In search of oak woods
Whenever I walk through this oakwood I always feel a sense of timelessness, it’s as if this wood has always been here and time has not touched it. Here, on […]
Whenever I walk through this oakwood I always feel a sense of timelessness, it’s as if this wood has always been here and time has not touched it. Here, on […]
The Pennine Way is a game of numbers – 268 miles, over 11,000m of ascent, and as many pints of real ale as you can handle. But the most significant […]
Thirty years have passed since I walked up past the entrance to Balmoral Castle and into the forest beyond. As I head up the forestry track I pass the […]
I don’t normally write about my feet. I’m quite fond of them but I don’t expect my readers to share my interest in them. This blog is different. My feet […]
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Books are dead. In the future no one will read paperbacks, e-books will rule and the only place for paper books will be found will be in a museum. Click […]
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Come and join me on my trek to this distant bothy. Listen to my audio commentary by clicking the link below. Faindouran Bothy or Bust Follow me on my new […]
I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep sided ravine, below me the hillside ends […]
It’s dark and raining heavily now. The bothy fire smokes for a few minutes, coughs, splutters and then dies. Charlie, my walking companion on this trip, who has been working […]