I finished the Ridgeway in 6 days on Thursday - nearly 87 miles, over 100 with my extension- making the trip 8 days total with the walk from the secret location that will be revealed in the video!

I got to Avebury the day before May 1st - Beltaine - and found out the pagans were doing events there in the morning, so found a random field to crash in until 4am and went and saw the sunrise on West Kennet Long Barrow - an amazing place. Coming full circle (sunset at Ivinghoe, sunrise at West Kennet). It's chamber faces the sunrise, and so I listened to the swallows who live in there chirp and swoop out dramatically about a minute before sunrise

I was alone on West Kennet - actually got there 20 mins early - it was very emotional, then to the Red Lion for the Well Dressing ceremony, I just missed the ceremony proper - they even had a May pole! But it wasn't about communal things for me, it was for John. 1/2

#beltaine #avebury #ridgeway #hiking #hikingadventures #longdistancewalk #wildcamping #westkennet

A new Long distance walk in North England:
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/a-special-place-roof-of-england-walk/

#England
#Pennines
#Cumbria
#Northumberland
#walk
#Longdistancewalk
#roofofengland

I´ve been planning to walk one of the long-distance walking trails (414 km total so yes, long) for.... well years, and then broken up into day trips. This past fall I did a very small start. Tomorrow is the next part, with a much longer walk planned than last fall.

Equal parts excited and daunted by the walk planned. I have gotten very slow so this might be an all-day experience...

#walking #photography #shoes #longDistanceWalk #Trekvogelpad

A little return visit to part of the Tamsui Kavalan Trails. This section crosses from Fuyang Eco Park in Taipei, to Shenkeng Old Street (of sticky tofu fame) in New Taipei. The route has changed somewhat since I last walked it, and there is now a lot more signage. However, in one or two spots, the signage isn’t too clear and I ended up taking a couple of unintentional detours.

#Taiwan #hiking #nature #naturephotography #outdoors #台灣 #台北 #longdistancepaths #longdistancewalk

#introduction post

Hello, I'm Chrissy, not new to Mastodon, but new to this server. A few years ago I fell in love with hiking and am now determined to do as many hiking holidays as I can. I did the Brecon Beacons 10 peak challenge a few years ago for a charity which I absolutely loved even though it was really tough.

Sadly I don't live near any mountains, but the Hampshire countryside is also lovely. I'm currently training for my first long distance walk which my 15 year old son is going to accompany me on. We'll be tackling the Hebridean Way in the summer.

Will likely post about my hikes and my dog, who sometimes comes along because he thinks he's tougher than he really is.

I also love travelling and I wish I had more time off work so I could travel and hike more 😆.

#travel #hiking #LongDistanceWalk