Post 19/2025 River Preserve County Park, Elkhart County: We walked in the part of this park that starts in the village of Benton. The linear park of 358 acres follows the Elkhart River, adjacent canal and spillways. I wore my new pair of boots. Did my feet proud. The park includes historic canals, dams and …
Tag: walking
Seven days hither and thither
Post 12/20025 Cornwall UK. Sunday, a week ago yesterday, we joined the monthly fellowship walk of St Anta church. We walked around part of Penrose, near Helston and Porthleven. This National Trust property includes woods, farmland, parkland, walled garden, cliffs and beaches. The weather was ideal. The week proved a treasure of going to and …
Inward, outward, onward
Post 10/2025. Cornwall UK. We're enjoying sharing Cornwall with niece Rachel for a short spell. We've covered paths old and new and met friends. Of course, the time has been too short but we've made the most of it, I believe. The longest walk was St Michael's Way. The path goes from St Uny Church …
Émigrés said goodbye from Padstow
Post 6/2025. Cornwall UK. Hail March. New month. It's anything like the weather proverb: "In like a lion, out like a lamb." Gorgeous day. We did a three-plus mile walk along Church Lane to the West Cornwall Golf Club and then back on the upper, sometimes still muddy, footpath above the expansive Porthkidney Sands Beach. …
Cheerfully afoot in Cornwall
Post 5/2025. Carbis Bay, Cornwall UK. Windy. Muddy. Overcast. More rain than needed. Who's complaining? Not me. We arrived on schedule and have had a warm welcome. Marilyn and Steve had us over for morning coffee. On Sunday we attended St Anta & All Saints church. On Wednesday Lynne kindly took us along to do …
No mow May
Post 18/2024 Carbis Bay Cornwall UK. Greening. Blossoming. Sprouting. The natural world is bursting its bounds in spring. The scent of new-mown grass meets us on our walks. Some advocates, though, suggest that in May one should pause mowing. Give bees and butterflies and others a change to flourish. Give place to pollinators and nesting …
Rain reigns, right now
Post 9/2024/Cornwall, England. If I didn't know that rain is water falling in drops from the clouds then I could be susceptible to a conspiracy theory that the recent ever-present clouds with peeks of sun are the result of somebody throwing a wet blanket over normal goings on. Ha. I'm not aware of any such …