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The Lantern Way, a circular walk around Dursley

Saturday 2 July 2016

The Lantern Way is a 14 mile circular walk around Dursley, launched in 2015 by Dursley Welcome Walkers.

Dursley Festival

Saturday 25 June 2016

It's always good to see Dursley Festival, with the town full of smiling people and activities

Switzerland

Saturday 21 May 2016

Sadly we needed to go to a family funeral in Switzerland, where some of my wife's family lives

Black Mountains

Saturday 30 April 2016

We return for a walk in the Black Mountains, with a new variation on a couple of old favourite routes: firstly up Tal Trwynau, continuing over Mynydd Llysiau

As with last year and the year before, I've collected my bluebell photos into one blog post. I love seeing how the woods develop over this short time, with the leaves coming out on the trees over a carpet of bluebells.

Uley Birthday Beacon

Thursday 21 April 2016

A good crowd came out to see the magnificent beacon fire on Uley Bury, to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday

Exmoor

Sunday 10 April 2016

I grew up on Exmoor so know parts of it very well

Spring flowers on a walk to Uley

Monday 28 March 2016

Another sunny spring day, although not quite as warm as Good Friday, so we walked over to Uley.

Follow the Cross to Cam Peak

Friday 25 March 2016

A beautiful warm spring day - so there was a good turnout of people to follow the cross from the centre of Dursley to the top of Cam Peak

Severn Bore

Friday 11 March 2016

Some of my photos from last time we last saw the Severn Bore were recently published in Paddle Surf magazine. This time we went back to Arlingham to watch the bore, near the Old Passage Inn.

Around Downham Hill

Saturday 27 February 2016

I've been fortunate to have been walking all over the world in the last couple of months - New Zealand, Hong Kong and Snowdonia. I'd not done a proper walk locally for far too long.

White Snowdonia

Saturday 13 February 2016

The mountain tops of Snowdonia were properly wintry

A winter's night on Pen Y Fan

Sunday 17 January 2016

Just back from New Zealand, we weren't suffering from jet lag but season lag - suddenly changing from summer to winter.

Hong Kong

Friday 8 January 2016

We had a one night stopover in Hong Kong on the way home from New Zealand. I loved the contrast of the busy, sometimes quite gritty street level and the vast vertical skyscrapers.

New Zealand South Island

Thursday 7 January 2016

We just visited New Zealand for the first time, exploring by car and on foot. It's a very easy place to love, with stunning scenery that's so accessible, at least once we'd made the long journey south.

Tokyo

Monday 14 December 2015

On the way over to New Zealand, we stopped in Tokyo for a couple of nights.

Ottery Tar Barrels

Thursday 5 November 2015

I've been going to the Ottery Tar Barrels for well over ten years

Morning Mist

Friday 9 October 2015

As we got up around sunrise this morning, there was a beautiful layer of cloud hanging low nearby, with the peaks of Downham Hill and Uley Bury visible above it

Dursley Walking Festival

Sunday 4 October 2015

I did two of the walks for the Dursley Walking Festival. Even though I go walking regularly from our house here in Dursley, I still learned a couple of new paths and had a good chat with many people on the well attended walks.