Well, here we are again, at the beginning of another autumn, and indeed another walking year for our blog. Over the last three years, we have walked over eight hundred miles together, both near and far. We have climbed mountains, explored landscapes and spent many a happy hour in the company of our belovedContinue reading “Bewl Water Circular – 12.5 miles”
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Horsted Keynes Circular – 7.2 miles
Well, you’re welcome, folks! Previously, as you know, we went on a noble quest to Cymru to save the kingdom. Our brave and daring journey led us to tame a great dragon, Yr Wyddfa, and to send her back to the South East ahead of us. By the time we arrived, she hadContinue reading “Horsted Keynes Circular – 7.2 miles”
Snowdon – 7.7 miles
Up the Pyg Track, down the Miners’ 5am. Shell shock. Cold, still dark. The cooking stove glows in the grey dawn, a yellow light dares to peek over the mountains across the lake. A single star still wanders lonely across the fading night sky. Behind us, our foe is wrapped beneath a white shawl.Continue reading “Snowdon – 7.7 miles”
Capel Curig Circular – 7 miles
We’re in a tent again! Only this time, we’re somewhere a little different: Wales. Following two nights of near gale-force conditions, during which time we deeply questioned our life choices, we awoke to a calmer Tuesday morning and day three of our Snowdonia adventure. We were staying for the week at “Garth Farm”, a workingContinue reading “Capel Curig Circular – 7 miles”
Bodiam Circular – 5 miles
I take a long, hot sip from the bottle of cider in my hand. Beth is sitting beside me. Her eyes are wide, staring ahead, hands clasped firmly to her cheeks. We both watch as the thick plume of smoke rises through the air only a short distance across the dry, barren farmland. Continue reading “Bodiam Circular – 5 miles”
Staplecross Circular – 9 miles
Rain is cool. Rain is wet. How much longer ‘til we get Some? ~ Unnamed Vegetable with Bongos, Mr Potato Head Saves Veggie Valley, circa 1995 Things have gone beyond the bright, glowing yellow of mid-summer meadows. It has been several weeks now since the area last experienced rain, and things are starting toContinue reading “Staplecross Circular – 9 miles”
Bow Hill Circular – 12.7 miles
Well, we just had the loveliest weekend. To celebrate our first wedding anniversary, we took a trip to West Sussex for our seemingly annual foray into the South Downs National Park. We have just got home, and we very much made the most of it. Let us go back to Saturday morning.Continue reading “Bow Hill Circular – 12.7 miles”
Lamberhurst Circular – 5.3 miles
Six years ago, I drove over to Lamberhurst, for the first time. I met Beth at her little studio flat, in Crown House at the bottom of School Hill. On that sunny day, we went for a walk around the Scotney Castle estate. It was a perfect day. So perfect, in fact, thatContinue reading “Lamberhurst Circular – 5.3 miles”
Groombridge Circular – 9.6 miles
I am sitting on the ground. We’ve just visited the Rainforest Café at Disneyland Paris, which seemed different somehow from how I remembered it. Wilbur, the recently rescued Golden Guernsey kid, only a few months old, runs over to play. He leaps on my lap as he always does and goes all floppy forContinue reading “Groombridge Circular – 9.6 miles”
Wadhurst Circular – 6.8 miles
Let me tell you about five sheep encounters! We start with the sensible sheep. These came early in the day, mere minutes after getting going. Our path ran alongside a flock resting in the shade, unlike us. Ordinarily, I suspect they would have got up and walked away from the fence when weContinue reading “Wadhurst Circular – 6.8 miles”
Matthew G. Huggins 