Saturday 12th February 2022
On a rare Saturday off work, I drove across to South Wales. But not towards the Brecon Beacons for any forest I might’ve explored before. I was heading out for another route from the Walk West series. To the west of Newport and just outside of Caerphilly, I parked up in the village of Machen.
Continue reading “Mynydd Machen”Sunday 6th February 2022
I’d only once previously been to the Forest of Dean and that was an enjoyable Go Ape experience, which I’d recommend to anyone. People often rave about the location but I’d never done a proper walk around it. Contrary to my previous believe, Wentwood sits outside of the boundary.
For the second time in 2022, I drove across the Severn Bridge and to a part of Gloucestershire not too far from the border with Wales.
Continue reading “The Essence of the Forest”Sunday 23rd January 2022
A few years ago, I challenged myself with the quiet intention of completing more of the walks available in the Walk West series of eBooks (all of which are free to download from this website). I couldn’t recall the last time I had embarked on one of Geoff Mullet’s walks and I wasn’t feeling too enthusiastic about another local walk on the Mendip Hills.
I dove in to Walk West Again (the second title in this trilogy) and printed out instructions and a basic map for the final route on the contents page.
Continue reading “Wentwood and Gray Hill”Happy New Year to you all!
I recently made a short vlog on YouTube talking about this and, having now repeated this thought process for a second time, I’m already feeling as though I have more ideas than I could possibly squeeze in to a single year!
But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
Continue reading “Plans for 2022”
Walks With Olly 