One of the challenges of long distance trail walking is sleeping in a different bed every night. At home I sleep on a firm bed and rarely find a hotel…
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Gloucester to Berkeley (Day 2)
After a good night’s rest I am ready to set off on day two of my long distance walk. Knowing that over the next few days I will be offered…
Read MoreSt 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 forecast promises clearing skies and…
Read MoreTracks and Moorland from Stainforth
Whilst walking a few days ago we spotted a group of walkers on a path at the back of Stainforth and Lynnie enquired if we had ever walked that route. …
Read MoreOld Shaftesbury Drove and Gallows Hill
This walk is a shorter variation of a walk I have done from the Old Shaftesbury Drove to Berwick St John. I start from a parking area on the…
Read MoreOld Shaftesbury Drove to Berwick St John
Last year I started providing guided walks, details of which can be found on my associated Walking Moonraker website. I am always looking for new walks to add to the…
Read MorePurbeck 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 friends one of whom lives…
Read MorePurbeck 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 very interesting route in countryside…
Read MoreSwallowcliffe and Sutton Down
Over recent years I have walked extensively on Cranborne Chase. It is a wonderful landscape to trek around, with far reaching views from the ridges and interesting villages in the…
Read MoreGreat Bustards on the Ranges
Last year whilst staying at Charlton St Peter I did an interesting walk on the Larkhill and West Down Ministry of Defence ranges on Salisbury Plain. These ranges are used…
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