Slow Miles
A walking notebook: routes, weather and small things noticed along the way.
Recent notes
Winter light
In January the day is short enough to walk from sunrise to sunset without hurrying. Light comes in low and gold across…
On boots and socks
Nobody wants advice about socks until they have blisters, and then they want nothing else. So here it is, briefly.
Notes from the coast path
The coast path is never as flat as it looks on the map. Every stream that reaches the sea cuts a valley, and every…
Crossing the city in one day
The plan was simple: start at the northern edge of the city at first light and walk until I reached the southern edge,…
Maps, paper and the habit of folding
I use a phone for navigation like everyone else, but I still buy the paper sheet for any area I walk more than twice. A…
Reading the weather
Most of what I know about weather I learned by getting it wrong. A ring around the moon, a wind that backs in the…
From the photographs
