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- Yeork-sher: wet boots, mired tyres and abandoned walks
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 5 – moorland, laight, and stane
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 4 – Swans, Gorse and missed turns
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 3 – oh ffs! off piste again
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 2 – trudging over shingle and wading through bracken
- The Mull of Galloway Trail: 1 – overgrown, elusive and unfrequented
- Eden Way: 12 – Water Cut, Ure Force and Ruswarp
- Loch Katrine
- Silver Jubilee Road
- Barlay Hill: another Monica
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Category Archives: Far away
Loch Katrine
13.4 miles 5h 25m ascent 373m BEING WRITTEN Loch Katrine was gouged by glaciers during the last ice age, named for the highland robbers, ceathairne, such as Rob Roy MacGregor who stalked its surroundings, and co-opted by Victorian engineers, who … Continue reading
Signalhøjden: midges, magnets and murals
5 miles 3h 4m ascent 432m Signalhøjden, Narsarsuaq, Greenland Breakfast: scrambled eggs, crispy bacon and mushrooms. View: an iceberg strewn fjord, on one side Erik the Red had established a Norse outpost in 986 AD, on the other, the US … Continue reading
Glenkens Pilgrim’s Way: a midsummer walk
7.74 miles 5h 9m ascent 252m The Ordnance Survey shows a footpath between Polmaddy and Carsphairn. For more than 500 years it was part of the main route through the Glenkens to the south coast. It was once part of … Continue reading
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No Particular Place to Go
3.15 miles about 1.5h 166m ascent Near Bala, Gwynedd I sat nursing the last vestiges of a hangover, warmed by the afternoon sun. The planned morning walk had not panned out. We had found the lakeside path closed. Three generations … Continue reading
The Southernmost Fell
2.83 miles 1h 17m ascent 74m Longridge Fell/Spire Hill It’s been a while since I stood by a trig pillar. Coronavirus lockdown limitations and a return to work have each played their part. But rules have begun to relax and … Continue reading
A Morning in Markudjik: Shaken and Perturbed
We decided to take the Gondola up to Yastrebets and explore the Markudjik slopes. Over breakfast I squinted at my phone checking various maps. How would we get to the Gondola? It wasn’t really clear. But the piste map had … Continue reading
Samaria Gorge and the twenty-one steps
10.2 miles, 5h 15m, descent from 1233m to sea level. Samaria Gorge, Crete A long tale, I’m afraid, but it was a long day. My pick up was at a pre-dawn 5.45 am. The alarm was set for 5 am … Continue reading
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Στην Κνωσό μέσω Ηρακλείου: A Minoan Morning
Distance: Not much actual walking. Climb: Virtually none. Duration: Left after breakfast, back for lunch. Knossos by bus A journey rather than a walk, and certainly not an epic journey. As I walked from the hotel I left the unreal … Continue reading