9-12 May 2025 Sue had proposed 3 days of the Lakes, Meres and Waters walk. We had already cancelled our planned trip in 2024 due to my pelvic pain, and a few days before this trip, I realised that my Achilles probably wasn’t up for walking with a pack over demanding terrain. Very disappointing – […]
#30 Leith Links to Lochend Park with Anne
4th April 2025 We lived quite near Lochend Park when we first moved to Edinburgh, but I hadn’t been there since Callum was a baby. The lake is full of half-submerged willows and a pleasing number of herons which we delighted in watching. They are one of my favourite birds. Anne is a swimming friend […]
#29 Musselburgh with Joan
This was the achilles walk – we both had slightly sore achilles! We walked along the coast to Musselburgh and had a lovely coffee and share some gf apple cake at Kaffeine – so whilst the walk wasn’t new, the cafe was. The original plan was to go to the Old Oak Forest in Dalkeith […]
#28 Water of Leith from Stockbridge with Hilery
Hilery lives in Stockbridge Colonies and we walked from her house along the Water of Leith to the Gallery of Modern Art and a welcome coffee and date slice! My achilles has been playing up a bit, so I welcomed the mostly flat, shortish walk and the wide-ranging chat. I think we first met when […]
#27 Devil’s Pulpit with Annemarte (and Molly)
One of things I have been enjoying most about these walks is exploring new places. I had resisted the temptation to look up Devil’s Pulpit and enjoyed the adventure all the more as a result. A truly extraordinary gorge through the sandstone rock, rich with moss and lichen (and rather too much fly-tipped rubbish too…). […]
#26 Woodhall Dean with Sarah (and Carmen)
9th February 2025 A cloudy winter day – one of those days when it’s not actually raining, but damp is hanging in the air. The greyness of the sky and the moisture made the moss and lichens leap out even more. I have only been to Woodhall Dean a handful of times before and it […]
#25 Maspie Glen and East Lomond with Megan and Sarah
2nd February 2025 I met Megan and Sarah on a compassion course at Samye Ling back in 2014-15 and together with Amanda, we shared our daily gratitudes with each other for while in a small group we called JAMS. Amanda sadly couldn’t join us today due to health issues, but it was so lovely to […]
#24 Bredon Hill with Sally and Pete (and Jack)
30th December 2024 Bredon Hill sits just above Sally and Pete’s house in Great Comberton and is one of their regular dog walks. A fine, breezy winter walk, together with Kate, Ian, Megan and Elliot (and Jessie) followed by a very fine lunch!
#23 Pettycur Bay with Helen
23rd December 2024 Helen is a swimming friend, but having plunged into the sea in Portobello at sunrise on 21st Dec for a solstice swim we decided not to bring our swimmers today! The cliffs arond St. Abb’s are always stunning, but today the stars of the show were the baby seals. My friend and […]
#22 Carrifran horsehoe with Sandra
I have wanted to visit Carrifran for years – Myrtle Ashmole (one of the founders) was going to show us around many years ago, but it never quite happened – so I jumped at the chance to go for a walk round the area with Sandra. Sandra asked me if I wanted to go on […]