Walking

I thought it would be useful to gather our stories into a slightly more coherent index than the archives, categories or tags, which I find a bit difficult to navigate.

We like walking. Have you noticed? We do day walks, overnight hikes and longer hikes.

Our walking photos can be found here.

We don’t write up all of our walks; many are mundane though fun yomps through regularly visited places (e.g. New Forest). Or we did not have anything very interesting to say about the walk except: we went here and walked some and then had lunch and then walked some more. Riveting stuff. Or, sometimes, we just plain forgot to write it up.  Nonetheless, here are the ones we did write about:

Australia

The Overland Track, Dec 2006: an 8 day hike in Tasmania.

• Mostly pictures.

England

Southern England: various walks near (or not so near!) Southampton.

• The Ridgeway, May 2010 (Part I; Part II)
• Kingley Vale, West Sussex, Feb 2010
• The Tennyson Trail, Isle of Wight, Feb 2008
• The Clarendon Way, July 2007
• Bradford on Avon to Bath, June 2007

Cornwall

• South West Coast Path Part 1, April 2007
• South West Coast Path Part 2, April 2007
• Bodmin Moor, April 2007: a stroll in the fog…

Dartmoor

• A Different Dartmoor, Easter 2010: a four day crossing from Ivybridge to Sticklepath
  • Part I;  Part II; Part III
• Wild Camping in Dartmoor, Easter 2009: four days exploring Okehampton Range
• Day walk from Postbridge, July 2007
• Short walk at Lydford Gorge, April 2007

Northumbria, Dec 2007: day walks from our hostel base in Byrness.

• Part 1: up Byrness Hill (side trip to Scotland)
• Part 2: a bit of Hadrian’s Wall and a walk near Byrness village

South Downs Way, Jan 2009: a four-day walk along the eastern half of the South Downs Way from Alfriston to Eastbourne, when we stayed in B&Bs rather than camping!

• Part 1: Amberley to near Lewes
• Part 2: near Lewes to Eastbourne

Yorkshire

• The Dales, May 2007
• Gordale Scar, May 2007

Portugal

• Meandering on Madeira, Oct 2009:

Nic takes a hike post work-related trip to the island of Madeira.

Scotland

• Munros and Midges: a four-day walk from Dalwhinnie to Glen Nevis in the height of muggy, midgey summer (Part I; Part II)

Sweden

Kungsleden Trail, July 2008: an 8 day hike north of the Arctic Circle.

• Kungsleden Day 1
• Kungsleden Day 2
• Kungsleden Day 3
• Kungsleden Day 4
• Kungsleden Day 5
• Kungsleden Day 6
• Kungsledge Days 7 & 8

Wales

Brecon Beacons

• Symonds Yat, July 2009: a base for doing day walks to Pen Y Fan (when we got views!) and in the Black Mountains.
• Brecon Beacons Redux, March 2009: a day walk to Pen Y Fan (no view), a pre-breakfast hike to Fan Frynych, and the Waterfalls Walk near Ystradfellite.
• Offa’s Dyke Path (sort of), August 2007: a 3 day hike from Abergavenny to Hay-on-Wye, camping at Llanthony Priory and somewhere nearish to Hay-on-Wye.

Snowdonia

• Snowdon, May 2008: day walk up by the Rhyd Dhu Path, return by the Snowdon Ranger’s Path.