We started with coffee and scone/cake at Balerno kirk! Joined by a merry band of PiHers – Lesley, Hilery, May and Mary – I was delighted to discover Malleny Rose Garden, having driven past on the way to walks in the Pentlands on many occasions. This walk was reminder of how much there is to […]
#20 Currie Wood with Jane
29th July I am writing this up a good few months after the walk due to a busy few months supporting my Mum in hospital in Birmingham. Maybe Jane can remember what the weather was doing on this day?! I loved discovering a new patch of local woodland, the dappled light through the trees, chatting […]
#19 Humbie Woods and Silver Sands beach with Catherine
I haven’t done much walking in Fife and this gentle walk took in some beautiful woodland, rocky headlands, several beaches and a swim – and accessible by public transport, which is always a bonus. We started and finished at Aberlour station and were delighted to feel the warmth of far more sun than had been […]
#18 Loch Leven with Callum
Callum had planned to take me to Glen Feshie and to stay overnight in Ruigh Ateachaen, a walk we still hope to do together at some point, but another weekend away this July was going to be a bit much for him. The 19km curcuit around Loch Leven was lovely alternative walk, and we were […]
#17 Isle of Rum bothies with Chris and Callum
June 23rd – 26th 2024 This walk felt like a long time coming! We know the profile of Rum from Muck so well – from watching midsummer sunsets, and from seeing the peaks of Barkeval, Hallival, Askival, Trollaval, Ainshval and Sgurr nan Gillean appear and disappear as summer storms blow through. Rum sometimes disappears for […]
#16 Jupiter Artland with Jo
May 19th I haven’t been to Jupiter Artland in May before. It was really delightful to be watching Coot chicks, admiring elm flowers and the last of the bluebells in the woods. Jo and I each showed each other scuptures we hadn’t seen before, and neither of us had seen Tracey Emin’s ‘I lay here […]
#15 Siccar Point with Penny and Angus
Sat 6th April. This walk was such a treat! I have known Penny since our young people were at Woodcraft Folk together around 20 years ago and she also sings in Portobello Community Choir. Angus runs Geowalks so there could be no better two people to take us to Siccar Point and explain about Hutton’s […]
#14 Solsbury Hill with Kate, Ian, Megan and Elliot and Jessie (the dog)
Easter Sunday! It was a bright blowy day when we explored Solsbury Hill, just outside Bath with wonderful views over the city and surrounding countryside. Leaves were bursting out of Hawthorn and wild garlic lined the wooded valley. Solsbury Hill is the site of an Iron Age Hill foot, and was made famous by Peter […]
#14 Goreglen and along the Esk with Ian
New territory for me, and how delightful to be introduced to this area by Ian with his extensive knowledge of plants, trees and fungi. I learnt some of the plants indicative of ancient woodland including Townhall Clock (Moschatel) and that Birch seeds will not take root under an existing Birch tree – they will be […]
#13 Tyninghame to East Linton with Justin and Eva
We had the impression that we were walking into spring as the pussy willow flowers glinted in the sun and we stopped to pick wild garlic. Hawthorn leaves were just beginning to burst out of their buds and vast skeins of geese were flying overhead in shifting Vs. Justin and Eva are some of my […]