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Give and Take: I went on a volunteering holiday in Dorset and learnt stonemasonry in return.
A weekend contributing to the Othona Community in Dorset teaches me the joys of giving back.
Guardian December 2024
A Winters Trail - Seasonal UK Walks
I explore the countryside around my new home.
A Spiritual Walk on the South Downs: The Old Way Pilgrims Route
Following the Old Way leads me to places that offer sanctuary along the path for pilgrims.
Here be Serpents : A coastal Essex that time forgot
I explores marshes, boatyards, islands and eerie stretches of the Blackwater and Colne rivers – the setting for TV drama The Essex Serpent.
They want to build a theme park here? Swanscombe Peninsula, Britain's newest protected landscape
I fall for the charms of north Kent, well aware that developers want to get their hands on this site of special scientific interest.
I took a sailing holiday aboard one of the Norfolk Wherries
These elegant cruisers are once again provide day trips on the Norfolk Broads.
Geese seals and Sky: A wildlife stay on a remote Essex Island
I stay on Horsey Island and paddle my kayak through the Secret Waters made famous by Arthur Ransome.
A Walk in the Woods
With the help of experts I give a masterclass on Forest Bathing.
I was connected to those I love again. Writers on meeting up with friends at last
I enjoy a group walk as the country opens up.
21 places to go in 2021 - The holidays we're dreaming of
Locked down again, I dream of Pilgrim walks across my home county of Essex.
I want to dance with joy: A beach cabin escape on Kent's Isle of Sheppey
The newly minted pleasure of a getaway in a cosy cabin on a deserted beach is just the tonic after lockdown.
It's Radox for the mind - Forest Bathing in South Wales
Deep in the woods of the Wye valley, a sensory adventure based on an ancient Japanese therapy provides balm for troubled times.
The House that Roger Built - a review of Life at Walnut Tree Farm
Eastern Eden: A utopian community in Essex
Essex was once a hotbed for alternative communities. Working holidays now offer peace and purpose in one of the few surviving examples.
UK walks with a tale to tell
I take a stroll to the loch of the big women.
10 Island adventures off the UK coast
I revel in the peace of Holy Island.
Top ten spring walks in the UK
Enjoying the cherry blossom on the Hoo Peninsula.
Essex rediscovered - Ghosts and falcons on a rural ride
A cycle through countryside, on the trail of a great nature writer and the elusive peregrine falcon, offers fresh insights into Essex’s ‘dark mystery’.
Walk the North Kent Marshes - while the solitude lasts
The Hoo peninsula between the Thames and Medway estuaries has a rough-edged beauty, a landscape rich in history and a thriving bird reserve – but this sanctuary near London is under threat from development.
Vodka and Wolves in Russia
In Russia the old ways are slowly giving way to the new, but after many shots of the local brew and patting the wildlife, who's counting.
