Where do you go for a walk? with pictures

anon26275971 · 5 July 2019 06:06

like if you were gonna for a walk, where would you go?

i walk around rivington.

some rich old bugger in the 1900s spent a fortune building a load of fake castles and cool looking footbridges there for no good reason.

been walking around there since i could walk, everything is dilapidated and bollocksed now but it adds to the charm. there used to be a mosaic the size of a 5 a side pitch but it’s been slowly chipped away for mementos, only a few patches left.

my dad saw hawkwind play from sunset to sunrise on the roof of this building there -

you can see the hill from 50 miles south on a clear day, and when we came home from holiday in wales as a kid my mum would always say ‘there’s our hill, we’re nearly home’. there;s been a beacon tower on it for a millennia. it’s among the best places in the world.

sorry drunk & maudlin today.

ynot · 7 July 2020 23:06

I live close to thr North Downs Way snd theres plenty more nice countryside near me.

I do like a walk around Happy Valley between Caterham and Coulsdon,

This year I’m hoping to go out hiking more often, just need to find more time for it.

anon26275971 · 7 February 2018 23:57

beautiful place that man. love footpaths worn in grassland.

midnightpunk · 8 July 2020 00:35

Walking to work (post bus), in Smethwick, 5 months back.

laelfy · 8 July 2020 05:12

There’s a walk along the river in Oxford that I do a lot, lots of locks, boat houses, rogue cows and geese.

And a walk along Turnberry golf course that we do when we go to stay at our caravan.

And a walk I like to do in Arran - this loch is half way up a mountain.

Mostly I think I just like being by water

anon16531887 · 8 February 2018 00:00

That looks really cool, recently I’ve been thinking about trying to find some decent dilapidated buildings and old man-made structures to take photos in, but I don’t really know any. I live in Devon so I couldn’t be much further away from this place really

Funkhouser · 8 July 2020 05:13

We’re staying with my parents for a bit while our flat purchase goes through so been enjoying my native South Hams and going for walks for the first time in years. Hope Cove is a good spot

And the village we’re in isn’t bad either

laelfy · 8 February 2018 00:07

My friend has a holiday flat in Thurlestone so we walk along to Hope Cove and beyond a lot. It’s a nice spot.

anon26275971 · 8 July 2020 05:12

it’s a bit of an odd one cause a lot of the structures, like the big castle, were built to be ruins.

and now they’re over a century old & falling down for real. weird old game.

think about the poor bastards who had to shoulder all that stone from the quarry just so a rich guy could have a pretend castle.

i’m sure there are a load of rundown old heaps in devon too!

Funkhouser · 8 February 2018 00:11

That walk is really nice. Especially now HC has the best bar/restaurant in the area. Growing up here I never appreciated just how nice it is until I’d come back for visits once I’d left. Being back for an extended period has given me a chance to re-explore and I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

laelfy · 8 February 2018 00:13

Have you been to the little seafood shack at Thurlstone? They do amazing prawns and lobster.

Funkhouser · 8 February 2018 00:15

Not yet but I’ve heard good things. There are some really good places springing up at the moment, when I last lived here 15 years ago you’d be lucky to get a bag of chips after 8pm and that was at weekends.

LilWoodyToodelly · 5 July 2019 06:06

big fan of walking across this bad boi

rich-t · 8 February 2018 08:10

Me nan lived in Darwen and I used to love a walk through Sunnyhurst park then up to the jubilee tower at the top of the Moors, overlooking the town. Great views on a clear day

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