Where do ( did ) you walk ( locally ) in 2022?

[SabsP]

A new year. Looking forward seeing your gorgeous pictures from all over the world.

Thumbnails and resizing the pictures is always nice as not to overload the system here.

 

[SabsP]

The first nine k. for me. Bit of everything.
Brook, meadow, wood and some paved roads.
Wellies again.

Overbroek - Egoven

Het Overbroek is een oase waar tal van zeldzame en kalkminnende planten een toevlucht vinden. Op verscheidene plaatsen kan je mergel ontdekken. Overbroekbeemden en Egoven is een beemdgebied aan de bovenloop van de Herk. In dit natuurgebied vloeien de Grondelingenbeek, de Fonteinbeek, de...

www.natuurpunt.be

 

[Martin 888]

Sunset walking on Clam Beach, Nova Scotia a couple of days ago. Don’t be fooled by the warm glow, it was freezing !

 

[Former member 49149]

The first nine k. for me. Bit of everything.
Brook, meadow, wood and some paved roads.
Wellies again.

View attachment 115710View attachment 115711View attachment 115712View attachment 115713View attachment 115714View attachment 115715View attachment 115716View attachment 115717View attachment 115718View attachment 115719

Overbroek - Egoven

Het Overbroek is een oase waar tal van zeldzame en kalkminnende planten een toevlucht vinden. Op verscheidene plaatsen kan je mergel ontdekken. Overbroekbeemden en Egoven is een beemdgebied aan de bovenloop van de Herk. In dit natuurgebied vloeien de Grondelingenbeek, de Fonteinbeek, de...

www.natuurpunt.be

Those wellies are going to stand you in good stead, literally, Sabine. Thank goodness you have so much mud to make the investment pay for itself!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Thank goodness you have so much mud to make the investment pay for itself!

I was taking a sip from a drink when I read this. It nearly ended up sprayed onto my smartphone. We miss you on the Not Serious thread Kirkie.

 

[alansykes]

Uncomfortably windy higher up the fells, so Huba and I blew away the new year cobwebs walking round Talkin Tarn, a mile from our home.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It was very foggy this New Years Day morning but around noon it had turned to drizzle. We decided to go anyway instead of waiting for things to clear. It was one of our usual walks; in fact it was part of yesterday's walk because we were in search of a missing glove (that was found in our bathroom once we got home).

I've refrained from sending reports on this walk as you've seen so many pictures of it already and interesting pictures of woods are hard to take. The weather helped today though.

 

[nycwalking]

View from inside gym walking on treadmill.

 

[Icacos]

Our snow is staying around longer than it usually does, and I went out to test some new equipment. I so wish there were bars or cafes en route where someone would fix me a latté and I could sit among like minded folk.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

View from inside gym walking on treadmill.
View attachment 115763

Ok, I gave you a but I really wanted to give you

 

[DoughnutANZ]

View from inside gym walking on treadmill.
View attachment 115763

Laughing with you, not at you

 

[nycwalking]

Laughing with you, not at you

Everyone who knows me knows I walk just off center!

 

[Theresa Brandon]

I got out for a walk this morning in Northern Illinois before the potential 8" of snow started. The lovely French Horn trill of sandhill cranes heralded their advance in the misty sky.

 

[Theatregal]

A low winter light New Year's Day. Walking the West Dyke trail to Garry Point. Along the dyke trail people have cleared snow on frozen ponds to create ice rinks and at Garry Point I watched a good old Canadian winter pastime - a game of shinny (outdoor pond hockey). Along the slough people were gathered, watching a huge beaver chewing blackberry canes and leaves. A good long walk to start this new year.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

The prior thread contains my last swim for the year at Orewa beach and so it is appropriate that I record my first swim for the year, also at Orewa beach, in this thread.

Hotter day (27c or 81f), higher surf (0.7m) windier and more people on the beach. Overall the surf was slightly better but the onshore wind made it very choppy and a little unpleasant.

Still, any day when I get to swim and surf is a great day for me.



The beach is starting to get a bit crowded.

Happy New Year everyone!

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

From our walks the last few days in South Limburg.

 

[Former member 49149]

Later than usual, as I wanted some daylight. I took some usual photos, and some that speak of times past; Corn Exchange Place, Ballast House, Merchant's Arch, the Halfpenny Bridge, the oldest pub in Dublin and the Croppy's Acre. I also took yet another of a statue of a stevedore, immortalised, although his job is consigned, as so many others, to history. Now, the start of a new year, time to look ahead to spring which is just around the corner.
I looked up some of the places, but you don't need that much detail unless you want to search for yourself... they tell stories of past prosperity and industry. Ballast House features in a Joyce story, in the context of two time standards: GMT, and Dunsink Time!

 

[SabsP]

Kanne to the fort of Eben-Emael and back. Seven k. Some serious up and down.

 

[VNwalking]

View from inside gym walking on treadmill

View from inside the corridor in the afternoon, walking on what feels like a treadmill sometimes.
(@kirkie, you asked for it. So I'm posting this ridiculous photo, unapologetically admitting to tinkering with it using Snapseed.)

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I was getting really confused with those pictures, Belgium, Dutch language, (yeah I know about the multilingualism) but French flag. So I use Google Maps to look up Kanne and get a bit more confused when I see Maastricht. Then I see that even the locals must get confused. Awfully weird border.

You've got really pretty country to walk in Sabine. When it's dry.

 

[SabsP]

I was getting really confused with those pictures, Belgium, Dutch language, (yeah I know about the multilingualism) but French flag. So I use Google Maps to look up Kanne and get a bit more confused when I see Maastricht. Then I see that even the locals must get confused. Awfully weird border.

You've got really pretty country to walk in Sabine. When it's dry.

Belgian flag though?

Weird border but not French one. Belgium with Wallonia and Flanders and then the Netherlands with Maastricht.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Belgian flag though?

This flag got me confused. I was thinking you were near France.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/attachments/20220102_102253-jpg.115806/

Weird border but not French one.

Right. With the Dutch on the sign I figured you had to be closer to Nederland so I used Maps and saw both Kanne and Maastricht close to each other and on the same side of a river. Again I got confused until I saw the national border between them.

Belgium with Wallonia and Flanders and then the Netherlands with Maastricht.

The Wallonia/Flanders regional border (dotted line below) makes sense to me but the solid lined België/Nederland border looks like a border commission decided to settle matters by getting a blindfolded German drunk on beer, telling him to go for a walk and then dropping a border marker down everywhere he stopped to urinate. The national border shown below must have been when he was reasonably sober because it gets crazier elsewhere.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

BTW, is that orange pin labelled Bakkerij Smets an historical marker where the commission paused because they smelt a bakery?

 

[Former member 49149]

BTW, is that orange pin labelled Bakkerij Smets an historical marker where the commission paused because they smelt a bakery?

Are you sure you are on the right thread?

 

[dutchwalkagain]

Started today on a 4 day thru hike in the Florida Keys . Island hopping on foot . Great practice and a true ( well kind of ) mini Camino vibe to prep for the Frances in June 2022 .

 

[Camino Chrissy]

It was very foggy this New Years Day morning but around noon it had turned to drizzle. We decided to go anyway instead of waiting for things to clear. It was one of our usual walks; in fact it was part of yesterday's walk because we were in search of a missing glove (that was found in our bathroom once we got home).

I've refrained from sending reports on this walk as you've seen so many pictures of it already and interesting pictures of woods are hard to take. The weather helped today though.

View attachment 115752 View attachment 115754 View attachment 115755 View attachment 115756 View attachment 115757

Rick, I think your pictures have a nice variety of very interesting features of nature.
You unknowingly solved "The case of the missing glove" after you returned home.

 

[VNwalking]

Started today on a 4 day thru hike in the Florida Keys . Island hopping on foot .

Hey, how'd my pack get to your house?
And with an American flag to boot.

Buen minicamino, @dutchwalkagain !

 

[alansykes]

First dusting of snow of 2022 up near Hadrian's Wall.

 

[Theresa Brandon]

Northern Illinois. Red Tail Hawk.

 

[SabsP]

A wet day in Belgium.
Except for a bikeride ( housecall ) I spent the best part of the day at the office.
So in order to reach my ten thousand daily steps I did an evening stroll on the main road.

 

[OzAnnie]

Visiting family USA (Las Vegas ) / a short walk on Sunday with my son and granddaughters at nearby Red rock canyon … a variety of trails .. we spent some time on the ‘lost creek’ ‘Childrens discovery trail ‘. Ice in the dry creekbed . Good weather too.

 

[OzAnnie]

It’s so barren - a walk on Monday 3rd alone.
This area backs immediately onto my son’s place (outskirts of Vegas )., although no access from his home.

The home gardens here all are kept alive by sprinkler systems which have limited amount of water available. (Timer settings ). The majority of yards are covered in rocks instead of the norm (for me in Australia ) of lawns. Many are putting in fake lawns.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

We just arrived a few days at our two month winter get-a-way on the Gulf.
A new bench on the 18 miles of trails and boardwalks we love in the state park.

 

[Kathy F.]

In December, I did the Honolulu Marathon. My opening prep for a Spring Camino.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

We just arrived a few days at our two month winter get-a-way on the Gulf.

A really nice place. Peg and I often camp there. Not having as much insulation around us though there is a full month of no pilgrim presence down there between us before we show up.

Give us some gator pics Chris.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

A really nice place. Peg and I often camp there. Not having as much insulation around us though there is a full month of no pilgrim presence down there between us before we show up.

Give us some gator pics Chris.

Let me know if you will be in the area in January or February. It would be nice to meet up again...and meet Peg.

 

[NicP]

Alongside Otago harbour, then St Clair beach in Dunedin, New Zealand.

 

[Former member 49149]

A wet Oscar Wilde, outside a pub where he is said to have worked.Then I just had to take a photo of a menu in the window of a hotel. Not quite pilgrim fare, or prices!
One set of many footprints embedded in a pavement. The last photo: the local council is bright and early with cheering us up with the promise of Spring 2022!

 

[OzAnnie]

@kirkie I loved visiting Dublin and Ireland as a whole. I guess this is a new Oscar Wilde seated? In 2017 I took lots of pics in the lovely park where there is the huge one of him near the corner.
Also the afternoon teas pic isn’t pilgrim pricing .. would be a nice treat though.

 

[Former member 49149]

@kirkie I loved visiting Dublin and Ireland as a whole. I guess this is a new Oscar Wilde seated? In 2017 I took lots of pics in the lovely park where there is the huge one of him near the corner.
Also the afternoon teas pic isn’t pilgrim pricing .. would be a nice treat though.

It must be fairly new, as I pass that way often enough and it is the first time I have noticed it. With your back to Oscar, in Merrion Square, look left and follow your nose down to a junction, again look left. He will be waiting for you on your next trip! I just could not believe the price of that treat!

 

[Theatregal]

More snow for us! A morning walk in my neighbourhood and into the village passing through the Britannia Historic Shipyard area. Gulls gather on the slopped roof of the net loft building. I'm amazed the snow doesn't just slide off the tin roof, taking the gulls with it!

 

[ranthr]

As ever walking in the local hill Stuorračohkka, in Boftsa, Deatnu/ Tana in -23C waiting for the sun to show up again in a couple of weeks.

 

[VNwalking]

In December, I did the Honolulu Marathon. My opening prep for a Spring Camino.

The back side of Diamond Head hill after way too many miles on an unseasonably muggy day? Nothing on the camino comes close to being as hard as that. You're set, @Kathy F.
Buen camino!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

1)On my walk along the beach this morning...They have been working on this highrise for over two years...they should leave well enough alone.
2)This doggie needs his toenails clipped.
3)I walked 6 miles in the park yesterday in perfect walking temperature 70°.

 

[VNwalking]

I had to go downtown today, not really a 'walk,' but I walked. Here's a fruit vendor, with a beautiful display of oranges. (For some reason my phone's camera made them yellow, alas...)

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Our car is undergoing repairs and we had snow today so we took a slippery walk in the neighborhood today. We saw our neighbors out in the lousy weather getting rid of snow that inconveniently fell in the wrong places. Many more than we ever see in good weather.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I had to go downtown today, not really a 'walk,' but I walked. Here's a fruit vendor, with a beautiful display of oranges. (For some reason my phone's camera made them yellow, alas...)




View attachment 116055

Very colorful photo! You left your hallway today.

 

[VNwalking]

You left your hallway today

Yup. But I did my real walking there at night after I got back. Watching a smile of a moon setting through the branches of a big tree.

 

[Esperanza]

This is the neighborhood that I walk in nearly daily. I took photos of random pretty houses. My injury is healed enough for me to do a few miles/km, but the snow is a bit treacherous.

.

Here’s a few street scenes and other tidbits.

 

[Annette london]

Clearing some bits and pieces from the iPad I came across some photos of the day we went in search of “the secret garden”of playa Quemeda.
Not 2022 but pretty near near the start of it
well we searched and searched but never found it, although I saw on various blogs this morning that it is still there.
So for us, this secret garden remains a secret!
We did however see some goats and a patch of garden on the way back
A good excuse to go back and search again

 

[Esperanza]

@Annette london Where are your photos from? Spain?

 

[Annette london]

@Annette london Where are your photos from? Spain?

Hi Esperanza
yes
these ones are from Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands
we were there in November just gone and I posted quite a few from there …the islands belong to Spain
A nice winter getaway with lots of sun and warmth
In two weeks time we’ll head to Tenerife, the largest of the islands where Teide the highest mountain of Spain “resides”

 

[Esperanza]

Very nice photos. Thanks for the details. I have long wanted to visit the Canaries, but they are a bit out of the way for folks like me on the US west coast. Maybe someday.

 

[Annette london]

Very nice photos. Thanks for the details. I have long wanted to visit the Canaries, but they are a bit out of the way for folks like me on the US west coast. Maybe someday.

And why not
There are many flights from airports in Spain
Literally a hop, step, and a jump,
and give yourself time to do some island hopping
these photos posted today aren’t particularly scenic but it’s a beautiful island and so easy to get around on the buses and generally not overly expensive
we are taking Mark Twain’s words seriously this year although I do know that this may not be possible for many folk for various reasons

 

[Esperanza]

@Annette london

Hmm … I was thinking of heading to Morocco after my Camino this spring, but maybe the Canaries would be fun. Food for thought.

I have traveled a fair bit; however, no matter how much I travel, the list of places I want to visit just keeps getting longer and longer. That’s my problem.

“Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.”
-Tennyson

 

[Former member 49149]

A fast trot down to the ferryport let me look again at some of the regular elements in my local walks, from another viewpoint. The ferry had just berthed as I arrived. The incinerator spews non stop, the two lighthouses face each other off, and Brendan Behan greets everyone coming out of the ferry terminal...

 

[Annette london]

@Annette london

Hmm … I was thinking of heading to Morocco after my Camino this spring, but maybe the Canaries would be fun. Food for thought.

I have traveled a fair bit … Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Cook Islands, Thailand, Fiji, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, many trips through western Europe, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary before the wall came down, much of Canada and Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, lived in Alaska and Hawaii … and probably a bunch more that I can’t think of right now. So you could say that I have some experience tossing off bow lines. However, no matter how much I travel, the list of places I want to visit just keeps getting longer and longer. That’s my problem.

“Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.”
-Tennyson

Wow, that is some list
Am seriously impressed
i would love to have visited even half of these places but work and other responsibilities got in the way!
we’ve hiked a lot but mostly in the Uk, France, Spain and Italy
now, time is our enemy but we’ll keep going for as long as we can
you are lucky to have visited so many wonderful places

 

[Annette london]

A fast trot down to the ferryport let me look again at some of the regular elements in my local walks, from another viewpoint. The ferry had just berthed as I arrived. The incinerator spews non stop, the two lighthouses face each other off, and Brendan Behan greets everyone coming out of the ferry terminal...
View attachment 116113View attachment 116114View attachment 116115View attachment 116116

Kirkie,
a long time since I heard the name Brendan Behan
A colourful Irish poet and writer
He liked the Hooch!

 

[Esperanza]

Wow, that is some list
Am seriously impressed
i would love to have visited even half of these places but work and other responsibilities got in the way!
we’ve hiked a lot but mostly in the Uk, France, Spain and Italy
now, time is our enemy but we’ll keep going for as long as we can
you are lucky to have visited so many wonderful places

Thank you. I do feel very fortunate, but I always prioritized travel and there have been some trade offs. I also see time as my enemy at this point, and the whole Covid situation has tried my patience. However, I also keep in mind that I am very fortunate to have such “problems” and I will still get some more traveling in somehow, someday.

 

[Theatregal]

Overnight and morning rain have washed away much of the snow from this past Thursday. A wet walk along the river from my home today. I love the colour the rain brings out on the rocks along the dyke. A lone angler fishing for herring, a flock of Brewer's Blackbirds with one solitary Redwing Blackbird in the mix and an unintentional sculpture by a waterworks maintenance worker. Thankfully the dyke along this section of the river has held after yesterday's king tide and stormy winds. There was much damage in other parts of the lower mainland.

 

[Esperanza]

@Theatregal
You have a nice eye. I love the unintentional sculpture.

 

[WalkingJane]

@Annette london

Hmm … I was thinking of heading to Morocco after my Camino this spring, but maybe the Canaries would be fun. Food for thought.

I have traveled a fair bit … Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Cook Islands, Thailand, Fiji, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, many trips through western Europe, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary before the wall came down, much of Canada and Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, lived in Alaska and Hawaii … and probably a bunch more that I can’t think of right now. So you could say that I have some experience tossing off bow lines. However, no matter how much I travel, the list of places I want to visit just keeps getting longer and longer. That’s my problem.

“Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.”
-Tennyson

Envious! I lived/worked in St. Thomas, VI for awhile, living on a sailboat and sailing "down islands" on weekends and holidays. To Bermuda, lived/worked in Horta (Azores) 11 years. Also to England, Spain, Morocco. To Brazil, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Ireland, Portugal (with Habitat for Humanity.) Lived in Saskatchewan/Canada part of a year. All over the USA as a kid. Not been to Mexico! In Tacoma, WA now and liking it better than the SE (North Carolina, Florida). 5 years here and guess it will probably be my last move. Feel so enriched by all the rambling... We humans are alike at core but display so much variety!!

 

[Icacos]

Overnight and morning rain have washed away much of the snow from this past Thursday. A wet walk along the river from my home today. I love the colour the rain brings out on the rocks along the dyke. A lone angler fishing for herring, a flock of Brewer's Blackbirds with one solitary Redwing Blackbird in the mix and an unintentional sculpture by a waterworks maintenance worker. Thankfully the dyke along this section of the river has held after yesterday's king tide and stormy winds. There was much damage in other parts of the lower mainland.

View attachment 116131 View attachment 116130 View attachment 116135 View attachment 116134 View attachment 116129 View attachment 116136

@Theatregal, you take the most fabulous photographs. Thank you.

 

[Theatregal]

@Theatregal, you take the most fabulous photographs. Thank you.

Thank you @Icacos ! Hope all has been well for you in North Van within the last while with snow / extreme cold / high winds! The snow came after I'd finished working and I'm off for awhile so I've been enjoying it without having to drive too much!!

 

[SabsP]

Walked with a friend. Too busy with talking and being careful with the mud.
A nice 75 minutes walk.
Fatburning indeed...

 

[Icacos]

Today I walked to the store. Because I needed only 2 litres of milk, I took my backpack and not … (the horror of it ) my wheeled cart. Oh, the sheer joy of walking home with a bit of weight on my back; even my legs felt stronger. (I was even wearing my old trusty Camino Francés boots, recently shoe-gooed and snow sealed.)

 

[VNwalking]

Another day of wandering from office to office downtown. Here's a smattering of images of Yangon, thinking of you @dick bird:

 

[mspath]

Villar d'Arène-la Grave, France
photo taken January 11, 2018



facing La Meije

Four years ago my husband and I walked into a mountain paradise in the southern Alps west of Grenoble/east of Briançon off route D1091. We stayed in an historic albergue; this was the view. ...Sadly now in 2022 we are only able to walk there in memory.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

An urban neighborhood walk with No. 1 grandson especially for @kirkie with an off-road interlude for anyone.
just off to the right is where we started our off-road interlude. Harbour in the distance.
after our off-road part we rejoin the urban streets in my neighborhood.
some of my neighbours are great gardeners.
No 1 GS wanted to get in-frame and so he jumped up with his hand outstretched.
another neighbours garden.
if you look closely you will see the bumblebee enjoying herself in the white bush rose.
a wide variety of plants.
part of how I incentivise No. 1 is to promise to walk via a playground. That is easy because there are lots of playgrounds in the neighborhood.
you can't see me!
back to the slide.

Off-road photos follow.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Kauri Point Park

is it this way?
the harbour between the trees.
the track goes down.
he wanted a hiking pole like granddad.
looking up the hill at the bush.
he is starting to learn how to pose.
he has quickly become a professional at posing while he contemplates the track back up to the road.
we continue climbing.
the bush starts to thin as we near the park exit.
just as we leave the trees behind we find an information notice.

 

[trecile]

A friend and I regularly do this 4 mile loop in a semi-rural area. Today was an especially nice and warmish day in Southern Oregon.

 

[VNwalking]

Overnight and morning rain have washed away much of the snow from this past Thursday.

The gulls!

And thanks @Doughnut NZ ! I can smell the bush.

 

[Annette london]

Villar d'Arène-la Grave, France
photo taken January 11, 2018

View attachment 116252

facing La Meije

Four years ago my husband and I walked into a mountain paradise in the southern Alps west of Grenoble/east of Briançon off route D1091. We stayed in an historic albergue; this was the view. ...Sadly now in 2022 we are only able to walk there in memory.

mspath
wonderful photo
thank you for this reminder
this is a place like no other for us
Stayed in La Grave for days
walks everywhere
We did go up to La Meije…….in the cable car though!

 

[mspath]

mspath
wonderful photo
thank you for this reminder
this is a place like no other for us
Stayed in La Grave for days
walks everywhere
We did go up to La Meije…….in the cable car though!

Annette london,
Thanks for your kind comments.
Where you there in winter or summer?

 

[Annette london]

Annette london,
Thanks for your kind comments.
Where you there in winter or summer?

we have always gone in summer to all the national parks in France….Vanoise, Ecrins,Mercantour,Pyrenees,Calanques, Cevennes
We love France
Our surname is French …from the Huguenots way back
Daughter a French teacher ….and then she went and married an Italian!
Thats life!

 

[mspath]

we have always gone in summer to all the national parks in France….Vanoise, Ecrins,Mercantour,Pyrenees,Calanques, Cevennes
We love France
Our surname is French …from the Huguenots way back
Daughter a French teacher ….and then she went and married an Italian!
Thats life!

Annette london,
I too love France and haved lived here for over forty years in Paris and facing champgne vineyards along the Marne river .

 

[Theatregal]

Breathing the good air of the Pacific Spirit forest. Along the way a coyote and I startled each other - I'd been standing quietly for a few minutes waiting to see the woodpecker I was hearing - the coyote saw me as I saw it and I was relieved when it made the immediate decision to bound back into the forest! It was a beauty! There were many fallen trees - the result of windstorms we've had lately. Parks workers had been through, cutting them up to clear where they'd fallen across the path. A wonderful walk - cool scented air - winter colour and light.

 

[Kathy F.]

The back side of Diamond Head hill after way too many miles on an unseasonably muggy day? Nothing on the camino comes close to being as hard as that. You're set, @Kathy F.
Buen camino!

You sound like one who knows the Way!!! More Ways than one!!!

 

[VNwalking]

You sound like one who knows the Way!!! More Ways than one!!!

Eight times on marathon day, and I lose track of how many training runs and shorter races. Another body, another life. But it feels like yesterday.
Ultreia and buen camino!

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

It was a small world this morning,


The beavers were busy last night

 

[Former member 49149]

Different countries, so, unlikely to have been the same heron...
Was the one I saw aiming for the little mallard duckling?
Mr Kavanagh said nothing...
And then - former glory. The Irish Yeast Company is finally on its way to the breakdown yard...

 

[Theresa Brandon]

Northern Illinois, icy and cold, today was foggy and "warmer"

 

[Icacos]

Different countries, so, unlikely to have been the same heron...
Was the one I saw aiming for the little mallard duckling?
Mr Kavanagh said nothing...
And then - former glory. The Irish Yeast Company is finally on its way to the breakdown yard...

View attachment 116373View attachment 116374View attachment 116375View attachment 116376View attachment 116377View attachment 116378

The Irish Yeast Co. - I don’t suppose anyone cares enough to save the trim on top of that door on the right?

 

[Former member 49149]

The Irish Yeast Co. - I don’t suppose anyone cares enough to save the trip on top of that door on the right?

I am not catching your point. I can be dim, sometimes!
An internet search will give you the history of the company. As with everything and everyone that bites the dust, a certain pathos. Yet, tomorrow needs that today passes... I actually like that. Today passes. Not me. I will not pass. I will die.

 

[Former member 49149]

Yesterday I needed to travel a long distance. At least 13km! After my task was completed, I walked home and took a few photos. Familiar territory for me, from earlier times in south Dublin. A different view of the Poolbeg Power station, decommissioned, and the 24/7 incinerator that gushes out its evidence of swallowing up rubbish... how can it not affect us? Anyway, it was a glorious day, and made for a delightful walk home.

 

[VNwalking]

Anyway, it was a glorious day, and made for a delightful walk home.

Beautiful light, @kirkie!

 

[Icacos]

I am not catching your point. I can be dim, sometimes!
An internet search will give you the history of the company. As with everything and everyone that bites the dust, a certain pathos. Yet, tomorrow needs that today passes... I actually like that. Today passes. Not me. I will not pass. I will die.

No, you are not dim. I meant to say ‘trim,’ the simple wood trim on top of the door to what looks to be the adjacent property. I am a real softie when it comes to old woodwork, and this piece is beautiful in its simplicity … and I’m guessing some craftsperson was very proud of it at some point.

Oh, and I’m hoping to ‘live‘ until I die. I hope that can be true for all of us.

 

[Icacos]

Interesting write ups on Google of the Irish Yeast Co. I see that the door to the right belongs to the still operating pub, and is not slated for demolition. That makes me feel better.

 

[Tia Valeria]

We took the car for a run out - for its health! Stover Park is not far from home so we parked in the car park and walked from there. About 5km - round the lake to the path marked to the Canadian Memorial, then to the memorial itself before returning to complete the circuit of the lake. A clear frosty morning as you can see and the path reminded us of the Camino!

The citation at the memorial says the following:-
Stover Park - the Canadian Forestry Corps arrived in 1916 - the 250 Canadians were skilled foresters and sawyers, " some First Nation, some French speakers, many British born 'migrants' returning home, alongside them were Portuguese labourers and German prisoners of war." The memorial was erected in 2018 to mark the centenary of the end of the war. The wood was used for the trenches and also for fuel meaning that supplies did not have to be imported and therefore more space was left for shipping food supplies.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

A few pics from my Gulf Shores daily walks, usually 3+ miles on the beach or trails in the park.


Interesting bark of the Long Pine.


18 miles of boardwalks and trails in the park.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The citation at the memorial says the following:-
Stover Park - the Canadian Forestry Corps arrived in 1916 - the 250 Canadians were skilled foresters and sawyers, "

I took this picture on a walk last October on an old logging road. It tells about a Canadian's work at an American logging camp. Not a lumberjack though; they got paid a bit better.

Sabine, I'm only a few months late. Be kind.

 

[lovingkindness]

Happy New Year (2022)!
Greetings from along the Te Araroa Trail, NZ (southbound).

Here are a few photos from the past week: the Orthodox monastery opposite the Poads Road entrance to the Tararua Ranges Park (near Levin, Nth Island), via Te Matawai hut and Drachophylum hut to Nichols hut.

Scrambling and climbing, hour after hour. Ridge walking along tussock trails. Balancing as best one can. Beech forests where lichen and moss have blanketed every surface. Long scrambling ascents. Hour after hour hauling oneself up the root systems of ancient beech trees -hand to knee to foot, a tree hugger. Slithering down sharp stony descents, battered, bruised...


Greek Orthodox monastery opposite Poads Road (near Levin, North Island)

 

[SabsP]

Wow @lovingkindness ! From France to Aotearoa (NZ ) .
Staying long?

 

[VNwalking]

Greetings from along the Te Araroa Trail, NZ (southbound)

Wow! And you're really well along, if you started at Cape Reinga.

And yeah. The Tararuas look so benignly innocent from the flats near Levin.
Not.
Gorgeous, @lovingkindness, thank you.

 

[lovingkindness]

Wow @lovingkindness ! From France to Aotearoa (NZ ) .
Staying long?

I don't know.

 

[SabsP]

I took this picture on a walk last October on an old logging road. It tells about a Canadian's work at an American logging camp. Not a lumberjack though; they got paid a bit better.
View attachment 116496
Sabine, I'm only a few months late. Be kind.

@Rick of Rick and Peg ...I am not the one for throwing mud...

 

[lovingkindness]

Wow! And you're really well along, if you started at Cape Reinga.

And yeah. The Tararuas look so benignly innocent from the flats near Levin.
Not.
Gorgeous, @lovingkindness, thank you.

I started in Palmerston North... I am carrying camping gear plus kilos of food to last many days at a time. I haven't carried a backpack since 2013 when I purchased a Mountainsmith lumbar pack. Eight years of walking,shoulders free, going ultra lite. It isn' possible to walk lite in the Tararua Ranges. One must carry clothing for 3 seasons and many days food. I am suffering with the weight of it all. I am going at a snails pace compared to the trails I,ve walked in Europe...

 

[Esperanza]

Eight times on marathon day, and I lose track of how many training runs and shorter races. Another body, another life. But it feels like yesterday.
Ultreia and buen camino!

When I lived in Honolulu, I used to be a race volunteer for the Honolulu Marathon. Maybe I handed you a cup of water long ago.

 

[Theatregal]

A walk along the Ladner marshes and forest paths of Ladner Harbour Park. The fog was coming in as I started and was thick as I was leaving, obscuring a couple of Bald Eagles high above their nest. Saw a beautiful Rough-legged Hawk preening. The red building is the Harbour Master's house and office.

 

[Reija]

A walk along the Ladner marshes and forest paths of Ladner Harbour Park. The fog was coming in as I started and was thick as I was leaving, obscuring a couple of Bald Eagles high above their nest. Saw a beautiful Rough-legged Hawk preening. The red building is the Harbour Master's house and office.

View attachment 116580 View attachment 116581 View attachment 116588 View attachment 116582 View attachment 116583 View attachment 116584 View attachment 116585 View attachment 116586 View attachment 116587

Wow, walking in the fog looks pretty amazong in the pictures. And the birds, wow, what a walk!