Here's the full set of photos from our fabulously wintery trek through the snow covered fields of deepest south London and Surrey.











Loads more photos here!

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We had a fabulous day today, trudging through gloriously deep snow on the outer edges of south London, not far from Coulsdon.

Here's a few pics: lots more to follow!

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Here's some more photos from the mob-handed urban75 walk on Saturday:

More photos here: Hampstead Heath photos

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Just got back from an urban75 walk around Hampstead Heath. The weather was fantastic, the company delightful, the stroll relaxing, the pubs welcoming, the ale tasty and just about everything was perfect....apart from the Cardiff City scoreline. 6-0? Eeek! WTF!

The eggs are released!

More pics coming soon.

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Some photos from a brisk - nay, chuffing freezing - Boxing Day beach walk on the south Wales coast.

The weather was fantastic and the gale force wind sure sorted out my hangover!

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By gum it was freezing cold, but I still managed my traditional Christmas Day walk up Graig Llanishen, to the north of Cardiff.

Here's some photos:

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Last weekend we went for an 12 mile walk along the 'Timberland Trail' runing from Borehamwood to the hamlet of Smallford. The walk should have been around 10 miles, but we took a few wrong turns in our search for a bus home.



Borehamwood was a right dump - totally faceless and modernised into blandness.It was a relief to get out of the town and into the countryside.











The walk ends at the closed station of Smallford, right next to Sleapshyde - a town that seems to have more road signs than inhabitants.

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We enjoyed a lovely picnic* in Greenwich Royal Park, which covers 183 acres of land originally laid out in the 17th century.  (*before the braying yuppies turned up)

Greenwich Park was once a hunting park and now forms one of the largest single green spaces in south east London. Enclosed as far back as 1433, it's now part of the protected Greenwich World Heritage Site.



Looking down at the The Queen's House, Greenwich, which was built in 1614-1617 by architect Inigo Jones

Subsequently altered by Jones around 1635 for Henrietta Maria, the House is now regarded as one of the most important buildings in architectural history, being Britain's first consciously classical building.

The Queen's House is now both a grade I listed building and a Scheduled ancient monument.



Lurking inside this 45-ton bronze-clad truncated cone is the new Peter Harrison Planetarium, a 120-seat digital laser planetarium, opened in May, 2007.



Old and new. Canary Wharf with the Royal Naval College in the foreground.

More photos here.

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There's a little-used but really interesting walk that runs from the Millennium Dome (or 'The O2' or whatever it's now called) along a riverside path into Greenwich.

The walk breezes past acres of empty, deserted land and disused quays that will, no doubt, soon be sprouting ghastly developments galore.

Here's some pics from part one of the walk:









More pics here

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A few photos from a short (6 mile) birthday walk around Ashtead and Epsom Commons on the borders of Surrey and London.



Ashtead station faces right out into the countryside, so you're straight off the train and getting down with nature in seconds.



It was pretty much deserted for the walk, but the ground got very muddy later on, forcing us city slickers to delicately tip toe over deep, troublesome puddles.



Groovy stripy tree.



Cast iron London boundary markers were situated in amongst the trees. Which was a bit odd.

Read the full story of the walk here: Ashtead and Epsom Commons - a short six mile, birthday walk

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I've just uploaded a big new photo feature on our walking holiday in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Here's a few pics for you:





Hebden Bridge station is a beautifully preserved Victorian station - why can't all stations look like this?

Hebden Bridge railway station





Hebden Bridge is a delightful northern town with a cosmopolitan vibe that has given it the nickname of the 'St Ives of the north'.

Hebden Bridge photos





We walked the eight miles or so from Hebden Bridge to Haworth and were lucky enough to just miss the rain that thundered down as soon as we hit the pub!

Hebden Bridge to Haworth walk



Haworth is an astonishingly pretty village. Check out the photos here: Haworth village photos





We also took a steam train trip to Keighley and Oxenhope on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. It was lovely!

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway trip




On Sunday we shook off the hangover with a short walk to Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crag. It's well worth a visit!
Hardcastle Crags walk

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