Walks5 min read
Porlock Weir to Lynmouth on the coast path
Twelve miles of woodland, combe and cliff between a Somerset harbour and a Devon one, past a very small church and over the county line.
The Journal
Journal
Walks, places and night skies near our houses, written from the National Parks’, the National Trust’s and the coast path’s own guidance, with every source listed.
All stories
Places5 min read
The Valley of Rocks, above the sea at Lynton
A riverless valley of old stone and feral goats, reached on foot from Lynton along North Walk, with poets, a witch and a water-powered railway along the way.
Night sky5 min read
Exmoor’s dark skies
Europe’s first International Dark Sky Reserve, and where on the moor to stand when the lights go out: the spots, the seasons and what to pack.
Walks5 min read
Heather and heath on Iping and Stedham Commons
A short, level circuit on the lowland heath west of Midhurst, and the longer Serpent Trail stage that links Midhurst, Stedham and Iping commons.
Letters from the country.
New houses before they go anywhere else, the occasional late gap, and a walk or a pub worth the drive.