John Tippetts 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦

It's taken forever but at last I've finished writing my blogs on the 360+ mile Great Chalk Way that I walked last spring & summer from Lyme Regis to Holme-next-the-Sea. #GreatChalkWay #WessexRidgeway #CranborneDrovesWay #SarsenWay #Ridgeway #IcknieldWay #PeddarsWay www.mywalks.uk/others/gcw

A snack for this heron on the K&A Canal at Devizes. The trick is to get the frog in the right position without dropping it! @everyheron.bsky.social #Heron

The Devizes Millennium Chalk Horse above Roundway has just had a much needed makeover with 30 tonnes of new chalk. He looks so much better than he did in August! He was re-chalked by the National Grid and local volunteers as part of a bigger project that is removing pylons by burying power lines.

Many more photos from this year's 21.6 mile Great River Race along the #Thames between Millwall and Ham House, Richmond #greatriverrace flic.kr/s/aHBqjD4RTT

The latest Tideway public space at King Edward Memorial Park is now open. Having visited all the others, IMO it's the best. It provided a great viewing platform to watch the Great River Race yesterday - 21 miles from Millwall to Ham House greatriverrace.org.uk #ThamesPath30 #greatriverrace #Thames

Last year, in walking the Great Chalk Way from Dorset to Norfolk, I chose to reach Avebury from Win Green via Salisbury. I have now walked the alternative route to Avebury by simply continuing along the Wessex Ridgeway. So enjoyable! @theridgewaynt.bsky.social www.mywalks.uk/others/gcw/w...

One of Britain's quirkiest bus routes, the 23A, runs on 1 day a year between Warminster & the deserted village of Imber, through the middle of an MOD training area on Salisbury Plain. Yes - it's Imberbus Day! www.mywalks.uk/post/wessex-... #ImberbusDay #Imber

Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow yesterday afternoon - and all to myself for once. Just so atmospheric & peaceful! @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

My walks along the Wessex Ridgeway introduced me to Devizes, the Kennet & Avon Canal & in particular the Caen Hill Locks. 29 locks rise 237 ft over 2 miles. Photos cover locks 29 to 44. What a beautiful sight! The K&A Canal Walk beckons next for me! Reading to Bristol & on to Avonmouth (maybe!)

Whilst the start/finish of the #ThamesPath is bone dry for much of the year, here's a video I made in 2003 showing that it isn't always like this! Note my words - I'm not getting into any arguments as to the source of the river!! 🤣🤣🤣View in 4K if poss youtu.be/aPWrgCK30SE?... @andysin33.bsky.social

The first 1¼ miles of the #Thames from the start of the Thames Path to the A429 at Kemble. Completely dry of course at this time of year @thamespathnt.bsky.social @andysin33.bsky.social

Happy 30th Birthday to the Thames Path National Trail!

Stage 11 of my #ThamesPath walk today between Lechlade & the Source. Completed the trail the hard way (uphill) albeit the wrong way ( @andysin33.bsky.social ). Had to celebrate in the customary way at the Thames Head. More photos of today’s walk to follow

Stage 10 of my #ThamesPath Sea to Source walk between Newbridge & Lechlade on what was a gorgeous day with loads of people out on the river & walking the trail. Saw 2 families of swans with 7 cygnets in total which was encouraging 😀. Many thanks to the volunteers who keep the grass etc in check 👏👏👏.

Yesterday's Goring to Abingdon walk via #TheRidgeway as far as Wallingford. Met Thames Path Champion Wendy at Clifton Lock. Curtis & his wife have excelled themselves this year with their flower display. Ice cream sales fund more plants, so no need to feel guilty! @thamespathnt.bsky.social

Marsh Lock Horsebridge at Henley. Closed beyond the lock since May 2022. A great loss to the residents of Shiplake and the #ThamesPath. This wonderful bridge must be renovated. If it helps make this happen sooner rather than later, then I'm happy to chip in via the proposed crowd funding

Richly deserved awards presented to Peter & Wendy at the conclusion of the Thames Path 30th Anniversary Relay on Sunday👏👏👏 @riverthamessoc.bsky.social @thamespathnt.bsky.social #NationalTrails #ThamesPath30

I wondered how long it would take before the new Tideway public walkways fell victim to graffiti. Answer - not very long 😡😡😡. Bazelgette Embankment by Blackfriars Bridge

Just your average urban fox having a stroll across Lambeth Bridge. Completely unphased by the traffic #urbanfox

One of the Richmond herons looking out over his domain yesterday afternoon @everyheron.bsky.social

I passed these guys yesterday who were just finishing the #LandAid #ThamesPath Source to Sea non-stop relay race raising money to help young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Teams had to finish in less than 2 days starting on Wednesday evening Well done everyone!

Continuing towards London alongside the #Thames with another 17 miles from Gravesend to Erith. The walk includes a 5½ mile 'detour' along the Rivers Darent & Cray to be able to get to the other side of the mouth of the Darent at the Dartford Creek Barrier - there's just no getting round it!

If you want to avoid the summer crowds along the #Thames I highly recommend this 22 mile walk along the England Coast Path extension from the Isle of Grain in North Kent to Gravesend!

I've now completed the alternative way to walk the #GreatChalkWay between Win Green & Overton Down. Am now happy that I've well and truly completed the GCW! Further stages to follow #wessexridgeway www.mywalks.uk/post/stage-28-wessex-ridgeway-ludwell-to-hindon-may-23rd-2026

Chelsea Quay on the north bank of the #Thames opposite Battersea Park. 1 of the new riverside spaces resulting from the Thames Tideway project.

Yesterday the #ThamesPath 30th Anniversary Source to Woolwich Relay began with a short walk to Ashton Keynes. Seen off by Dame Fiona Reynolds, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire (who did most of the walk) & local MP Roz Savage. Lot of fun! Future legs here - nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails...

The Icknield Way passes through the village of Linton in Cambridgeshire. I missed its most wonderful piece of engineering when I walked the trail last year, so I had to return. I give you the Linton Clapper Stile! A Grade II Listed Monument & 1 of just a few such stiles remaining in the UK!

We’re on a road to Nowhere! #FingerPostFriday #WessexRidgeway #Warminster

Looking down at Coney’s Castle from Lambert’s Castle Hill. It’s behind the pylon & mostly hidden by the tree covering. It’s a much smaller Iron Age hillfort than Lambert’s. The woodland along the ramparts are covered with bluebells in springtime. #WessexRidgeway #GreatChalkWay #Bluebells

Lambert’s Castle Hill 846 feet high overlooking topped by an Iron Age hill fort that is around 2,500 years old. The hilltop was used as a racecourse at some stage and was also the site of a fair for over 200 years until 1947. Fabulous 360° views. #WessexRidgeway #GreatChalkWay

The very pretty village of Ashmore along the route of the Wessex Ridgeway is the highest village in Dorset. At this time of year, the nearby Ashmore Wood provides a spectacular display of bluebells. Photos can never fully do it justice! #WessexRidgeway #GreatChalkWay #bluebells