The sun had poked its head out from behind the gloom of February, and le deuxieme partie of the Via Francigena was on the near horizon,...

January may be over but it’s still very much winter in this corner of the UK. After a pretty horrendous working week, I decided a...

Ah, the crisp smell of winter walking. I love walking in winter, and although I tend not to do big distances given the early sun down,...

Many years ago when I first moved to Horley I picked up a leaflet in the local library entitled ‘Explore and Enjoy the Millennium Trail’....

My efforts to complete all the Slow Ways routes linked to Horley continues with this 15km (9.5 miles-ish) jaunt over to East Grinstead,...

Ah, the first walk (of any distance) of Autumn, probably my favourite time of year. You will note that this is not the next stage of the...

This isn't a massively long walk and is a particular pleasure in the winter, a cold and frosty morning providing breathtaking views over...

It’s been almost a month since the end of the Greensand Way and I had yet to christen 2021 with anything longer than a 5k run. With...

10 days. 10 whole days off work. As today should have been a day of travel to a half term holiday in Rome, I thought I’d kick my 10...

So the nice consultant at East Surrey told me I didn’t need a plaster cast anymore, so after a few days of cautious 5k meanders round the...

(Note: I did this walk almost a week ago, on the 26th April 2020. It’s taken me A WEEK to get this written because I fell over and broke...

I had grand plans for a mammoth expedition up via South Nutfield this weekend, but after what felt like a seven day working week (rather...

I never really intended to put any Horley (my hometown) focussed walks on here. Probably a bit too specific for most. However, I've...