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”
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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”
Puez-Odel Nature Park, Adolf Munkel Trail – 5.5 miles
Ciao e bentornati in Italia per la seconda parte della nostra avventura nelle Dolomiti! For this half of the trip, we had based ourselves in Santa Maddalena in Val di Funes. Once again, thanks to Beth leaving me unsupervised to pick the accommodation, we were based on the outskirts of the village, aContinue reading “Puez-Odel Nature Park, Adolf Munkel Trail – 5.5 miles”
Dobbiaco to Hünnerspiel – 9.6 miles
Buongiorno, ciao, salve! Vi scriviamo dal Nord Italia, più precisamente dalle splendide Dolomiti, nelle Alpi. È un’area molto vasta da visitare in una sola settimana, quindi abbiamo deciso di soggiornare in due zone diverse: prima, la cittadina di Dobbiaco, in Val Pusteria, appena a sud del confine austriaco. Il primo giorno è stato dedicatoContinue reading “Dobbiaco to Hünnerspiel – 9.6 miles”
Penshurst Circular – 9.3 miles
It has been two weeks since our Mark Cross extravaganza (by the way, I did not catch Orf in the end), and much has changed. We have a major fence controversy on our hands with our new neighbours and have been left feeling rather uncomfortable in our own home. But we have a plan,Continue reading “Penshurst Circular – 9.3 miles”
Mark Cross Circular – 8 miles
The herd stampeded across the meadow. There were more than we had thought; many more. And all the while, the great, grey matriarch stared fixedly at us. She knew exactly where we were and had no intention of letting two travellers slip away. We had a plan. I just prayed that it was goingContinue reading “Mark Cross Circular – 8 miles”
Matfield Circular – 7.1 miles
A milestone has been achieved; following the undertaking of this walk, Beth and I have officially blogged one-hundred walks! In that time, we have walked together over seven-hundred miles, shared thousands of perfect countryside moments meant just for us, and watched the seasons come and go and come and go, and come and goContinue reading “Matfield Circular – 7.1 miles”
Matthew G. Huggins 