Walking Watch
The Wolf Moon
What is the Wolf Moon? The first full moon of 2021 will be visible tonight and it is known as the ‘Wolf Moon’. The moon, the first of the twelve full moons this year, is a point in time when the moon is reflecting the maximum amount of sunlight onto Earth. This happens when the…
Read MoreAnimal Tracks Trails and Signs
Walk out to check out animal tracks, trails and signs. Advent Calendar 7 How can you turn a family walk in Winter into an exploratory adventure? Get everyone looking for animal tracks, trails and signs. Walking in Winter time gives us all the opportunity to see things that are harder to spot in Summer. In…
Read MoreLost Footpaths the Ramblers Project
Lost Footpaths, the Ramblers Project. The cry ‘if you don’t use it, you lose it’, apt that when it comes to re-discovering Britain’s lost footpaths. The Ramblers group of Britain are passionate about keeping open over 100,000 miles of footpaths in Britain. However many of these footpaths have been lost, they are unmapped. As a…
Read MoreA Great Oak Tree John Constable
A Great Oak Tree by John Constable. In 1801 John Constable drew a chalk image of an oak tree. This drawing gives me inspiration because it is an outdoor sketch. The young artist was learning to observe the countryside and in particular, the form of the trees. Outdoor sketching, can be challenging thing but it…
Read MoreWalking in the Rain. Why it is so good for us.
Why it’s good to walk in the rain. Walking in the rain is one of life’s positive activities. For every hot and sun drenched walk in the baking days of July give me two in soft Autumn rain. So although we all look out of the window on a drizzly wet day and feel gloomy,…
Read MoreDrove Roads Part of British Heritage
Heritage in the landscape. Drove roads are ancient highways that carve through the British landscape. The heritage of Britain rests as much with the landscape as it does with the built environment and for me, learning about the shape of the land that I am walking through and learning about a past way of life…
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