Where do ( did ) you walk ( locally ) in 2023?

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

All good things come to an end.

But I hope not the good things you do @Kirkie.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Had a nice walk yesterday bud some pads looked like small "rivers"
They put up signs like this at some places,

Walking path bad accessible , enter at your own risk.
But the irony was that there was no sign at the beginning of this path, so when I saw this sign I was a bit angry. When I told it in the evening at the inn, we had a good laugh about it.

 

[SabsP]

The local Roman road. Always reminds me of the song by Monty Python : " What have the Romans ever done for us?" .
Minus two Celsius but feels much colder. Reminds me of a week in March on the Meseta but then I also had hail!

 

[Theatregal]

A lull between rainy days and a later call time for work gave me the chance for a morning walk at Terra Nova and the hope of seeing the reported sighting of a Bohemian Waxwing. There it was - eating the berries of the multiflora rose bushes in the community garden. Glorious!

 

[Arctic_Alex]

A bit unusual for me, but a couple of das ago I was doing some volcano hiking between 7000 and 12000 ft. Unusually hot on Tenerife for this time of the year.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

It is that time of the year again ... today out on the lakes ... not really a "walk" I know

 

[SabsP]

It is that time of the year again ... today out on the lakes ... not really a "walk" I know

When I click on your pictures I get a black space.

 

[Kirkie]

When I click on your pictures I get a black space.

Ditto, they seem to be videos...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

When I click on your pictures I get a black space.

On my Pixel what happened was that the phone downloaded the video files (.mov format). I then found them with a file manager app and clicked the filename there and indicated what app to view them with.

Cold rain here today so Peg wanted to walk in (and shop) the mall. I'm going to shame her with Alex's videos.

 

[SabsP]

On my Pixel what happened was that the phone downloaded the video files (.mov format). I then found them with a file manager app and clicked the filename there and indicated what app to view them with.

Cheers but my Chromebook is quite limited.
Don't doubt the pics are gorgeous
Ps: I can view them!

 

[Kirkie]

I found a way also. Another way of life!

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Sorry for causing this kind of hassle! Maybe videos are not the right thing for this forum. Looks fine on my browsers, but then again that is on a laptop, not on a mobile device (although, technically, my laptop is rather mobile )

 

[Kirkie]

Sorry for causing this kind of hassle! Maybe videos are not the right thing for this forum. Looks fine on my browsers, but then again that is on a laptop, not on a mobile device (although, technically, my laptop is rather mobile )

No problem, and when Rick is on the lookout, there is always a solution! You live on an edge I am half envious of...thank you for sharing a window into your place...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Sorry for causing this kind of hassle! Maybe videos are not the right thing for this forum. Looks fine on my browsers

It also looks fine on my Android phone and Peg's Chromebook. I think the situation is that these devices use operating systems supplied by Google and .mov format files are an Apple thing. So I think Google takes a let's be safe approach and just downloads the files and lets the user choose an app to display the files rather than having the operating system do it. I found a .mp4 format video linked to in a post and my phone showed it immediately.

I have no idea how devices running Linux, Apple and Microsoft operating systems handle these videos though.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

No problem, and when Rick is on the lookout, there is always a solution! You live on an edge I am half envious of...thank you for sharing a window into your place...

Thank you, yes I know it is exotic for most of us and hence I throw in some post from time to time. But I will stick mostly to still images again

 

[Arctic_Alex]

It also looks fine on my Android phone and Peg's Chromebook. I think the situation is that these devices use operating systems supplied by Google and .mov format files are an Apple thing. So I think Google takes a let's be safe approach and just downloads the files and lets the user choose an app to display the files rather than having the operating system do it. I found a .mp4 format video linked to in a post and my phone showed it immediately.

I have no idea how devices running Linux, Apple and Microsoft operating systems handle these videos though.

so maybe I should export to mp4 first ...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

so maybe I should export to mp4 first ...

Probably that would be best. I think most YouTube videos are in the mp4 format and are easily handled by all PCs and mobiles. Another problem with mov files having to be downloaded, besides having to know how to show them, is that they are left in the file system unless manually deleted. If the brower can handle them they will end up in cache and eventually deleted as more files come in.

 

[OzAnnie]

It is that time of the year again ... today out on the lakes ... not really a "walk" I know

Snow Dog sled movie. Both movie clips opened as normal for me. Iphone13 plus.

Looks like something I will never experience. Lucky man Alex.

 

[Kirkie]

Thank you, yes I know it is exotic for most of us and hence I throw in some post from time to time. But I will stick mostly to still images again

No, the videos are so evocative! We too are behind the screen! those beautiful dogs are very loyal, else why would they pull you along?

 

[Arctic_Alex]

No, the videos are so evocative! We too are behind the screen! those beautiful dogs are very loyal, else why would they pull you along?

Are you by chance implying that I gained too much weight?

 

[Kirkie]

Are you by chance implying that I gained too much weight?

Absolutely not! Just that they are there to respond to your command!

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Absolutely not! Just that they are there to respond to your command!

I was just kidding ... they are actually not my dogs though I know them by their names. I myself do not have enough dogs to form a full team. But I was helping good friends who earn their living with dogsledding to train part of their roundabout 50 dogs yesterday.
They do it because they love to run in a pack. It is the mushers responsibility to give direction, make sure they do not get faster than is good for them and tell them when and where to stop. There is absolutely no need to motivate them to get going ... breaks and anchor are the most important tools with this . Only dogs who really have this urge to run stay in the team. Those few who lose motivation get sorted out ... one of them lives on my couch now for several years already

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

When I click on your pictures I get a black space.

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Maybe it works now?

 

[lovingkindness]

grey days by

the sea

 

[DoughnutANZ]

I walked the Omanawanui track today with a group of really nice people, 2420 steps with spectacular views (see https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2022/05/walk-the-wild-west-on-the-spectacular-omanawanui-track/#:~:text=Work included installing 2.5km,are now easier to negotiate.).

Tonight I needed to apply ibuprofen cream and massage my quadriceps as my legs are complaining

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[DoughnutANZ]

Another
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[SabsP]

My kind of weather.

 

[Kirkie]

Following on above comment, this is mine!

 

[Theatregal]

Walking the 4km long Iona Jetty straight out into the Salish Sea on a gorgeous day. Hundreds of Snow Geese at the start.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

A couple of colourful images from this morning's walk around the house ;-) -18°C, but it is supposed to get warmer to around freezing point later today.

 

[SabsP]

New short route.

 

[Kirkie]

A beautiful morning walk along the south side of Dublin Bay. Lots of steps, but my stride is short!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Poor @SabsP. All that mud. There is one walk on a dirt road that we do that is muddy at times and made muddier by horses and bikes. Also there's a grassy spot that gets really soggy. But these spots are all easily avoidable. Well, I'm not writing this to tease Sabs (or am I? ) but to mention how we like walking over the mud pits at this time of year. Freezes will raise the mud up and then a thaw will make them softer. That's when it's fun. When we step on them they give way a bit and sometimes crinkle.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

We did a beautiful evening walk through the old city center.

 

[lovingkindness]

Fogscapes...

 

[J Willhaus]

Walked the rail trail above Woods Landing in the Snowy Range of Wyoming (over 9,000 ft /2,700 meters elevation). Not deep enough for snow shoes today so wore YakTraks on our shoes. Nice level old rail bed originally used to haul timber that has been converted to hiking, biking, horse trail. No one there on a Monday except Phil and I and a mother moose and her calf. We cut our hike short so as not to disturb the browsers. Lots of other animal tracks in the snow today. May try another trail later this week. Yesterday we took a scouting drive and a saw herd of a couple hundred elk. Later saw some mule deer and of course tons of antelope on the open high plains between our house and the mountains.

As we were leaving the rail trail we met a man with his large dog and told him about the moose and he put the dog back on the leash.

 

[lovingkindness]

A couple of colourful images from this morning's walk around the house ;-) -18°C, but it is supposed to get warmer to around freezing point later today.

Hi there @Arctic_Alex ... when walking through the Baltic states I noticed the colour pink used a lot in portraiture and landscape paintings. Is it like this with Swedish art? Growing up in the southern hemisphere, I wasn't familiar with art suffused in pink. The old prints in art books which my mother collected were often tinged with blue or green -a bit morbid and drab, either that or brightly coloured in strong light....

Cheers...

Art Museum of Estonia:


Kartulivõtjad ("Potato Harvest"). Oil on canvas, 1918.


Villem Ormisson. Still life with coloured eggs (1914–18)


Nikolai Triik. Portrait of Ella Lüüs (1917)

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Hi there @Arctic_Alex ... when walking through the Baltic states I noticed the colour pink used a lot in portraiture and landscape paintings. Is it like this with Swedish art? Growing up in the southern hemisphere, I wasn't familiar with art suffused in pink. The old prints in art books which my mother collected were often tinged with blue or green -a bit morbid and drab, either that or else brightly coloured in stark light....

Cheers...

I am not sure about Sweden as a whole, but up North at least in landscape painting pink seemingly was used more prominently than in say paintings from Germany from the same period.
In winter times often pastel variants of turquoise, rose and pink are a common sight in the sky, especially when it is very cold. So my take would be that people simply were more aware of these colours as they saw them so often and hence they were used more often, not just when it comes to winter landscapes.

I must state, this is pure speculation!

 

[lovingkindness]

I am not sure about Sweden as a whole, but up North at least in landscape painting pink seemingly was used more prominently than in say paintings from Germany from the same period.
In winter times often pastel variants of turquoise, rose and pink are a common sight in the sky, especially when it is very cold. So my take would be that people simply were more aware of these colours as they saw them so often and hence they were used more often, not just when it comes to winter landscapes.

I must state, this is pure speculation!

... that's what I was thinking, too

 

[Arctic_Alex]

... that's what I was thinking, too

But still most usage of those colours appears in winter paintings. ... but then again I have no real statistics

 

[KariannNor]

I am not sure about Sweden as a whole, but up North at least in landscape painting pink seemingly was used more prominently than in say paintings from Germany from the same period.
In winter times often pastel variants of turquoise, rose and pink are a common sight in the sky, especially when it is very cold. So my take would be that people simply were more aware of these colours as they saw them so often and hence they were used more often, not just when it comes to winter landscapes.

I must state, this is pure speculation!

... that's what I was thinking, too

Just to add for others to see how the northern lights can look like

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Just to add for others to see how the northern lights can look like

Thank you, that is true! The strong ones can come with shades of red/pink as well
... this year we got plenty of strong auroras ...

 

[lovingkindness]

Just to add for others to see how the northern lights can look like

Gorgeous...

 

[J Willhaus]

Another hike in the Snowy Range again above Centennial, WY. About 3.5 km at elevation above 2,500 m (about 8,500 ft). No moose today, but there had been one there recently. Saw only squirrels and grey jay's today. Otherwise a quiet walk. Warm temps had us shedding our hats and unzipping out coats.

You can tell school's out for the break since we're getting multiple hikes in in one week!

 

[mspath]

Memories of a Christmas walk to the Alhambra, December 25, 2004

Today at home in France it is a joy to remember that in 2004 after my first camino my husband joined me in Spain and together we spontaneously visited the Alhambra on Christmas.
.


Afrer walking up the Paseo de la Sabica hill to the Passago Bosque de la Alhambra we wandered in. No reservations or tickets seemed necessary! Mid-afternoon our
Almuerzo de Navidad/Christmas lunch was a splendid meal in the then clublike adjacent parador.

The magic of those shared moments and spaces endures although now we both can only walk such a distance in memory.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Last week we had a storm, windy and enough rain to cause some local flooding. Our walks through the woods have been a little more interesting as we try to find the newly downed trees. Well, besides the ones we have to step over. Yesterday's walk showed us another storm victim. Shortly after walking along a causeway where we had to balance on logs to cross water still connecting the bog to the stream on the two sides of the road we came upon a dead fish who got caught in the middle of the road as the water receded.

 

[lovingkindness]

...a long cold walk down the hill then back up again in anticipation...



Le reiveillon 2023

... followed by another cold walk the following day across a prairie, down to an orchard then back up again in time for Christmas dinner -a meal shared with friends, how wonderful is that!




The aftermath...

Kind regards....

 

[Flog]

Dublin Mountains today..
My son deposited me with the car up at Glencree this morning and promptly returned home to bed. I took the Wicklow Way alone, 15 kilometres back across the mountains to Kilmashogue Woods. It was wild and wet for much of it and I got soaked through, but it put a good appetite on me..

 

[OzAnnie]

the Wicklow Way

Such beautiful walking near Dublin - I’ve walked some of these trails. Maybe a bit cold there now though ?

 

[Flog]

Such beautiful walking near Dublin - I’ve walked some of these trails. Maybe a bit cold there now though ?

Yes, some lovely walking trails, and quite accessible from the city! We're lucky, we don't normally get extremes of temperature winter or summer.. I think today was around 8°c, though with the wind and rain soaking it felt a lot colder, typical for December..

 

[SabsP]

A bit of everything from the last days.
Bit under the weather so short local ones.
Fresh eggs on sale .


Today a longer one of 6.5 k around a gorgeous watercastle that has been in the same family since the 15th century.

 

[Flog]

Lovely!
Hens won't be laying too much at this time of year

 

[DoughnutANZ]

In the Hunua Ranges with some friends.

 

[lovingkindness]

I went for a walk the other day along the edges of a limestone ridge and beside ploughed up fields. In the woods sharp winds stripped leaves from stippled branches carpeting sodden earth in bronze...


Map pdf
Nouaillac/Barats. A circular walk. 12kms.

 

[ivar]

Ditto, they seem to be videos...

When you click the video... it will be a blank space while it loads... so just be patient (for how long, that depends on your interest speed)... once it has loaded you should see a play button to play the video.

 

[SabsP]

Too much rain so plan b. A walk through the Gallo Roman museum of Tongeren.
Antiquity in colour. And of course always on the Camino .

Antiquity in Colour - Gallo-Romeins Museum

The ancient Greeks and Romans painted their white marble statues in bright colours. Experience it in a fascinating exhibition. Fun for young and old!

galloromeinsmuseum.be

 

[SabsP]

And then it stopped raining so a stroll around the block.

Thank you all for the wonderful contributions this year from all around the globe.
It was a joy to view and read them.



If ok for everyone I will ask the mods tomorrow to close this thread and I will start a new one for 2024!
Aside from resizing some pictures I guess the mods did not have to intervene much! Good !

 

[Arctic_Alex]

When you click the video... it will be a blank space while it loads... so just be patient (for how long, that depends on your interest speed)... once it has loaded you should see a play button to play the video

Thank you for clarification

And welcome to our little cozy corner of your forum

 

[Arctic_Alex]

And then it stopped raining so a stroll around the block.

Thank you all for the wonderful contributions this year from all around the globe.
It was a joy to view and read them.

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If ok for everyone I will ask the mods tomorrow to close this thread and I will start a new one for 2024!
Aside from resizing some pictures I guess the mods did not have to intervene much! Good !

As I called it above, it is the cozy corner where people can relax, drink coffee an dream of distant places

 

[Arctic_Alex]

My last walk of the year! Mild -17°C, no wind. Perfect.
Wishing you all a good start for 2024. May your dreams come true or at least may your worst fears remain in the realm of imagination.

Buorre Ođđa Jahki!
Buorre Ådå Jahke!
Gott Nytt År!
​

 

[Theatregal]

A lovely morning for a walk before work on this last day of 2023. Tucked into the branches, high in a Birch tree, the gift of a Great Horned Owl. Wishing All a very Happy New Year!!

 

[J Willhaus]

I didn't see that Phil posted this, but before I left for the Camino we had a great, but cold walk at Corner Mountain. New snow so new footprint stories for us to read in the snow.

 

[SabsP]

See you here!

Thread 'Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?' https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/where-do-did-you-walk-locally-in-2024.84479/

 

[ivar]

ok, closing this thread... as Sabine says, it continues here:

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/where-do-did-you-walk-locally-in-2024.84479/