Showing posts with label walks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label walks. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Cliffe Pools - North Kent Walk

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  Sharing a picture from a wonderful recent walk around the Kent Thames Estuary. Just about 50-ish minutes by car from East London, it was s...
Sunday, July 05, 2026

Shoeburyness to Westcliff – Essex Coastal Walk

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  Last Sunday, Gill and I took the trains from Forest Gate out to Shoeburyness for another stretch of the Essex Coast. After the relative fr...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

🌤️ A Post‑Conference “Recovery Walk” on the Benfleet Downs & Hadleigh Marsh

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Hadleigh Castle, marshes, detours and a bit of social history After a full-on UNISON conference week & then a Newham Council Saturday, I...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

🚶‍♂️ A Return to North Weald: Forgotten Paths, Hidden Forts and a 450‑Year‑Old Pub

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  After finishing my Councillor surgery yesterday, Gill and I drove out to North Weald for a 4.7‑mile circular walk — a route we first did i...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

🌿 A Spring Walk from Studham: Quiet Paths, Red Kites and Friendly Faces

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  After a morning of political meetings, Gill and I finally managed our first proper country walk together in a while. We drove up to Studha...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Albury & Patmore Heath Walk, Herts

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  Off-topic, but Gill and I enjoyed a lovely circular 5.38-mile walk in Hertfordshire earlier this month (we also did it a couple of years a...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Epping Green Walk 14.2.26

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  Went for a lovely 5 mile circular walk with Gill last Saturday in Essex only 30 mins drive from East London. Some nice views, different te...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Boxing Day walk 2025: Duton Hill, Essex circular 6.5 miles

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Went for the traditional Boxing Day walk with Gill, starting at Duton Hill, Essex (near Dunmow), about 40 minutes from East London. Only whe...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Blackheath & Greenwich Park Walk 2025

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  Off message but this photo college is from an amended 5 mile walk, Gill and I did on Sunday 30 November 25.  It was a walk we have sort of...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Pleshey, Essex Walk

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On last Sunday 16th Gill and I did a 5.5 mile circular walk around the ancient village of Pleshey. Home to a famous medieval castle (now lon...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

Portsmouth and the Wayfarers' Walk

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  To try and prove that I have a hinterland outside politics, unions, housing and pensions, below is another countryside walking post. While...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

Thundridge Walk

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  It’s been a while since I last shared a post about a walk, but today Gill and I drove to Thundridge, Hertfordshire (just 40 minutes by car...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Surgery, Canvass then Forest Walk

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Busy day. Cycled down to my Newham Council advice surgery in Stratford Library then joined Forest Gate North ward colleagues for a local doo...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Crossthwaite Common, Rake Gill and Holwick Walk: Is this really an overcrowded Island?

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  Off message. Just been sorting out photos from recent holiday in Country Durham and created college from a tough but magnificent 9.5 mile ...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

View from my seat - High Cup Nick

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  I came back Saturday from a fortnight holiday in the Pennines walking and sightseeing with Gill. Picture is from a solo "there and ba...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

RAF Hornchurch & Rainham Hall Walk 5 May 2025

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  Last Monday 5 May 25, Gill and I went for a 6.52 mile walk around Hornchurch Country Park and a visit to the National Trust property, Rain...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Rainham Marshes Walk

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  Off message but last Sunday Gill and I finally went for a walk in nearby Rainham Marshes alongside the River Thames. This was a circular r...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

Lambourne End Walk

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Off message. For various reasons (winter lergies, holidays, work, rotten weather etc) I have not been on any walks for a while. Two weeks ag...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Sunset over Leyton Flats

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  Walking back home this evening with Gill along Leyton Flats, Epping Forest. The weather forecast for tomorrow is pretty dire, so not sure ...
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Chiltern Way: Hemel Hempstead to Chorleywood West

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  Off message. Due to Conference season I have not been posting on any walks lately but this is from last month when Gill and I started on t...