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Simon
Apr 15, 20245 min read
Follow the River Styx
It's a joy to catch the first bright weekend in April. But would you spend it pondering on the last journey of the dead?
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Simon
Dec 13, 20234 min read
What counts as an ancient path?
Follow the Sarsen Way to Adam's Grave to find out. See an astonishing late Stone Age barrow. Shiver at the ghosts of Saxon warriors on a...
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Simon
Aug 30, 20234 min read
Can we be pilgrims?
Yes we can, whatever we believe or don't believe. As long as we're walking or hiking to enrich our lives and hoping for something extra...
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Simon
Aug 11, 20236 min read
Take a lofty plunge
A wild swim high on the Fiz. A remote, intriguing hut-to-hut hike. Oh! And the flowers... Lac d'Anterne, the ramparts of the Fiz behind A...
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Simon
May 21, 20223 min read
The strange case of the disappearing beach
Nanjizal and the Song of the Sea... The sands shift around our coasts. Shapes on our beaches can change from one tide to the next. The...
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Simon
Mar 10, 20223 min read
Moonspring Lake
Don't miss the goodies on the lower shelf. Ffynnon Lloer. If you are staying at Idwal Cottage in the Ogwen Valley, your most obvious...
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Simon
Jan 30, 20224 min read
Old Man's Bridge
From nothing to not much. Or is it? Maybe, there are secrets here. This is the story of a mysterious bridge in the middle of nowhere....
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Simon
Dec 3, 20217 min read
The Ridgeway... backwards
It is early morning and already hot. It is early morning and snowflakes are getting in my face. It is early morning and there is a whiff...
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Simon
Feb 2, 20216 min read
Roraima
I was thinking about how when I was 19 years old I hiked with my brother to the edge of Venezuela's Gran Sabana and climbed Mount...
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Simon
May 14, 20205 min read
Terriers on the roof of the world
This fellow is 5,600m up on the Khardong pass in Ladakh. He is seated on a dzo. It is about 1925. What draws him here? "The sight of...
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Simon
Feb 27, 20202 min read
Black Sail
Once more, we did the February meet at the Black Sail YHA hut. If you read on you will find a cautionary tale about what not to do in the...
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Simon
Jul 13, 20193 min read
Nakasendo Trail
You are walking back from the ancient imperial capital of Japan, Kyoto, to the new city of the Shoguns, Edo, which will become the Tokyo...
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Simon
Jul 10, 20192 min read
Kumano Kodo
Down at the bottom of the Kii peninsular, a good distance south of Kyoto, you will find ranges of pine clad hills, tiny tumbledown...
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