Posts by Sam
Bishop Wilton Re-visited
Bishop Wilton Re-visited HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews This is a lovely 5km walk from the pretty village of Bishop Wilton, 15 miles to the East of York. As the start is from the village pub, this is a perfect way to walk off the calories after a pub lunch or to build up a thirst…
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Curlew Call Lifts Spirits HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews On World Curlew Day (21st April) I thought it appropriate to write about my encounters with this beautiful bird. This year I fear I will not hear it’s evocative call, the call of the wild moorland. one of my harbingers of spring. This 2020 spring has me…
Read MoreA Mausoleum and Many Monuments
A Mausoleum and Many Monuments HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews Yesterday we returned to Castle Howard parkrun for the second time. This is one of the toughest courses I know, with the last kilometre or so uphill. Yesterday it was also into a biting wind. The course designers have done a really good job in showing…
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Our 500th parkrun HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews From 0 to 250 in 9 Years Yesterday I celebrated my 250th parkrun and Peter his 200th. In the last 8 years parkrun has become “what we do” on a Saturday morning – we don’t even consider missing one unless there is a very good reason. It has…
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Dollar Glen in Winter HomeWalkingWild SwimmingRunningDays OutBirdsBook Reviews We were visiting family up in the central belt of Scotland last week. The area doesn’t look very promising to outdoor enthusiasts, particularly on a wet and windy winter weekend. Naturally we did our weekly parkrun, on this occasion a return to Callendar Park in Falkirk. It was our…
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