Where are your favourite walks?

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vandermolen

Quote from: Mountain Goat on January 20, 2022, 02:23:35 PM
Great Dun Fell on Christmas Day - it was quite wintery up there!
Great photos. I've walked up Great Dunn Fell when walking the Pennine Way in 1979. The giant 'Golf Ball' reminded me of the Fylingdales Nuclear Early Warning System which were once on the Yorkshire Moors - a most eerie site:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

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Mountain Goat

Quote from: vandermolen on January 31, 2022, 12:45:59 PM
Great photos. I've walked up Great Dunn Fell when walking the Pennine Way in 1979. The giant 'Golf Ball' reminded me of the Fylingdales Nuclear Early Warning System which were once on the Yorkshire Moors - a most eerie site:

It certainly does look eerie! Great to see a close-up picture, I can't image it's possible to get particularly close on the ground.

Walking the Pennine Way is definitely on my "to do" list, it's just finding the time for it...

vandermolen

Quote from: Mountain Goat on February 03, 2022, 09:17:54 AM
It certainly does look eerie! Great to see a close-up picture, I can't image it's possible to get particularly close on the ground.

Walking the Pennine Way is definitely on my "to do" list, it's just finding the time for it...
IMO you need three weeks, ideally with rest days after week 1 and 2, although we didn't have any.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

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Mountain Goat

Quote from: vandermolen on February 03, 2022, 11:01:16 AM
IMO you need three weeks, ideally with rest days after week 1 and 2, although we didn't have any.

I agree, I wouldn't allow any less time than that! Another one I really want to do is the Cambrian Way, but that would also be three weeks minimum, and it's hard to find that kind of time at the moment. One day, hopefully...

Pohjolas Daughter

Quote from: vandermolen on January 31, 2022, 12:45:59 PM
Great photos. I've walked up Great Dunn Fell when walking the Pennine Way in 1979. The giant 'Golf Ball' reminded me of the Fylingdales Nuclear Early Warning System which were once on the Yorkshire Moors - a most eerie site:

Jeffrey (or anyone else here), what are those giant "golfballs" for?  If they are indeed golfballs, I wouldn't want to meet the giant(?) who could hit them!  ;)

PD

vandermolen

Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on February 03, 2022, 01:01:27 PM
Jeffrey (or anyone else here), what are those giant "golfballs" for?  If they are indeed golfballs, I wouldn't want to meet the giant(?) who could hit them!  ;)

PD
Nuclear missile early warning system PD.

I took this photo on a walk near the town of Battle today (as in 'Battle of Hastings') and was quite pleased with it:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Pohjolas Daughter

Quote from: vandermolen on February 12, 2022, 12:32:03 PM
Nuclear missile early warning system PD.

I took this photo on a walk near the town of Battle today (as in 'Battle of Hastings') and was quite pleased with it:

Nice and thanks!

PD

vandermolen

A couple of photos I took on a local walk a few days ago:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

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Quote from: vandermolen on March 01, 2022, 07:51:25 AM
A couple of photos I took on a local walk a few days ago:

Uplifting scenery; we're approaching it here in DK too ... mild and sunny today, many birds.

vandermolen

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At the moment I don't really enjoy walking anywhere, because the streets are icy and slippery, but try to find routes which are less slippery. I need to walk to ease my anxiety caused by the Ukraine war.
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Quote from: 71 dB on March 02, 2022, 04:58:13 AM
At the moment I don't really enjoy walking anywhere, because the streets are icy and slippery, but try to find routes which are less slippery. I need to walk to ease my anxiety caused by the Ukraine war.

A lot of us know that feeling, walks giving a bit of renewed energy. Often, one of life's simple blessings.

Szykneij

Quote from: MusicTurner on March 03, 2022, 03:36:28 AM
A lot of us knows that feeling, walks giving a bit of renewed energy. Often, one of life's simple blessings.

Agreed. It's been snowy and icy here also, and yesterday was the first time in a few days I was able to get out to walk with the pups. It makes a huge improvement in my physical and mental well-being. Being able to do so is definitely a blessing. especially when you don't have to worry about bombs crashing around you when you walk.
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vandermolen

Quote from: MusicTurner on March 03, 2022, 03:36:28 AM
A lot of us know that feeling, walks giving a bit of renewed energy. Often, one of life's simple blessings.
Yes, being in touch with nature while walking can be therapeutic.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

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My favorite walk used to be from the 18th green to the clubhouse.  ;)
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Szykneij

Quote from: Andante on March 04, 2022, 02:28:22 PM
My favorite walk used to be from the 18th green to the clubhouse.  ;)

Golfing gave me my appreciation for nature walks because my tee shots usually ended up in the woods.   :(
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Pohjolas Daughter

Quote from: Szykneij on March 05, 2022, 04:31:16 PM
Golfing gave me my appreciation for nature walks because my tee shots usually ended up in the woods.   :(
:laugh: Oh, no!  ;)

PD

vandermolen

Today we did a walk from my 'Guide to East Sussex Pub Walks'. It was about 5 miles and partly along the cliff tops around Seaford Head. In one of the photos you can see the 'Seven Sisters' chalk cliffs in the distance. Another photo, sadly, features a memorial to Canadian soldiers who were killed by German fighter and bomber aircraft whilst camped out in that field during World War Two..
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Pohjolas Daughter

Quote from: vandermolen on March 27, 2022, 03:11:14 PM
Today we did a walk from my 'Guide to East Sussex Pub Walks'. It was about 5 miles and partly along the cliff tops around Seaford Head. In one of the photos you can see the 'Seven Sisters' chalk cliffs in the distance. Another photo, sadly, features a memorial to Canadian soldiers who were killed by German fighter and bomber aircraft whilst camped out in that field during World War Two..
Looks like a lovely day out Jeffrey.

By the way, are the walks designed to be from one pub to another?  ;)

PD

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Took an early Springtime weekend trip to the island of TÃ¥singe, connected by a bridge to Funen. Did a few hikes, 8 and 6 km, while my mother went to a nearby art school.

There's a famous, 425 years old oak tree, below which the 18th-century poet Ambrosius Stub would sit for inspiration. Cf. photo below. Just across the road, a cottage sold a bit of stuff for the passing tourists, including blue and yellow garden plants, where the money went to humanitarian help in Ukraine.

In the nearby forest, Nørreskoven, Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre were found dead. There's now a commemorative stone there.

The weather was fine and the sea had beautiful blue and silvery colours.