I'm just trying to walk myself home.
MINI WALKING STORIES Mini Walking Stories is a project I’m doing this month to catalog what has been an AMAZING year of walking. Every day during December, I’m going to choose one photo and invite you to come along with me for a few minutes on one of the walks I took in 2022. Read …
MINI WALKING STORIES Mini Walking Stories is a project I’m doing this month to catalog what has been an AMAZING year of walking. Every day during December, I’m going to choose one photo and invite you to come along with me for a few minutes on one of the walks I took in 2022. A …
The Cotswold Way 110 Miles from Chipping Campden to Bath: Day 7 Cold Ashton to Bath (10 miles) We had reached the end. I woke up both grateful and sad. Taido, Simon, Kandace and I all had breakfast together at home and then we drove over to where we had stopped the day before …
The Cotswold Way 110 Miles from Chipping Campden to Bath: Day 6 Wotton-Under-Edge to Cold Ashton (22 miles) We walked out of Wotton-Under-Edge before any shops were open on a quiet, cloudy morning. We had opted for only cold breakfast and coffee at The Swan Hotel in the hopes that it would get us out …
The Cotswold Way 110 Miles from Chipping Campden to Bath: Day 5 Kings Stanley to Wotton-Under-Edge (15 miles) If I could only choose one section of the Cotswold Way to do again, it might be this day from Kings Stanley to Wotton Upon Edge. It was undoubtedly another hard stretch with a lot of climbing …
The Cotswold Way 110 Miles from Chipping Campden to Bath: Day 14 Birdlip to Kings Stanley (16 miles) We woke up to the rain that had been promised. We’d left a window open, so we could hear it falling immediately. We got up early and had breakfast as early as it was offered, knowing …
The Cotswold Way 110 Miles from Chipping Campden to Bath: Day 3 Cleeve Hill to Birdlip (16 miles) The thing is…I don’t mind walking 10+ miles in one go. I do it often at home, even once or twice a month. But the challenge of a long walk is doing 10-15 miles day after day. …
The Cotswold Way 110 Miles from Chipping Campden to Bath: Day 2 Stanton to Cleeve Hill (15 miles) After eating the cereal and yogurts left for us in our darling kitchen, we set out early. We walked out of adorable Stanton and into even more adorable Church Stanway. After passing several cottages covered in wisteria, …
A Wee Walking Update: 2022 has already been an amazing year of walking! In addition to the gorgeous walks we do around here on the weekends, I have walked The Cotswold Way in England and The Portuguese Camino in Portugal and Spain! And the year of walking is not over yet. Next week we are …
The Uncertainty of Travel: A Crash Course in Dealing With the Unknown The willingness to relinquish control and open ourselves to the mysterious unknown is at the heart of every great spiritual tradition. -Douglas Christie Imagine you and I were having chats together over pints and the conversation turned to travel. …
Walking the Jurassic Coast from Lyme Regis to Exmouth on the South West Coastal Path in England Recently we had the happy occurrence of my brother and nephew coming to visit while Taido and Simon were off for Easter Holidays. Visitors don’t always coincide with time off from school for the rest of us, so …
Snapshots of Rainy Siena, Italy: A Few Days in the Heart of Tuscany It’s been three years since I wandered a hilltown in Italy by myself. My trip to Orvieto and Assisi was well before I watched with the rest of the world as Italy was ravaged by a pandemic, a memory that is clearly …
We have spent a couple of our last two big walking days in an area I had never before heard of. The Mendip Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. (The AONB designation is the British equivalent of protected natural area.) When you head south from Bristol you will soon hit the Mendip Hills, which are actually gorgeous.
The first time I visited the Lake District with my family, it rained for almost all of the three days we were there, and I still drove away madly in love and scheming about when I could get back. The bright green, grass-covered trails and lakes surrounded by autumn colors left me wanting more, despite …
A Hike from Windrush to Great Barrington and Sherborne and back again to Windrush. Another beautiful loop walk in the Cotswolds! As you might imagine, we went back to the Cotswolds for more hiking just as soon as possible. This time, we hiked out of a tiny little village called Windrush. We parked along a …
Castle Combe Circular Walk Our First Walk In The Cotswolds!! As we walked from the car park into Castle Combe early on a Saturday morning, I turned to Taido and said: This is the exact moment I have been anticipating since we decided we were moving back to England. I’ve been stalking photos of …
One Month in Bristol, England We moved to Bristol on December 31st, our 27th wedding anniversary. So we have been here for about a month now, which is not really that long, but we have unpacked our stuff and we’ve purchased some second hand furniture. Our house feels less like a sparsely furnished airbnb and …
The End of the OT: Lunsford Crossing to Pinnacle Mountain The Final 10 Miles! (Plus info + packing list for a Winter OT hike of your own) We had several folks who were planning to meet up with us for the end of the OT, but the weather turned so cold that we were just …
Snow on the Ouachita Trail: Highway 7 Trailhead to Lundsford Crossing 3 days (+ 1 zero day) This is a continuation of my Ouachita Trail trip log. Read the rest my Ouachita Trail notes here. Starting Point Hwy 7 Trailhead (MM 160.8) Day 13: Hiked 13 miles to Forest Service Road 132 (MM 173.7) My dad …
2021 Favorites Happy New Year from our new home! We ended 2021 by moving back to the UK. It’s been a bit of a flurry, but now we are in our new home in Bristol, quarantining and waiting for our shipment of stuff to arrive. Our house is currently empty except for a couple of …