Nathan has begun blogging a lot more regularly, and his posts have encouraged me to begin commenting on blogs which align with my own interests. (Not on technical articles: on the kinds of blog post which tell tales of the landscape and of more creative pursuits.) His latest entry, about walking around Scarborough, drew my attention as a keen rambler.
As an avid photographer, I used to visit the Lake District back in the 1990s. I wasn’t anywhere near as active as I am these days, so I used to sit in the car and wait for the weather to break before taking photographs as close to the roadside as possible.
For some reason, Jo and I decided to try and walk up a ridiculously steep slope to get to a better view in 2010 and as it turned out, we ended up making our way right to the top of that hill. It was our first Wainwright Fell in the Lake District, and we’ve been avid walkers ever since.
The more time that I spend walking, the more details that I see. Even in the city where I worked for many years and now in the town where I’ve been living since moving here, there is always another corner to see or another view to photograph. Returning to the same place repeatedly at different times of year is great, because it means you get to enjoy it in all sorts of weather conditions.
We particularly like watching the BBC series Winter Walks, because it shows that walking around the British countryside and through small villages can be just as fascinating as hiking here in the Alps. There’s something so incredibly refreshing about stepping away from a digital career to let the wind blow through the gap between my ears and coming home with ruddy cheeks and a calmed soul.
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