Ruth Livingstone
My book: Walking the English Coast
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Winfield’s Award
Killer Cows: Killer Cows
Suggestions to improve footpath safety
There is often a bad’un in a herd and she is a catalyst for the others.
Surrounded and trampled by cows
I ended up on the ground, being trampled under the hooves of 10 or 15 cows.
Chased out of the field!
One particular cow made straight for us.
Tag Archives: marsh
303 Dumfries to New Abbey
I stomp through a marsh, startle a deer, hear a woodpecker, and arrive at a sweetheart abbey. Continue reading
301 Brow Well to Glencaple
Road, road, and yet more boring old road. But the trip up Ward Law hill makes it all worthwhile. Continue reading
300 Annan to Clarencefield
I discover Core Paths, and the perils of Scottish pronunciation. Continue reading
297 Glasson to Carlisle
I follow an invisible Hadrian’s Wall, scramble through marshes and reach the banks of Eden. Continue reading
Posted in 17 North West England
Tagged Hadrian's Wall, hiking, marsh, photography, travel
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296 am Whitrigg to Bowness-on-Solway
I walk along the edge of a marsh, past arrays of both modern and ancient defence systems. Continue reading
294 pm Silloth to Abbeytown
Obstructed stiles, barbed wire, and deep mud. Not an easy walk! Continue reading
294 am Silloth to Abbeytown
I reach Grune Point, and discover a mysterious path across the marsh. Continue reading
285 pm Broughton to Haverigg
When I look out across the marsh I get a shock! The muddy channels are filling with water. Continue reading
284 Kirkby-in Furness to Broughton-
This is the sort of day – and the type of scenery – which makes for joyful walking. I could walk for ever… Continue reading
283pm Askam to Kirkby-in-Furness
The path is clear and dry… until I come to a point where the bank has been destroyed. Continue reading
