Posted: May 28, 2026
I met Joy in her apartment near Muswell Hill , London. Her veranda overlooks a glorious garden that felt much more countryside than cityscape. She was about to celebrate her 94th birthday – friends were taking her out for lunch and to buy flowering plants for her patio. Ginny, Walking Women’s owner asked me to […]
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I’ll be 83 in June, but still enjoy jumping off a cliff or a high diving board, and taking a chance. I live in Rhode Island, USA now, but before, in Gloucester, Ma. where there are many granite quarries, & where stone was once extracted and used in construction , for example along the Eastern seaboard […]
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Posted: April 21, 2026
Why more of our walking holidays are starting at a platform, not a gate There’s a moment, somewhere between stations, when the holiday begins. You’ve found your seat. The tea is warm. A woman across the aisle has a walking pole propped against her bag and catches your eye with a small, knowing smile. Outside […]
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However much we recite the cliché – ‘age is just a number’… most of us are hard-pressed not to ruminate on the deep questions of life when faced with a big birthday – How did that happen? What have I done with my life? And trickiest of all -where did I go to? ‘Sometimes we […]
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Posted: April 1, 2026
Something deep within us Once in a while, in amongst all the demands of everyday life – earning money, caring responsibilities and putting the bins out, we get a glimpse of something deep within us -something we recognise as truly part of what makes us who we are. Our present selves may have got out […]
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Posted: March 15, 2026
By midlife, most of us have learned to keep up. With the diary. With the demands. With everyone else’s pace. And then one day — kettle boiled, calendar full, feeling oddly empty, you notice a pull towards something that reminds you you’re alive. It becomes a pair of boots by the door. It becomes a […]
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A town in the Five Valleys with mill history, a creative pulse, and walking that feels gloriously lived-in. Stroud is having a moment — and it isn’t because it’s trying to be the Cotswolds of postcards and honey-stone perfection. In a recent Observer piece, Stroud is described as sitting in the nucleus of Gloucestershire’s Five […]
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Posted: March 5, 2026
I keep returning to Scotland over and over. Why? When I land in Scotland, I feel I have come home. I take a bit of Scotland back home with me and I leave a bit of me in Scotland every time. I love to connect with the land and its history. I love hiking with […]
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