exploring
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Walking Diaries*Spring*The Forgotten Woods
Low sunlight pools into open stretches of land, reflecting off jewel-like deep green holly, and sending slender golden trails through bronzed leaves. Somewhere in the woods a secretive Jay emits a rusty call… Continue reading
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Walking Diaries*Spring* Conquering the lost footpath…
The golden shafts from the canopy glitter with intensified force and mystery – reinforcing the feeling that the forest is mistress in these depths – and they illuminate a suddenly clear track ahead… Continue reading
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5 ways walking the winter landscape will inspire and uplift you…
Pathways open to sweeping landscapes that were once hidden. We become masters of the land around us – for the first time seeing and understanding its contours – its rise and fall, the very bones and essence of its form.… Continue reading
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Walking Diary*Summer* Hidden pools in the land of lost treasure
As I step over the stile onto the path proper, I feel like I am in wonderland. There is not another soul in sight, butterflies are darting back and forth all around me amongst the long grass, and skylarks are… Continue reading
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Walking Diary*Summer* Adventure beyond the fallen oak…
This sort of looks like it could once have been a path, but directly ahead of me a huge limb has been severed from a living oak, and it is impossible to progress in this direction without going either over… Continue reading
