyon Wandering on foot, metro, tram and funicular to soak up the city – and buy a bottle opener.
Walks Darkness, my old friend A pre-dawn dog walk stirred thoughts about how society resists the close embrace of darker nights.
Walks Walking with Wulfgar An annual pilgrimage to Dartmoor takes us past the territory of Brian Carter’s vulpine hero.
Walks A walk in Wannsee After making my way past lakeshore villas and yacht clubs, I walked along a tree-lined driveway and into a house that lays bare the banality of evil.
Walks Over Cam Fell Walking through a parched yellow springtime, we left the River Wharfe's dry bed and crossed the high point of the Dales Way.
Walks Out of darkness cometh light As winter’s grip loosens, I've come to recognise it as a time of renewal and exploration.
Walks Above Silurian clouds A week of high atmospheric pressure saw us happily marooned on hilltops, cut adrift in splendid Paleozoic isolation.
Walks Walking the sands of Sker Leaving busy Rest Bay behind, I walked on sand that stretched towards a dragon breathing its last.
Walks Camping wild and free on Dartmoor Exercising our fragile, threatened right to sleep under the stars, we hike high on to the moor before pitching our tent in the fading light.
Walks Walking the Simmenfälle The whitewater channel carrying the river Simme from the mountains is not what it seems.
Walks Patience and the panorama We awoke to see low cloud shrouding the mountain. There was nothing to do but sit and wait, refreshing the summit webcam and the weather app.
Walks The slow way to Switzerland An unhurried journey by train and on foot stretched time and filled our summer with stories.
Walks Into the Dales Walking upstream along the River Wharfe in the footsteps of Iron Age settlers and an 18th century murderer.
Walks Walking the sculptor’s landscape A stroll around Canwood Gallery reveals the power of art and nature.
Walks The first and last of the winter snow With the late snowfall came a morning of childhood joy, and a chance to use our crazy coracle sledge.
Walks Hot chocolate on the hill Following in Celtic footsteps, we welcome spring with our own family ritual.
Walks Cynffig: life in the sand A walk through towering dunes takes us into a story of nature, people and a sand-drowned town.
Walks The incident of the curious dog on the Thames Path A two-day family walk with an excitable pup. What could go wrong? We got our answer a couple of kilometres into the walk.
Walks As I walked out one midwinter morning One January morning I stepped out of my front door and didn’t return until the sun was setting and I’d walked 30km.
Walks 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?
