Malvern Hills in October
Low cloud until eleven, then the whole ridge opened up at once. From the Wyche Cutting it is a steady pull to the Worcestershire Beacon, and by the trig point you could…
Walks, weather and the odd photograph
A small notebook of weekend walks around the Cotswolds, the Malverns and the Welsh borders. Mostly film, sometimes a phone, always a flask.
Along the Windrush
An easy one: Burford to Minster Lovell along the valley and back by the higher path. The river was low and clear, with a heron on almost every…
Hay Bluff at dawn
Left Hereford at five. The road up to the Gospel Pass is single track and slightly unnerving in the dark, but there was nobody else on…
Offa's Dyke: Kington to Knighton
The longest day of the summer for me, and the best section of the Dyke I have walked so far. Up over Hergest Ridge first, with the monkey puzzle trees looking faintly…
Slad Valley loop
A short evening walk down the valley and up through the beech woods on the far side. Steep banks, wildflower meadows and a lot of orchids still…
Black Mountains ridge, wind and hail
Forecast said showers. It meant hail, sideways, twice. Up from Llanthony onto the Offa's Dyke ridge and north along the…