Where do ( did ) you walk ( locally ) in 2022?

[Arctic_Alex]

Yesterday I went on a short overnight tour, probably the last activity before my start in Oviedo mid-September
This time I visited a settler's homestead north of the Arctic Circle, remote even by the standards of our municipality, 40 miles from the nearest proper village – proper as in larger than a hamlet.
The images give an impression of the landscape dominated by rivers, lakes, swamps and boreal forest. At the homestead I had to spend the night in my tent as I had no keys (yet) . This will be different next time! But it was nevertheless a nice evening with good food and a cold night with some Aurora showing up .
The next morning (today actually) felt like autumn, frosty and with some beautiful light.

 

[SabsP]

Just this morning I learned that there is an alternative pronunciation to the name Sabine. In English it rhymes with queen, in French it ends in an ah sound. I believe your native language is Flemish? So which pronunciation do you use?

I guess the more Anglo Saxon / Germanic pronunciation although living so close to the languageborder ( and local dialect) I hear the French version too.
I prefer Sabien though above Sabine , especially seeing our local dialect has an awful " i"....

 

[SabsP]

Impressions of my local round.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I prefer Sabien

With the bien pronounced like the Spanish word?

 

[SabsP]

With the bien pronounced like the Spanish word?

No more like " keen" or "teen". Ah languages.

sabine pronunciation - Google Search

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Still in the gardens, today is the Roman themed garden.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

A challenge for Low Country peak baggers.

‘It definitely isn’t flat’: Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success

No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries

www.theguardian.com

 

[SabsP]

40k ebike drive.

 

[mspath]

40k ebike drive.

Sabine,
Your "reward" looks very tasty for a hot day; here on the Marne the champagne vendange has just begun. The grape harvest is a month earlier than usual due to the continual heat. 32 C. today.

 

[SabsP]

Sabine,
Your "reward" looks very tasty for a hot day; here on the Marne the champagne vendange has just begun. The grape harvest is a month earlier than usual due to the continual heat. 32 C. today.

Pear harvest also three weeks earlier here. We had 31 C today.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

A challenge for Low Country peak baggers.

‘It definitely isn’t flat’: Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success

No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries

www.theguardian.com

Over the years we walked the 8 peaks , yes we included the Vaalserberg.
It's a beautiful walk , highly recommended

 

[SabsP]

A challenge for Low Country peak baggers.

‘It definitely isn’t flat’: Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success

No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries

www.theguardian.com

Only 7k from Vaalserberg is Moresnet.
Talking about weird borders and geography.

Neutral Moresnet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Former member 49149]

Only 7k from Vaalserberg is Moresnet.
Talking about weird borders and geography.

Neutral Moresnet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It is a bit late in the day for me to take this in, but thank you for posting. If only I had appreciated knowledge and learning more when I was younger!

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Well, today on my regular hike at Frontenac State Park I can see that autumn is right around the corner! Today I saw maple leafs turning to their glorious fall colors, sumac turning red, and a few New England asters. Also some bluebirds, and luckily my husband was along and had his camera and took a shot of a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird on a Honey Locust tree, and of the Mississippi river from the top of the bluff.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

40k ebike drive.

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So, you're loving your e-bike Sabine? I'm seriously considering it for next spring and know nothing about them!

 

[lovingkindness]

I guess the more Anglo Saxon / Germanic pronunciation although living so close to the languageborder ( and local dialect) I hear the French version too.
I prefer Sabien though above Sabine , especially seeing our local dialect has an awful " i"....

Hi there, @SabineP
Did you know that there is a river named for you in New Zealand? There is a tramping track, too -the Traverse-Sabine circuit, some of which I happened to follow this past summer... and there are a couple of DOC huts, as well, both of which I have slept in .

Here, I heard your name pronounced both Se-bean with the ´e´ swallowed & Sah-byne as in 'thine', and also in French style -Sa-been-eh. There is a bit of linguistic confusion down here...


Sabine River, NZ


At West Sabine hut, NZ

 

[SabsP]

@Peregrina 2013 : I will send you a pm later.

@lovingkindness : thank you for the interesting info. I never knew...

 

[lovingkindness]

...@lovingkindness : thank you for the interesting info. I never knew...

You're welcome.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

I am still in the gardens. Today is the Fantasy sub-garden, somewhat down the rabbit hole.

The entrance to the sub-garden is via narrow passage where the long pointy arms move up and down. I only took a still photo rather than a video.

note the spade


I am a bit busy doing other things at the moment. Hopefully everyone is well.

 

[SabsP]

Thorn. Gorgeous village in the Netherlands just across the border with Belgium.
This is the region of the " Schutterijen". More info in link.
And on the Camino!

Schutterij - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[SabsP]

The small village of Thorn.

10 Best Things to Do in Het witte stadje Thorn (Netherlands) - The Crazy Tourist

On the Belgian border in Limburg, the origins of the white village of Thorn go back to the last quarter of the 10th century when it was founded as a ... Read more

www.thecrazytourist.com

 

[JimG59]

A final long walk with an 8kg back pack yesterday. The pack contained almost everything I will carry on the Camino Frances starting STJPDP on 21st Sept.

We walked the first stage of the West Highland Way in Scotland, Milngavie to Drymen (an oxymoron in Scotland) and return, 26 miles all in. 10.5 hours including an hour for lunch and a drink. The walk was fine, slight tenderness in the sole of my heel. Something to watch out for. We walk from Urdaniz to Uterga on day 3.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

A final long walk with an 8kg back back yesterday. The pack contained almost everything I will carry on the Camino Frances starting STJPDP on 21st Sept.

We walked the first stage of the West Highland Way in Scotland, Milngavie to Drymen (an oxymoron in Scotland) and return, 26 miles all in. 10.5 hours including an hour for lunch and a drink. The walk was fine, slight tenderness in the sole of my heel. Something to watch out for. We walk from Urdaniz to Uterga on day 3.

Did that 1997 ... gosh how time flies ...

 

[JimG59]

Did that 1997 ... gosh how time flies ...

I'm 63, it's on my doorstep and that was my first time walking a section of it. It was the distance and ease of transport that attracted me to do it. No previous inclination. However, it's on my list now.

 

[lovingkindness]

A final long walk with an 8kg back pack yesterday. The pack contained almost everything I will carry on the Camino Frances starting STJPDP on 21st Sept.

We walked the first stage of the West Highland Way in Scotland, Milngavie to Drymen (an oxymoron in Scotland) and return, 26 miles all in. 10.5 hours including an hour for lunch and a drink. The walk was fine, slight tenderness in the sole of my heel. Something to watch out for. We walk from Urdaniz to Uterga on day 3.

An oxymoron, why is that?

 

[JimG59]

An oxymoron, why is that?

It is well known that Scottish men like a drink. If a place has no bars or pubs it is called ”dry”.
Not that Drymen doesn’t have hotels and pubs.

 

[Former member 49149]

It is well known that Scottish men like a drink. If a place has no bars or pubs it is called ”dry”.
Not that Drymen doesn’t have hotels and pubs.

You know what? Scenery, long remembered, was lit up for me in your photos. Thank you. It was the background to my growing up. Funny how we are really formed by what surrounds us. And great you got to explain a context for oxymoron!

 

[TrvlDad1]

Very quiet walk during the televised football games today, by far the best time to walk on Saturdays during the season.
P.S. for years I traveled to Sabine, Louisiana, on the Sabine River which is the boundary of Louisiana and Texas. I never heard or thought of it being pronounced other than “say-bean.” That area is so French, it’s the first language to many there. Thank you. Learn something every day.

 

[lovingkindness]

Yesterday, in honour of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II, I went to reminisce with my elderly mother, a 6 km walk.

When I was 9 years old Queen Elizabeth II came to town. (Mt Isa, Qld., Aust. 1970).

In our house there was a frenzie of excitement. Dad said, Say hello to the Queen from me. She's a relation! (Now, how did he figure that?). We donned our hats, school uniforms and comemorative copper medals and flocked with thousands of other children to greet her, shoving ourselves as close as possible to the front of the crowds, hoping against hope to be the one spoken to. Then, would you believe it, just like that, the Duke of Edinburgh shook my sister's hand...

Mother loved the Queen. She and the two Princesses had been Girl Guides ´together´, albeit in Time but not place. By the time I made an appearance my older sisters were already donning Brownie uniforms, using brasso to polish their trefoil badges and chanting the pledge. ´I promise on my honour to do my best, to do my duty to God and the Queen etc etc... As a little girl it seemed to me that in my family God, the Queen and lending a helping hand featured large. They were certainly talked about, insisted upon. Year after year my sisters donned their guiding uniforms until eventually one of them became a Queen's Guide and Mum became a commisioner. Then, one day, in the muddle of constant shifting, frequently changing schools and setting up house after house I, too became a Brownie..

There are other memories, too, of singing ´God save the Queen!´ every day at primary school as the hot morning sun beat down upon our heads -being hollered at in the school parade grounds to stand at a attention...

R.I.P our beloved Queen.

 

[SabsP]

Just under five k. Around the block.
There was an event of tractorpulling going on so I decided to seek somewhere quieter.
We finally got some much needed rain.
A picture of my " favourite " tree with mistletoe.

 

[Former member 49149]

Well my local walk saw me passing probably 90% of the attendees at a Garth Brooks concert, all sporting hats. Then I saw this forlorn hat in the middle of the road. Must be a thing to wear these hats to his concerts.
I confess happily to knowing only that Garth Brooks exists, he plays music, and has been playing for three nights in Dublin. I only really heard of him very recently, in the context of some argument over the venue...

 

[TrvlDad1]

Well my local walk saw me passing probably 90% of the attendees at a Garth Brooks concert, all sporting hats. Then I saw this forlorn hat in the middle of the road. Must be a thing to wear these hats to his concerts.
I confess happily to knowing only that Garth Brooks exists, he plays music, and has been playing for three nights in Dublin. I only really heard of him very recently, in the context of some argument over the venue...
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His song, “Bring Me Two Pina Coladas,” is about a Camino of a different sort.

 

[Annette london]

A walk on the SW coast path/Jurassic coast
very undulating and we had forgotten our walking poles!
a few yellow arrows too
now where have I seen those before?
Lots of blackberries so it was lunch Al Fresco
over Golden Cap, the highest point on the southern coast
15 km one way so got the bus back where we met 2 people from Galicia walking the SW coast path….keen Camino walkers too!

 

[Arctic_Alex]

A walk on the SW coast path/Jurassic coast
very undulating and we had forgotten our walking poles!
a few yellow arrows too
now where have I seen those before?
Lots of blackberries so it was lunch Al Fresco
over Golden Cap, the highest point on the southern coast
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I remember that stretch of the SWCP pretty well. Nice

 

[peregrino_tom]

Here, a wonderfully confused September sky today - all kinds of different cloud forms at different heights, sometimes moving in different directions..

 

[Peregrina 2013]

On my regular hike today I saw hundreds of pelicans that are leaving northern MN and starting to migrate south for the winter. These magnificent birds are such a sight!

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[Theatregal]

A morning walk along the paths of one of my favourite places to see the changing of the seasons. The Maplewood Mudflats / Wild Bird Trust / Conservation area in North Vancouver. The area is also the unceded traditional lands and territory of the indigenous peoples of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

The path begins alongside a sculptural installation: "Shangri-la to Shangri-la" by artist Ken Lum. The shacks are scale model representations of squatter's cabins that lined the intertidal zone - Maplewood Mudflats - on the north shore of Burrard Inlet from the early twentieth century. Long an alternative living place, the last residents were evicted and the cabins burned down in the early 1970's. The sculpture on the left represents the cabin that the writer Malcolm Lowry lived in during the 1940's while he was writing "Under the Volcano". The actual location of his cabin was further west along Burrard Inlet.

Cloudy skies when I arrived and it soon brightened up though the sun was filtered by smoke from wildfires in different areas of the province.

 

[lovingkindness]

A morning walk along the paths of one of my favourite places to see the changing of the seasons. The Maplewood Mudflats / Wild Bird Trust / Conservation area in North Vancouver. The area is also the unceded traditional lands and territory of the indigenous peoples of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

The path begins alongside a sculptural installation: "Shangri-la to Shangri-la" by artist Ken Lum. The shacks are scale model representations of squatter's cabins that lined the intertidal zone - Maplewood Mudflats - on the north shore of Burrard Inlet from the early twentieth century. Long an alternative living place, the last residents were evicted and the cabins burned down in the early 1970's. The sculpture on the left represents the cabin that the writer Malcolm Lowry lived in during the 1940's while he was writing "Under the Volcano". The actual location of his cabin was further west along Burrard Inlet.

Cloudy skies when I arrived and it soon brightened up though the sun was filtered by smoke from wildfires in different areas of the province.

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Hi there, @Theatregal
I´ve just downloaded Lowry´s novel. I´m not sure how far I´ll get with it but I´ll give it a go. I love the photos.

Cheers

 

[DoughnutANZ]

I am still stuck in the gardens. They are quite big. Today is the Vegetable and herb sub-garden. This sub-garden demonstrates a small, productive vegetable and herb garden that might be managed by a market trader or a large farm garden designed to feed the farm owners and staff.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Time to finish the gardens.

English Knot garden


Maori garden including a food store house with Kumara mounds hidden by the fence.


Lastly, a pleasant non-themed display on the way out of the garden.

 

[lovingkindness]

Walking in slow motion with Mother
admiring the Yuri bears together

 

[Theatregal]

I´ve just downloaded Lowry´s novel. I´m not sure how far I´ll get with it but I´ll give it a go.

Derailing the thread a bit...

Hi @lovingkindness - here's a story Lowry wrote (The Forest Path to the Spring) about his time living in the cabin on the mudflats at the edge of the forest in the 1940's. He calls the community of squatter's shacks "Eridanus", a name drawn from the river in Virgil’s Aeneid which waters the Elysian Fields of the Earthly Paradise.

The forest path to the spring | Maclean's | July 15, 1961

One of the great novelists of our time, the late Malcolm Lowry, took a shanty on the B. C. coast for a honeymoon and never really left. This is the story of that shadowed idyll

archive.macleans.ca

 

[Former member 49149]

Derailing the thread a bit...

Hi @lovingkindness - here's a story Lowry wrote (The Forest Path to the Spring) about his time living in the cabin on the mudflats at the edge of the forest in the 1940's. He calls the community of squatter's shacks "Eridanus", a name drawn from the river in Virgil’s Aeneid which waters the Elysian Fields of the Earthly Paradise.

The forest path to the spring | Maclean's | July 15, 1961

One of the great novelists of our time, the late Malcolm Lowry, took a shanty on the B. C. coast for a honeymoon and never really left. This is the story of that shadowed idyll

archive.macleans.ca

I am piggybacking on the link! I have to do something else, but when I have finished, I will sit down to enjoy the story! Tanx!

I have read it. Such simple (seemingly) prose...I think it is beautiful.

 

[Annette london]

From Osmington mills to Lulworth cove today
on the path behind The smugglers inn.
Before that, a view of Chesil beach from the road

Some forest paths and lots of “kissing gates”
The dinky church of St Catherine’s by the sea

Then some wonderful scenery with undulating paths
once or twice they seemed a bit daunting but not as bad as they looked
Sometimes it’s easier to go up than down
Thank heavens for walking poles that lengthen!
Beautiful Durdle door
The bus back to the start arrived just as we reached the bus stop

 

[SabsP]

Ten k. walk today with an old friend.We had not seen each other for a long time so we had a lot to catch up.
No pictures but I found a video that captures this gorgeous walk really well.

Quite funny they used the soundtrack of the Good , the Bad & the Ugly...

Some more info about the castle.

Home | Landcommanderij Alden Biesen | Vlaams Gewest

Ontdek het indrukwekkende verhaal van de Landcommanderij Alden Biesen. Meer dan 800 jaar geschiedenis staat hier voor je klaar.

www.alden-biesen.be

 

[SabsP]

Short loop of four k. at a small village in the area.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

We finally got some much needed rain.

The mud must have looked good this time.

On the previous page in this thread I wrote
"I make fun of Sabine's mud but in the [White Mountains] we get rocks, roots, ruts, washouts and windfalls." We actually call them blowdowns but that would ruin the rhythm.

We went back up to New Hampshire for a long weekend and more mountain hikes. After reaching a small peak I started taking some pictures of the trail conditions on the way down to show the rocks, roots, etc. Peg really hates going down on the rock slabs. Usually she sits and does a slow slide.

 

[SabsP]

The mud must have looked good this time.

On the previous page in this thread I wrote
"I make fun of Sabine's mud but in the [White Mountains] we get rocks, roots, ruts, washouts and windfalls." We actually call them blowdowns but that would ruin the rhythm.

We went back up to New Hampshire for a long weekend and more mountain hikes. After reaching a small peak I started taking some pictures of the trail conditions on the way down to show the rocks, roots, etc. Peg really hates going down on the rock slabs. Usually she sits and does a slow slide.

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I understand Peg completely.
I ruined ( luckily an old ) linnen trouser with slowly sliding off some rocks years ago in the Alpujarras.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Peg really hates going down on the rock slabs. Usually she sits and does a slow slide.

Yep, better safe than sorry. Better to semi-ruin a pair of hiking pants than possibly twisting an ankle or breaking an ankle. Good for Peg...she no dummy.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Hi guys! I am rarely participating on this thread as I've posted my walks on my local trail many times, but still occasionally enjoy stopping by to see the content/pictures of everyone here.
I met up with @maryloufrommadison yesterday and I have a few pics I can share from our walk. We had perfect weather and finished with lunch at a lovely Japanese restaurant.

 

[Annette london]

From Abbotsbur, up to the South Dorset Ridgeway path
Beautiful scenery from the start with a view of the coast
Through fields, narrow paths and forests we reached the Hardy monument
Down to Portersham village for coffee then caught the open top Jurassic cruiser bus to West Bay, a popular place for TV shoots
The series” Broadchurch” was made there a few years ago
Theres an American version based on the English series but I can’t remember the name
The English one is much better though!!

 

[SabsP]

Gorgous @Annette london !
Yup, the USA version is called Gracepoint and is not to be compared with the excellent Broadchurch!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

From Abbotsbur, up to the South Dorset Ridgeway path
Beautiful scenery from the start with a view of the coast
Through fields, narrow paths and forests we reached the Hardy monument
Down to Portersham village for coffee then caught the open top Jurassic cruiser bus to West Bay, a popular place for TV shoots
The series” Broadchurch” was made there a few years ago
Theres an American version based on the English series but I can’t remember the name
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Hi Annette, are you still walking stretches of the SW Coast? I have ordered the guide book in the past, but due to the possibility of inclement weather, defaulted to the Cotswold Way and had better weather "back in the day".

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Gorgous @Annette london !
Yup, the USA version is called Gracepoint and is not to be compared with the excellent Broadchurch!

I know nothing of either of those tv shows, but sure you are correct...how can we imitate the original and do a better job...not happening.

 

[Annette london]

Hi Annette, are you still walking stretches of the SW Coast? I have ordered the guide book in the past, but due to the possibility of inclement weather, defaulted to the Cotswold Way and had better weather "back in the day".

Hi Chris
just walking it when we’re in the area
the Cornwall section is the most beautiful section of all though
weve been lucky with the weather though
its been brilliant this year for walking
we did a beautiful section last Sunday…see post above and met a couple from Ourense in Galecia walking the path
they were campion and carrying about 18 kg each
I’ve never seen such heavy bags!

 

[TrvlDad1]

I nice 14-mile bike ride on the convenient Alpharetta Greenway today.
Mom was holding Suburban Forest School lessons for junior on how to ford Big Creek, which has seen considerable rain the last few weeks.

 

[Annette london]

The intention was to walk the SWCP eastwards from Lulworth cove
Unfortunately after a short walk and descending about 200 steps, the route was closed for Military training
Avoiding those steps going back, we went back by the cobbled beach

A look at the map and off we went on a circular walk, first on part of the Hardy way, a 348km path commentating Thomas Hardy.It runs through Dorset and Wiltshire.
That took us to the Purbeck Way, a 43km path of varied scenery through the Purbeck hills and the Dorset coast
A lovely walk of 15 km

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The same walk that I reported on yesterday but this time I'm showing micro scenery.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

As I had to give up this week's start of my Camino in Oviedo, I yesterday returned to the mountains in Nikkaluokta to cope with my frustration.
The poem on the stone translates roughly as follows (Paulus Utsi was a poet of the Sámi people):

Let the mountain wind caress your cheek
Let the rain wash your face
Let the mountain wind blow your heart clean
Come and see the playful light
And the shining polar star
Come play with mountain wind
Do not be afraid! Go far!
Do not be afraid! Wind shows the way!
Let the mountain wind caress your cheek
Come!​

Paulus Utsi​

Just to give some background: Paulus Utsi during his live had to suffer under several forced resettlements by the Swedish state. First, as Norway and Sweden did not appreciate the concept of an indigenous group living with their reindeer on both sides of the border (of course the Sámi people were there long before the border was drawn) .. and later several times as the big dams were built for hydroelectric power. So this is how Sweden treated their indigenous people still recently – after they colonised their lands, after they brutally fought their shamanistic religion, after they tried to wipe out their languages and put all effort into destroying their culture.

This is not forgotten.

 

[Theatregal]

A soft quiet Saturday morning along the Ladner South Arm Marsh. At different points long the way, the path was lined with bright red Mountain Ash berries. They stay on the bushes for a few months and are a favourite winter food for some birds, especially Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings. Last year, I saw a flock of about 15 Bohemians strip a fairly large bush in less than half an hour! A stop near the end of my walk at a farm to pick up some late season Aurora Highbush blueberries. Delectable!

 

[TrvlDad1]

A 10K walk along the Chattahoochee River today, including the much less traveled and unimproved east side trail. The change of seasons is showing in the forest. The goldenrod (not sure what the small, white wildflowers are) photo is worth a thousand sneezes because the green plants in the photo are ragweed. Three guesses at the red & green, three-leaf terror, which is burning out at the end of its season; hint-the Coasters sang about it. The young bucks are sharpening their antlers and pawing out urination spots to stake their territory. The photo of the Canadian geese is very close to a well-traveled trail, not a great place to settle, leading me to believe these are our early snowbirds. The resident, year round Canadian geese here, of which there are many, have claimed the best spots and much honking can be heard. A very nice Sunday walk!

 

[mspath]

September 19, 2022

Wherever in the world we pilgrims may actually be this morning as the new day dawns in our hearts we shall be in London at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
Psalm 19:1

 

[peregrino_tom]

Went to the western end of Brecons national park for the first time. Took a proper camera but it froze, so just the lacklustre images from my 'ethical' phone, boosted with a Mac editor - the price we pay for trying to do the right thing, eh?
The 'view East..' pic looks towards the noble Fan Gyhirych slightly right of centre, then behind it, slightly to left of centre the 'teeth' of Corn Du and Pen y Fan, the highest points of the national park. Then moving further left, about 20 miles away the ridge of the Black Mountains (from which I posted a few weeks' back) where the far left drop-off is Hay Bluff, which overlooks Hay-on-Wye.
There's something called the Beacons Way which joins all three massifs...

 

[Arctic_Alex]

As I am visiting friends in the mountains, my 28k morning stroll was a quite a scenic one
And it happens to be part of a 105k long "modern" pilgrim path called the Dag Hammarskjöldsleden.
round about 200km north of the Arctic Circle it can get rather cold already mid September. So I started my walk below freezing temperatures as one can guess from the first image.
If you want to see/read a bit more, there is another thread on this: Dag Hammarskjöldsleden

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Yesterday we had an unusual day of walking. We went out to Gloucester on Cape Ann, not to take a walk along the shore but in its woods. We heard of its trails and carved boulders in the area known as Dogtown Commons a few years ago but never made it there. But summer is almost over officially and we still hadn't had our annual dinner of fried clams (with bellies) and our usual spot to have them was Woodman's of Essex, a neighboring town (Woodman's claims that fried clams were invented there in 1916). So we headed out to Cape Ann.

Dogtown was dense with trees and rocks and boulders. Also there were many paths heading off the main trails going to who knows where. We passed many cellar holes where homes used to be. The middle third of the hike had carved boulders but I'm saving their pictures for another time. Here's what the woods and trails looked like. I'll start out with my own picture of poison ivy (I take many). It is growing as a vine on the right of the tree; on the left is Virginia creeper. They will be getting more colorful soon.

A quote from Peg, "If I knew the trails were like this I would have worn my hiking boots."

 

[Theatregal]

A walk along the tidal flats to watch the light at the moment (6:03pm) of the autumnal equinox and welcome in my favourite time of year. Then home along the river. My walking companion Pascal in the sand dune grasses and blanket flowers.

 

[aliciag56]

I leave for SJPP Oct 18th. Need to get some long walks in before then. Today's was long (13 miles), with small elevation gain (600 ft) and no rocks/technical hiking. Waterton Canyon, south of Denver Colorado. Bonus points if you spot the bighorn sheep on the cliff.
Group question - next week's goal is 13 miles with a 2000 ft EG, which I hope to do a few times before leaving. Is that enough to handle the Napoleon route, or do I need to find a way to build in more elevation gain? TIA!

 

[TrvlDad1]

I leave for SJPP Oct 18th. Need to get some long walks in before then. Today's was long (13 miles), with small elevation gain (600 ft) and no rocks/technical hiking. Waterton Canyon, south of Denver Colorado. Bonus points if you spot the bighorn sheep on the cliff.
Group question - next week's goal is 13 miles with a 2000 ft EG, which I hope to do a few times before leaving. Is that enough to handle the Napoleon route, or do I need to find a way to build in more elevation gain? TIA!

Nice camo on that sheep.
Short bike ride on the Chattahoochee River today, part of which is on a road. Saw a ten point buck in a creek beside the road...dead, hit by a car. Beautiful animal, very sad.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Group question - next week's goal is 13 miles with a 2000 ft EG, which I hope to do a few times before leaving. Is that enough to handle the Napoleon route

Probably. I found way back when I ran that I could finish a race about three times longer than my training. But do note that the Napoleon is about 25 km and 1,300 meters elevation gain. That's about 15 miles and 4,300 feet.

 

[NorthernLight]

A month ago I did some walking around Port aux Basque and Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, before heading to Gros Morne National Park. This weekend, the region was slammed hard by the remnants of hurricane Fiona.
That’s Isle aux Morts in distance:

 

[Kanga]

I've just returned from a walk with a local Camino group, from the Sydney CBD westwards over the Blue Mountains to the first town on the other side. About 260km if you took all the "scenic" options.
Leaving Sydney we followed the edge of the harbour, walked through parks and along river banks, so it was a rather curly route avoiding roads wherever we could.

Here are a few shots:

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

This week we are walking in the Eifel and Moezel area . Today around 16 km. in a beautiful surrounding.


Coffee break.


The Forgotten Grapes

 

[nycwalking]

Yesterday, I dropped dad at dental clinic at my alma mater’s crosstown rival.

I then walked through campus and across street to Rose Garden and Natural History Museum.

Yellow arrows were painted on floor of IMAX theater at museum.

Camino calling!

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Today we walked to Daun in the Eifel.
Nice walk true the Woods.

This giant backpack was standing in front off a outdoor store.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

On Monday's walk I was fortunate enough to sneak up close enough to get a close up photo of a rock owl.


Today we went to one of favorite walks. We don't have a lot of agricultural land very close but there is a state park nearby and it contains a farm that was there previously. They lease the farm land, buildings and home to a farm family. One of the ways they make money is with an ice cream stand near the buildings that people are allowed to visit. Today we noticed a pun on a sign (there was no room for the preceding word "our" ).


There is a good variety of terrain at the park, pastures, fields of silage corn (maize), cranberry bogs, hills, woods, streams and ponds. This year the corn was harvested many a month earlier than normal. We had a summer drought and they must have wanted to get the corn while the plants were still green.


September has been better for rain. My lawn is green again.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Yesterday we walked to Cochem at the Moezel.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

So, I disappeared for a couple of weeks because we went backpacking to Isle Royale on Lake Superior National Park. This is such a remote, rugged and pristine island that has preserved its natural landscape and with its numerous trails it's possible to spend a couple of weeks exploring and having a great wilderness experience.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

Moose are abundant on Isle Royale and we were so lucky to have seen this bull trying to get the cow's attention - but she was more interested in having lunch;-)

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[Rick of Rick and Peg]

So, I disappeared for a couple of weeks because we went backpacking to Isle Royale on Lake Superior National Park.

How wonderful. I've wanted for a long time to backpack there. We haved backpacked anywhere for five years. That last time though there was a bull moose across the lake.

Many years ago, pre-Peg, on a trail on another backpack a bull moose and I had a nose-to-nose encounter. After a stalemate where neither of us moved he conceded that I, as the uphill walker, had the right-of-way and he turned off the trail and disappeared into the forest.

Anyway, moving on to a current local walk, we took one of our usual short ones the other day. I turned on the Wikiloc app to measure the distance but then decided to also add pictures for waypoints and upload it to the cloud. There's nothing special in them except you can see that autumn colors are coming to New England.



This one is a tiny bit special. It shows part of a vernal pool taken from a causeway.

 

[Peregrina 2013]

On Isle Royale at Todd Harbor and along the Minong Trail. This is such an amazing Paradise to get away from it all and truly become one with nature!

 

[Peregrina 2013]

How wonderful. I've wanted for a long time to backpack there. We haved backpacked anywhere for five years. That last time though there was a bull moose across the lake.

Many years ago, pre-Peg, on a trail on another backpack a bull moose and I had a nose-to-nose encounter. After a stalemate where neither of us moved he conceded that I, as the uphill walker, had the right-of-way and he turned off the trail and disappeared into the forest.

Anyway, moving on to a current local walk, we took one of our usual short ones the other day. I turned on the Wikiloc app to measure the distance but then decided to also add pictures for waypoints and upload it to the cloud. There's nothing special in them except you can see that autumn colors are coming to New England.

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This one is a tiny bit special. It shows part of a vernal pool taken from a causeway.

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You should visit! It's so special and unique, very unlike other National Parks. There are no bears, only moose, wolves, red fox, and other small creatures;-) The best time to go - in MHO, is August because the weather is more reliable, there are less - or no bugs, and the thimbleberries are everywhere for the picking!

 

[nycwalking]

Santa Monica Pier.

 

[SabsP]

In between two rainshowers.
Visit to the Apple store...

 

[Peregrinopaul]

A trip up the rocky coast north of my town in Western Australia. Visited the cairn commemorating the loss of the cruiser HMAS Sydney in WW2. All 640 crew lost in a battle with a disguised German raider, the Kormoran.

 

[SabsP]

Weekend at Belgian seaside town Ostend.

 

[TrvlDad1]

A few days on the Florida panhandle coast. Beautiful sunsets, warm weather, nice walks, and the biking trail was not too crowded. The beautyberries (Callicarpa americana) are in full bloom. The reptiles don’t hibernate that far south, but are rarely seen because of the crowds (and diminishing habitat; the pink survey markers should be the state flower).

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Yesterday we walked in the Biesbosch and after that we got our 5th Covid-19 vaccination.
And today we walked in the "Mastbos" near Breda.

 

[Theatregal]

Weekend at Belgian seaside town Ostend

Beautiful seaside and some interesting sculpture!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

A few days on the Florida panhandle coast.

Thanks for the jolt to my memory. In April we were in the area. Most of the time was spent on the Alabama coast but on the Florida panhandle is Eglin Air Force Base which has several campgrounds. We stayed at an undeveloped one.


Parts of the Florida Trail pass through the base.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Not a spectacular walk today, but I went to my newly acquired cabin at the edge of the wilderness - the probably most risky project of my life . Did some exploring with the dogs on the premises (240 acres, so a lot to walk actually). And now I will spend the first night inside the cabin as I finally got the keys this week .. the fireplace is hot, food is soon ready and a good wine waiting ... the best way to end a walking day

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Not a spectacular walk today, but I went to my newly acquired cabin at the edge of the wilderness

Best wishes. But is it fair to say to post here when the only "walking" is done by your dogs?

Edit: Stupid auto-completion.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Best wishes. But is it fair to say to post here when the only "walking" is done by your dogs?

Well, they are sled dogs, so they support quite a lot and increase the walking speed considerably. But still I myself need to use my own legs ... and actually put some effort into being the brake.

 

[Martin O]

Hello, everyone! Greetings from Latvia! This is where I do my walks here! Sometime they are shorter, sometimes longer, but I am trying to walk evrry week! Keep moving!

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Hello, everyone! Greetings from Latvia! This where I do my walks here! Sometime they are shorter, sometimes longer, but and I am trying to walk each week! Keep moving - that's my logo!

Beautiful, Martin.

 

[MilenaS]

Pulling a tire around a local lake last night. After walking the Frances in sections I am preparing for the Norte and tirepulling is a good variation And with those views I am not complaining.

 

[SabsP]

Some more from Ostend.

 

[Tulle]

I haven’t posted lately, but I haven’t walked much either because of some back problems. Better now, so these photos are from two short walks last Sunday and today. In between it has rained a lot. Autumn is here.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

We had this view on today's walk.

 

[Arctic_Alex]

More exploring with the dogs on the new premises today. Earth, Sweden, Jokkmokk municipality, at the end of the gravel road, north of the Arctic Circle.

 

[aliciag56]

Last long hike before leaving for Madrid and SJPP next Tuesday. 13 miles/2000 ft elevation gain. Worse part was I chose a trail with lots of exposed sections, including a lot of walking with sheer dropoffs on the trail's edge. not my favorite training hike, but it got the job done. Centennial Cone Park, Golden CO