A Brock Bottom Dog Walk And Paddle
A hot sunny day called for a beautiful walk in the sunshine with lots of water for Malc to drink and wade in. Brock Bottom provided the perfect destination. A beautiful little gem of a walk plus a few...
View ArticleCromwell’s Bridge, History Over The River Hodder, Lancashire
On the B6243, as you cross the River Hodder near Hurst Green, Lancashire, look upstream. You will see an older, more derelict and small looking bridge. Not in use but you can still walk over it, this...
View ArticleNewark Castle – History Beside the River Trent
Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire is a historic town on the beautiful River Trent, a scenic place for walking beside the river, or for discovering a Castle with history to explore. The castle was...
View ArticleFosdyke Bridge To Surfleet- A River Welland Walk
The river Welland in Lincolnshire is 65 miles in length from Stamford to Fosdyke where it finally reaches the wash. We only walked a small section of the river Welland but it’s oh so peaceful. Our...
View ArticleWalks Along The Wyre Estuary of Lancashire
The Wyre Estuary is the last stretch of the River Wyre, A river that begins in the hills of The Forest of Bowland at Abbeystead. After passing through by Garstang and through St Michael’s on Wyre it...
View ArticleAlong The Columbia River, Central Washington
Visitors to Washington State are sometimes surprised to discover it is not all heavy forest and tall Cascade peaks. As a Midwesterner by birth, I sometimes need to get out of the trees and back to open...
View ArticleWalk From Lynmouth To Watersmeet
The Walk from Lynmouth to Watersmeet is one of the finest woodland, river and gorge walks you can do in the country. This part of Exmoor on the northern coast of Devon is picturesque and idyllic,...
View ArticleWoodhouse Washlands Nature Reserve, Sheffield
The Woodhouse Washlands Nature Reserve is managed by Sheffield and Rotherham wildlife trusts. It has a wide range of habitat, from wetland, ponds and grassland as well as scrub and flood plain grazing...
View ArticleThe Victoria Embankment & Memorial Gardens Nottingham
The Victoria Embankment in Nottingham was constructed between 1898 and 1901 with 10 miles of concrete steps, 7.5 miles of iron fencing and 150 seats. It’s a pleasurable, relaxing place to walk, jog or...
View ArticleNidd Gorge And Old Bilton Walk From Knaresborough
A walk through Nidd Gorge, with its river ad woodland is great to do at any time of year. A perfect walk for dogs as well as families. There is plenty of nature and wildlife along with history and...
View ArticleRiverbend Park, Fairfax, Virginia
Riverbend Park in Fairfax County, Virginia is one of my favourite places to hike. Located on the Potomac River, it’s a beautiful spot full of interesting plants, geology, wildlife, and history. It’s...
View ArticleGreat Falls Park, Virginia
Great Falls Park, Mclean, Virginia is a wonderful place to get outside, walk, explore and see some wonders of nature. It’s an area that is famous for the Great Falls themselves on the Potomac River,...
View ArticleCromwell’s Bridge, History Over The River Hodder, Lancashire
On the B6243, as you cross the River Hodder near Hurst Green, Lancashire, look upstream. You will see an older, more derelict and small looking bridge. Not in use but you can still walk over it, this...
View ArticleKayak Gibraltar Gardens, Norwich To Drayton On The River Wensum
The River Wensum runs from a spring between the villages of Colkirk and Whissonsett in North Norfolk, is thirty miles long, before joining the River Yare, which gives Great Yarmouth it’s name, before...
View ArticleA Walk From Budleigh Salterton To Otterton Along The River Otter
Anyone who has ever read my blogs before will know I love otters! So where better to (potentially) spot them but on the River Otter itself! Whilst staying at Sweetcombe Cottages’ Rosemary Cottage, I...
View ArticleThe Water of Leith Walkway, Edinburgh
There is something wonderfully indulgent in talking a day off work and travelling by train to a specific location for a full day of walking. This is exactly what I did recently, taking the train to...
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