We are out walking in one of my favourite Dorset places, the sky is an arctic blue, the ground is frozen solid and all the puddles are perfectly iced up; just waiting for us to crunch them into tiny crystals. We walk at a fair pace just to keep warm, chatting away about our …
Month: January 2018
Underneath the rainbows
I have lived in the Blackmore Vale for sixteen years but know there is still undiscovered territories to behold. Determined to leave my car at home, I walk up through the town, over the bridge, past the cemetery towards Broad Oak and on up the lane beside Piddles Wood. It’s a bright, squally day …
Time passages
There are places in our lives that are ‘heart places’ and this is one of mine. The rocks that define Ugborough beacon are not visible from the trail but we know that they are there. It was a hot, clear June day when I first encountered them. I was 23 and we had bought …
Rewilding journeys 