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Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) was a American photographer whose urban landscapes appeal to my eye - they emphasise architecture in a geometric, abstract or even vorticist way. I was pleased to find there was a link, if very tenuous, with Annie L. Swynnerton, the artist I have made a special study of, Berenice being a friend… Continue reading ► AFTER BERENICE ABBOTT IN LEICESTER.
Managed 59 miles along the West Highland Way, including a night walk, a night in a bothy, a wild(ish) camp and a pitch in holiday park with a very welcome shower. I don't think I'll ever go to Scotland again in the summer. I thought I knew how to cope with midges, but I got… Continue reading ► GLOW-WORMS ON THE WEST HIGHLAND WAY (18-20 June 2024).
Following my trip across the South-west Peninsula Isthmus in 2016, I had the thought, once COVID restrictions were eased, of walking across Wales - from the point where the English border lies at it's most westwards to the point where the coastline curves most inwards - in a single day. There are a couple of… Continue reading ► TO WALK ACROSS WALES – June 2023.
I now have two places at fastestknowntime.com, one for the Harry Green Way and another for the Knightley Way 'out & back' route. Neither are fast times, having just walked the routes. The Knightley Way has been run in the one direction in well under two hours, meaning the double could be done by a… Continue reading ► FKT no. 2
A few days ago I walked around the Harry Green Way. I then discovered it is listed on the Fastest Know Time web site, so I uploaded my time and supporting GPX and Strava data. It was accepted, being the first submitted time for the route, so in spite of my very pedestrian pace, I… Continue reading ► FKT!
Some notes on Docharty’s life, largely from an article by Robert M. Campbell – a copy of which he kindly forwarded to me – published in The Munro Society Journal, no.4, 17 Dec 2016. The article includes a more detailed discussion of Docharty’s methods than given here, and compares them with other lists, such as… Continue reading ► WILLIAM McKNIGHT DOCHARTY AND HIS LIST.
From the 13th to the 15th of May, 2022, I walked the southern fifty miles of the West Highland Way path in Scotland. A fulfilling, ‘re-discovering oneself’ walk after a difficult couple of years. Especially pleased with how well my knees coped, having had suspicions of cartilage trouble – I am 57 – but they… Continue reading ► WEST HIGHLAND WAY, PART 1 – MILNGAVIE TO CRIANLARICH (MAY 2022).
Some notes on Docharty's life, largely from an article by Robert M. Campbell - a copy of which he kindly forwarded to me - published in The Munro Society Journal, no.4, 17 Dec 2016. The article includes a more detailed discussion of Docharty's methods than given here, and compares them with other lists, such as… Continue reading ► WILLIAM McKNIGHT DOCHARTY – BIOGRAPY / HIS METHOD OF CHOOSING SUMMITS.
This is the story of a walk I took across the south-west peninsula isthmus in June, 2016. The south-west peninsula ‘isthmus’ is the neck of land which separates southern England from the Devon/Cornwall peninsula, and it is almost exactly 33 miles across. I fancied walking across the isthmus using a route of my own devising, which,… Continue reading ► ACROSS THE ISTHMUS – A WALK ACROSS THE SOUTH-WEST PENINSULA IN JUNE 2016.
A piece I wrote for The George Borrow Bulletin (Autumn 2017), with the kind encouragement of the late Dr Ann Soutter [1]. George Borrow (1803-1881) was a farmer and author who went on long walks, sometimes lasting days or weeks, through the British countryside. EARLIER THIS YEAR [2017] I went for a long walk through… Continue reading ► TO WALK LIKE BORROW.
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