Nature Writer and Photographer
These are the continuing voyages of the writer bewilderbrain.
Nature seeker, photographer, middle-aged walker with attitude.
I write ( and occasionally rant) about walking, landscapes, people, and the wonderful absurdity of the ordinary…
About mental health and connection – about searching for more uplifting pathways and perspectives on day to day life – and walking their ups and downs.
But I am not a wellness manual.
I’m a land of mists, meandering minds, and moody cows.
Because wellness and joy aren’t easy, linear, or formulaic.
And they don’t come in ten point plans.
They lurk in the dark with surprising disregard for propriety, and they spring up in the depths of our chaos.
If we let them in.
In this place, I choose the uplifting.
I seek solace in nature, and in the humour, inspiration and beautiful ridiculousness of the everyday.
So, if you like the outdoors, atmosphere, escape, random tales, accidental wisdom, surprised sheep…
And you’re a fan of weathered, but unapologetic optimism…
You might like it here…
Latest Posts
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The Call of the Valleys – Walking a landscape to belong…
Those of us with nomadic pasts may struggle to feel rooted …Home is where the heart sings, the mind opens, and the footsteps are trodden fearlessly… Continue reading
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Exit planet dust – Our views are as parched as our landscape…
In a summer like no other, the only thing more startling than the searing heat has been the actual human people bathing in lukewarm insouciance and denial… Continue reading
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The high summer healing of woodland shade…
The ancient bones of the forest have weathered storms and seasons, heat and cold, they remember when to rest, and they prompt me to do the same… Continue reading
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The weird horse and the buzzard – a brief encounter…
The horse begins to sidle, and I think its fair to say I’ve never seen a horse sidle before, along the pathway towards me… Continue reading
WALKING DIARY POSTS
My walking diaries are my records of everyday escapades into nature, immersing myself in the sights, sounds and sensations of the landscapes and seasons around me.
They are 10 minute escape pods for the senses.
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The season’s gilded edges – An Autumn walking diary
The changes creep beguilingly across the leaf scattered pathways, bursts of vivid colour, softer, lower sunlight, and a breath of magic in the air.
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Into the dusk, into the changing season…An Autumn Walking Diary
The deep blue skies are clear but darkening, a soft beckon, a gentle thrall – the energy of day, and of summer – meeting the darker enigma of autumn. I seek to pause, to absorb, to let nature’s breath back into my hungry senses…
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The wild rose, the willow warbler, and the rabbits: Summer walking diary
Delicious summer drizzle, rabbits on misty fields, heady perfumed flowers, a bounty of birds and the worlds best highland cow…
To boldly go where no woman has gone before…(or at the very least for a short walk down the back lane)
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