9 July 2025
Purbeck Dinosaur Footprints
It is very unusual for me to be on a walk when someone else is leading, but today I am walking with a group of…
Dorset
6 July 2025
Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve
Back in 2014 when I first started writing about our travels and walks I described a route we took on Godlingston Heath, it was a…
19 September 2024
Sixpenny Handley to Chettle
Recently I did a cracking circular walk from Sixpenny Handley that explored woodland around the Rushmore Estate and visited Chettle where there is a really…
11 August 2024
St Edward’s Way – Day 2 – Winterborne Stickland to Shaftesbury
For much of our walk, on the first section of the St Edward’s Way, yesterday the weather was overcast and a bit muggy but today’s…
10 August 2024
St Edward’s Way – Day 1 – Wareham to Winterbourne Stickland
For a couple of years I have been planning to walk the St Edward’s Way which is a thirty-two mile long distance route between the…
20 March 2024
A Walk to Colmer’s Hill
Prior to setting off on this trip I studied the Ordnance Survey maps of the area to identify the local trig pillars I had not…
19 March 2024
A Walk to Pymore and Watton Hill
It is another miserable day. This grey overcast weather seems to have been going on for months. Yesterday we had a brief encounter with the…
18 March 2024
Burton Bradstock from West Bay
A couple of weeks ago we were discussing potential spots to visit in 2024 and Lynnie suggested a trip to West Dorset. She is a…
27 October 2023
Hills and Forts around Shillingstone
I haven’t been out for a day’s walking since returning from my trek between Taunton and Gloucester a couple of weeks ago. A combination of…
7 March 2022
Two Trigs in Wareham Forest
Following my solo trip in the new caravan a couple of weeks ago we are now both getting away for a few days to fully…