In his memoir “Things Become Other Things,” the writer, photographer and walker finds beauty in what’s vanishing, one step, one story, one cup of coffee at a time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/16/books/craig-mod-things-become-other-things/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books#craigmod #hiking #walking #kissaten
Michael Bacon
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#ChapelHillNC & #CarrboroNC are still digging out from TS #Chantal. Damage to sidewalks, bike paths, & other non-car infrastructure is widespread, but crews are out busting their butts to fix stuff.
Many ways to document problems to #walking & #biking connections, incl. go.unc.edu/chantalbikeped
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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Another Bridgend Ramblers walking making use of Pencoed Footpath 5 running from Hendre, south of the M4 to Woodlands Fields. Access was a bit of a challenge with two stiles not making things easy for walkers. #Ramblers#Access#RightsOfWay#Footpaths#Hendre#Pencoed#Walking #Wales#Cymru
Struggling to get over the stile with the walkers due to barbed wire and a very wobbly stile.
One of the stiles that was difficult to climb over. IT wasn't wide enough, there was barbed wire and the standing plank was at the wrong angle meaning you had to be a gymnast to safely pass.
Pencoed Footpath 5 route (enlarge to see the detail)
Walkers striding down into the valley from Hendre
With solstice comes Pitcher’s thistle in bloom. The arrival I most anticipate, a sweet friend faithful on the dunes amid long and sometimes grueling days of fieldwork.
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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Went on a guided group walk in a new area today. Luckily, the other people weren’t that chatty, so it wasn’t too traumatic 🤣
#Walking#Northumberland
Colour photograph of a broad valley in bright sunshine, scattered with small copses of green trees, and bright yellow gorse. A hill rises on the horizon. The sky is cloudy, with some blue.
Colour photograph of a stretch of rough grass, with hills receding into the distance. A tiny patch of gorse provides a splash of bright coloured in the mid ground. The sky is mostly big white clouds, with a little blue.
Colour photograph of a rocky outcrop, the summit of the Schil. Views over distant valleys and hills. Grey cloudy sky.
Colour photograph of a post and wire fence running across the frame, through a grassy upland landscape. There is cotton grass in the foreground. Sky is overcast.