Walking With Brian
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The summer walking trip to London is now an annual pilgrimage for me. This year I booked four nights at the Walrus Hostel in Waterloo,...
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Walking With Brian
Apr 173 min read
Flanders Moss Nature Reserve
Situated between Stirling and Aberfoyle in a far corner of historic Perthshire, Flanders Moss is a vast expanse of ancient landscape. It...
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Walking With Brian
Apr 173 min read
St Vigeans
It was the first day of my Easter holidays and I headed up to Dundee with Nicole, where she had to attend university. After dropping her...
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Mar 254 min read
Dunblane Walk
An ancient royal burgh within the historic County of Perth, Dunblane stands on the banks of the Allan Water and is dominated by the...
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Walking With Brian
Feb 2716 min read
Dundee break
I always have a free Thursday and Friday in the middle of February and this year we booked a hotel in Dundee for a couple of nights....
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Walking With Brian
Jan 227 min read
Peebles railway walk
After the usual prandial excess of the festive period, it was time to clock up some walking mileage. I'd had my eye on the Tweed Railway...
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Walking With Brian
Jan 84 min read
New life spots
When you begin birdwatching, the sightings of different species roll in thick and fast. As time goes on, you reach the point where unique...
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Walking With Brian
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Wilsontown Ironworks
A few months ago, I picked up a leaflet detailing walking trails around the Lanarkshire village of Forth. One route that caught my eye...
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Walking With Brian
Nov 30, 20233 min read
SOC Outing
My wife Nicole started birdwatching a few years ago and has rapidly ascended to an advanced level. I have made more relaxed inroads to...
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Walking With Brian
Nov 16, 20237 min read
West Fife & Clackmannan Way
The newbie cities of Dunfermline and Stirling were once linked by a mainline railway. Passenger services ceased in 1968 and the last...
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Walking With Brian
Oct 30, 20237 min read
Glasgow Magnificent 11
A new waymarked walking trail opened in Glasgow last year. Linking up various green spaces in the south of the city, the Magnificent 11...
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Walking With Brian
Oct 13, 20235 min read
Dundee Green Circular
A 25-mile walking and cycling route encircles the City of Dundee. Most of the pathway is off road and a 10-mile stretch runs along the...
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Walking With Brian
Aug 15, 202316 min read
Angus Glens
Our final road trip of my summer break was a jaunt up to the fringes of the Cairngorms National Park. The Angus Glens lie to the north of...
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Aug 6, 202314 min read
Portsoy Sail Loft
The Moray Firth cuts a large wedge into northeast Scotland. It's southern flank is a coastline we haven't explored to any great extent...
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Walking With Brian
Jul 27, 20237 min read
Forfar Nature Reserves
I have made a few trips up to Angus recently. Nicole sometimes works in Dundee and I take the opportunity to push further afield with the...
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Walking With Brian
Jul 13, 202341 min read
London Calling (again)
Last summer I had an excellent time in London, combining two of my favourite activities - walking and museum visits. I covered around 17...
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Walking With Brian
Jul 3, 20235 min read
Glenrothes walks
A handful of new towns were constructed in central Scotland within two decades of WW2 ending. The aim of the project was to ease...
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Walking With Brian
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Edinburgh tram walk - part 2
When the modern Edinburgh tram system commenced operation in 2014, it was three years late and £375 million over budget. Such scenarios...
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Walking With Brian
Jun 22, 20234 min read
Glasgow northern nature reserves
I constructed a Glasgow walking expedition after noticing the close proximity of Dawsholm Park and Possil Marsh in the northern part of...
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Walking With Brian
Jun 8, 202318 min read
Strathpeffer trip
I always have the first Monday in June off work and we decided to book a long weekend up in the Highlands. After searching Air B&B, we...
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