This is my monthly walking journal for January 2023. Finally, we are getting drier days! We have had so much rain that any dry day is very welcome, even if…
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Tag: Hiking
Wild Camping on Dartmoor
I am writing this after the court decision on Friday 13th January ruled that ‘wild camping’ does not constitute ‘open-air recreation’. Wild camping without the landowner’s permission is now considered…
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Walking Journal – December 2022
This is my monthly walking journal for Dember 2022. I’ve done only a few months to date. This month the theme of ‘very wet’ continues, although it became less wet…
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Walking Journal – November 2022
Walking Journal – November 2022 This is my monthly walking journal for November 2022. I’ve done only a few months to date, but it will be good to look back…
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Cotswolds Walk from Kirtlington
Kirtlington is a village in the heart of the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire. We chose Kirtlington as a Cotswolds holiday base and rented a lovely AirBnB in the village. As usual, I…
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Walking Journal – October 2022
Walking Journal – October 2022 This is my monthly walking journal – the October 2022 edition. This is the first year, but, over a few years, it would be good…
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Walk Bodmin Moor – 7 Tors and Hills
Bodmin Moor is a rugged and wide open space of grasslands and heather with granite tors and boulders strewn atop hills. It is fabled in mystery and mystique with legends…
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Walk: Bedruthan to Porthcothan to Watergate
I’ve visited Carnewas, Bedruthan Steps, and the coast in the area several times for short walks. I decided to take in the stretch of coastline north to Porthcothan and south…
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Walking Journal – September 2022
Walking Journal – September 2022 I have taken to writing my own walking journal – this is the September 2022 edition. Over a few years, it would be good to…
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Walk the Bolt Tail to Bolt Head – Hope Cove to Overbeck’s
Walk the Bolt Tail to Bolt Head The mass of land from Hope Cove to Overbeck’s, near Salcombe, is known as the Bolt Tail to the Bolt Head. It is…
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Top Tips: Mapping & GPS for Hiking
This subject of Mapping Service apps, GPS and Smartphone use stirs much debate and argument in walking and hiking communities. I live in SE Cornwall, and so I have Dartmoor…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Hiking and Long Walks
Where to Begin with Hiking and Long Walks Everyone has to start somewhere, right? This article is a beginner’s guide on hiking and long walks. Over the years, it has…
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