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Ian went for a hike
about 11 hours ago
Snape Point - Ziggy's favourite walk (2026)
Short but beautiful, starting from a small NT car park. Estuary views all around.
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Ian went for a hike
a day ago
Frogmore Creek
Lovely walk up the creek, across the road at West Charleton for green lanes back to the Globe Inn at Frogmore.
https://mappiman.blogspot.com/2026/06/240626-frogmore-creek.html
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Ian went for a hike
6 days ago
Slow Ways - Stourport to Droitwich
An absolute dog's dinner of a walk. Despite slow ways plotting it on the OS Map, utilising Public Rights of Way, they are not maintained or signposted well. Many times disappearing.
I attempted a similar walk on a rail trail in the reverse direction. At least today, I found my…
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Ian went for a hike
June 17, 2026
Rail Trail - Langley Green to Smethwick Galton Bridge
Another walk between the stations on the Wyre Line into Birmingham. No official route - as this is a built up urban area. I combined the walk with a History West Midlands Podcast about racism in the 1960s and specifically Malcolm X visit in 1964. A quite personal walk, as…
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Robert Bircher and Paul like this.
Ian went for a hike
June 15, 2026
A Bristol Ring - Stage 1
A new 6 part, 23 mile circular trail around Bristol promoted by the council and Go Jauntly App (not a patch on Komoot, honest).
Stage 1 starts from Temple Meads and gets out the city by walking along the "hidden" corridor of the former Bath/Bristol railway line. It then seeks…
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Steve and Robert Bircher like this.
Ian went for a hike
June 12, 2026
Forthampton and Chaceley
On the trail of the filming locations of the 1974 Play for Today - Penda's Fen. A lot is packed into this story. Even more incredible, it was broadcast at 9:30pm, when there were only there channels available.
Most of the filming in Chaceley (rather than Pinvin, as per the…
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June 13, 2026
Love pic #17 🤪
Ian went for a hike
June 8, 2026
George Eliot's Nuneaton
A route (heavily) adapted from a 1950s Guide Book. Her childhood home is now a Beefeater. The estate (stately home, not council) where she grew up, Astley Park, is no longer free to wander around as member of the great unwashed.
There are footpaths around the park's extremities and a…
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Ian went for a hike
June 6, 2026
Walsall to Cannock
Strange little walk this - the first half is along the McClean Way - a disused railway line. Its arrow straight, tarmacked with no views, but at least you are out the traffic. Then it's countryside along Cadmans Lane. This is a green lane "tunnel" through cow pastures. The final…
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5 days ago
Think I will give that one a miss! They tend to be very protective of their solar farms, they are usually in more remote places and both the panels and the copper cables are 'desirable' if you get my drift.