If you’re looking for a bit of greenery in Cambridge you can look no further than the Backs and Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen Nature Reserves. It can be found along the west bank of the River Cam and steps away from the busier streets of the city.
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Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen, Cambridge
Categories: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Tags: green space, nature, photo post, river, river cam, river walk, walk
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Colwick Woods, Nottingham
One Sunday last month it was a surprisingly sunny day and I decided to venture out to Colwick Woods. I’d realised while looking at new to me green spaces in Nottingham that although I’ve been to Colwick Country Park a number of times I’d never been to the nearby woods. 50 hectares large it is an ancient woodland that has been around since at least the early 1600s and even possibly longer as well as part of it being farmland that was abandoned in the 1950s.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: history, nature, nottingham, photo post, sculpture, walk, wood
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Bulwell Hall Park, Nottingham
As part of my not at all regular exploration of Nottingham’s green spaces, on Monday I headed with my Dad to Bulwell Hall Park, five miles to the north of Nottingham city centre. I hadn’t even known the place existed and my dad wanted to show me some places he went with my mum when they were first engaged. We drove there and parked in what was described as the overflow car park [free] just short of the track that leads to the car park for the golf course, which I also hadn’t realised was there. I actually worked in Bulwell many years ago but never really had time to explore the area. I spotted a bus stop for the No. 70 bus very close by to the entrance which would be the best way of getting there on public transport.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: history, lake, nature, nature trail, nottingham, photo post, walk
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Gedling Country Park – December 2023
Last Boxing Day my Dad and I decided to go for a walk around Gedling Country Park for a bit of fresh air and nature. Lots of other people, and their dogs, had had a similar idea so we did have to wait about 10 minutes before we could find a parking spot but after that the park is so big that it was easy not to feel crowded.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: history, holocaust memorial, nature, park, photo post, statue, walk
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The Great Orme via West Shore Beach, Llandudno
After visiting the West Shore Beach and walking all the way to Deganwy and back I then ventured partly up the Great Orme. I didn’t venture very far; I’d done a considerable amount of walking by that point but as it was the last day of my holiday I pushed on for a bit to see the views from this side of the Orme.
Categories: Llandudno, Wales
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, goat, nature, photo post, view, walk, wildlife
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The Great Orme via East Side Marine Drive, Llandudno
There are many ways to travel around the Great Orme. On my last trip I ended up walking it a great deal. I’ve already written about going up to see the Pen-Y-Dinas Hillfort, but later that same day I walked down from the Botanical Gardens and along Marine Drive. I wasn’t particularly planning on going all the way round or to the top – the Drive is around four miles long and it was quite late in the afternoon when I started, but I decided just to wander for a bit and see what I found.
Categories: Llandudno, Wales
Tags: Great Orme, history, nature, photo post, sea, view, walk, walking trail
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Colwick Country Park – September 2023
Recently needing to de-stress after a particularly busy week at work I ventured out to Colwick Country Park with my dad, prompted to do so by a recent council email about improvements to the footpaths at the park. A huge park with lakes and a marina that was opened in 1978 we were impressed with the new pathways – much more comfortable to walk on and far better for pushchairs and wheelchair uses.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: bird, british wildlife, country park, duck, nature, nottingham, park, photo post, swan, walk, white swan, wildliefe
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Gwydir Uchaf Chapel and Gwydir Forest Park, Llanrwst, Wales
On leaving Gwydir Castle I was heading back towards Llanrwst when I spotted some stone steps leading up the side of a hill opposite. Intrigued I decided to investigate. It lead me up a steep winding path through dense trees with birds that I heard but couldn’t see singing all around me.
Categories: Llanrwst, Wales
Tags: chapel, church, history, nature, photo post, view, walk
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Llanrwst, Wales
Llanrwst is a small market town less than a mile from the edge of Snowdonia. My main purpose for visiting was to go to Gwydir Castle (which will feature in a later post) but I also had time to wander around the town. It was easy to get to from Llandudno Junction Railway Station (just across the bridge from Conwy) though there were at the time of writing only about four trains a day and only a couple that were actually helpful for my needs. Note there is a North Llanrwst Station and a Llanrwst – for the town and castle you’ll want Llanrwst (North Llanrwst is a request stop so if you do want to get off here make yourself known to the train staff). As you can see the railway station is one of the smallest I’ve been to.
Categories: Llanrwst, Wales
Tags: architecture, cow, history, nature, photo post, Wales, walk
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Arnot Hill Park, Nottingham
Nottingham has a great deal of green spaces many of which I’ve never actually visited, so this year I’ve decided to try and visit more of them. Arnot Hill Park was the first of these, which I picked solely because I happened to be roughly in the area on the day. It was easy to get to by bus – there’s a stop right outside the entrance on Nottingham Road.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, art work, bird, duck, Geese, history, nature, nottingham, outdoor art, park, photo post, swan, walk
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