Walking With Brian
Exploring over the water
I always seem to build up to-do, to-read, to-see, to-visit etc lists. In terms of local walking and exploration, I had a few things...
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Walking With Brian
Nov 18, 20196 min read
Blairadam Forest
I've heard many walkers say they find long forest trails monotonous - particularly if it's a managed plantation of ubiquitous pine. I can...
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Walking With Brian
Nov 12, 201922 min read
Valleyfield Estate
A few miles along the road from me is the ex-mining village of High Valleyfield. Sitting on a ridge of land, the settlement grew around...
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Walking With Brian
Oct 29, 20198 min read
Dunearn and more Devilla
I'm always on the lookout for local hills to climb. A couple of years ago I scaled The Binn which overlooks Burntisland on the Firth of...
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Walking With Brian
Oct 1, 20195 min read
River Clyde Walkway
The 40-mile river trail starts in the middle of Glasgow and winds its way upstream to the historic village of New Lanark. This report...
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Walking With Brian
Sep 28, 20196 min read
Greenock Tunnels
I've been obsessed with dismantled railways ever since my dad took me as a small boy for a tramp along some of the old lines around my...
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Walking With Brian
Sep 17, 20199 min read
Delving into Devilla
The large plantation between Cairneyhill and Kincardine is known as Devilla Forest. Operated by the Forestry Commission, many of the...
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Walking With Brian
Sep 17, 20193 min read
Fife Coast Drive
We live on the western fringes of the Kingdom of Fife, a natural peninsula which juts out between Edinburgh and Dundee. The Fife Coastal...
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Walking With Brian
Sep 5, 20197 min read
Falkirk foray
The weekly bus ticket I use for commuting to work is valid throughout Fife and also includes a few surrounding territories, one of which...
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Walking With Brian
Sep 1, 20196 min read
Red Kite Centre
Nicole and I were sitting in Café Wynd, Dunfermline, trying to think of an interesting bird-related expedition, something different to...
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Walking With Brian
Aug 11, 201912 min read
Back to Brandenburg
I go to eastern Germany a couple of times each year. My wife Nicole is from a region known as the Uckermark which is a rural area north...
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Walking With Brian
Mar 11, 20198 min read
Abandoned in Polmont
On the fringes of Stirlingshire, Polmont is perhaps best known for its young offenders institution. Just outside the town, there is much...
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