Month: July 2022

I have had two pictures in from Ian Crosby relating to our walk at Wakerley Wood on 30 July 2022.  I do hope we have some more – please email Tony@schools.co.uk if you took any. Meanwhile I am re-running the notes that were previously posted ahead of this walk,...

What does the Forestry Commission say about forest bathing? “This Japanese practice is a process of relaxation; known in Japan as shinrin yoku. The simple method of being calm and quiet amongst the trees, observing nature around you whilst breathing deeply can help both adults and children de-stress and boost health...

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I was sent this pictures a little while back but owing to a surfeit of incompetence didn’t put them up on the website. Terribly sorry, for they are most certainly worth recording as part of our history. The cakes of 1971 and 2021. Tony  ...

There are three fundamentals to a Peterborough Ramblers walk.  The first is the natural world of plants and animals.   And these are usually to be found a-plenty hither and thither. Now as an urbanite myself I found this distinction between the two a little unsettling at first but gradually...

Pictures by Jonathan Bridgland, commentary by Sir Hardly Anyone  Now, at the heart of it is this.  With Peterborough Ramblers, water is rather important.  Not that every single walk is beside a river but we do have within our territory one rather large watery whatnot, and that is the...

Pictures from Jackie Markley    ...

This set of pictures continues from the Wansford Walk Part I which you can reach via the link, and which took place on 30 Jun 2022. I think the point illustrated by this set of pictures is very much that our walks are not just hikes across farmland and...

  Pictures for this walk from Simon Bradford. Commentary by Tony Attwood And it must be noted at once that this walk started with a very rare happening.   As the usual suspects gathered at the nominated starting point mobiles started to ring with reports of our companions stuck in...

Pictures by Jonathan Bridgland, commentary by Sir Hardly Anyone. Disappearing into the distance is something that Peterborough Ramblers often seem to be doing, at least according to our photographic record, and the Clipsham Walk of June 2022 was no exception. For indeed distance was there something of which on...