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Hiking and Walking
Main image: Birkhouse Moor, Lake District, Autumn 2024
Abandoning a walk to Hohgant (again) for the sake of a more enjoyable afternoon.
A picturesque dog walk to the tidal island of Oronsay, off the coast of the Isle of Skye.
A pleasant and warm walk last weekend, with forest sections and huge panoramic views across the lake to the mountains.
In all of the years of visiting the Lake District, I’ve always pondered Helvellyn, but a hike in autumn 2024 was the first time I’d seen it up close.
A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.
A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.
A short break and brief drone flights above the farmland in the sunset near the highest point of the UK motorway network.
Spontaneously changing my plans for a day’s hiking to achieve the summit of Canisp, a large and rocky hill in the Assynt region of Scotland.
Panoramic photography along a walk between Interlaken West station and Neuhaus harbour.
A cold walk on the shores of Lac de Neuchâtel, and some lovely pink post-sunset light.
A pleasant walk down from Allmendhubel through Blumental valley, into the shade cast by the mountain ridge, then back into the sun to slither our way down the ice-covered path to Mürren.
With a name like “Ice Path”, you know before you arrive that a hiking route is going to be a pretty spectacular one.
The third of our slightly soggy hikes in the English Lake District in autumn 2022.
A wind-swept, soggy, lovely walk around Buttermere in the English Lake District.
An autumn ramble from our holiday rental to the top of the nearby Wainwright Fell above Keswick.
Walking into the middle of nowhere from the heights of the Furka Pass.
