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Monday, 8 July 2013

Not Exactly a Walk: Slad from the air

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This is not exactly a walk, but it does fit my criteria of trying to see the valley from different angles, as well as fulfilling an ambition...
Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Walk 39: Dawn Light and Daw's Lane

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Frosted horse-apples, Swifts Hill 5.30 am and I'm standing on the road that runs by Swifts Hill trying to get my brain to take an in...
Thursday, 14 March 2013

Walk 36: From rim to rim - the drovers' road from Bulls Cross to Stroud

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This is one of those 'grab the sunshine while you can' days - a little sunny blip in an expanse of damp, cold grey.  An intimation o...
Friday, 15 February 2013

Walk 35: A Wild Wood - Trantershill Plantation

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A day to remember, and not just because it's my husband's 50th birthday.  For one thing, it's a beautiful sunny morning with b...
Friday, 23 November 2012

Walk 31: One Trouser is Better than No Walk - Frith Wood (1)

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Today I'm resuming my valley walks after quite a gap.  I've been away, and the weather has been diabolical, with continuous rain a...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Walk 30: A Wood of Puzzles - the Wood of Remembrance

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Wild Clematis It's a glorious sunny morning of early autumn, with the first light frost of this end of the year still melting off th...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Walk 29: Duckling Dramas - Steanbridge Estate (revisit)

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After the rain and chill of the beginning of this month, this is more like May should be - a bright, sunny, soon-to-be-hot morning.  I'm...