Pooley Bridge to Patterdale
Dad and I have been out and about again on one of our walks. Starting at the northern tip of Ullswater in Pooley Bridge, we walked 16km (10 miles) down…
Grasmere & Rydal
Grasmere and Rydal are two Lake District hotspots with deep ties to one of England’s most well-known poets, William Wordsworth. His most well-known residence, Dove Cottage, was the starting point…
Borrowdale
The second installment in my series of Lake District walks takes place in the Borrowdale Valley, an area ever so slightly touched upon in my previous post. This walk was…
The Derwentwater Way
As part of a new series of blogs, my Dad and I are heading out on a variety of walks in the Lake District, finding spectacular, interesting, or quirky things…
Pooley Bridge to Howtown
There’s a well-known short walking route running from Pooley Bridge to Howtown, so when I returned to the UK for a friend’s wedding (which was so much fun!), a group…
Walking the Coulée Verte
In 1969, the train line from Bastille to Vincennes was closed down, but the path taken by the line still exists, and is now the Coulée Verte. It’s a 4.7km…
Spring in full force
Even though Spring officially began a little while ago, it’s really started to feel like it in Maisons-Laffitte. Walking around the park is beautiful. The trees are getting their leaves…
Forêt de Marly in monochrome
These (very few) photos were taken on a little walkabout in the Forêt de Marly, near Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which is just outside of Paris. I was on a walk with my friends…
Meandering the Moyen Ages
A few weekends ago, I took to the streets of historical Paris again, but this time I was exploring Paris in the Middle Ages with a friend. We set off…
Wandering in 18th Century Paris
I recently found a collection of self-guided history walks around Paris, and have given myself the goal of completing them all by the time I leave France in August. I…