I’m a regular walker. I like walking. I can walk for hours and miles and years. I like to walk up a mountain or around the Phoenix Park perimeter for exercise. I like walking the hard sand on beaches, along the canal near Sallins, to Terminal 1 in Heathrow, through the forests in Lough Key forest park, over and back on the Golden Gate and back into downtown, the coastal walk from Coogee to Bondi, the vast stretches of Wexford’s beaches, the retired volcanos on an Indian Ocean paradise, Portmarnock strand with the sand blowing across the surface, slowly down the middle of O’Connell Street and along the boardwalk to Capel Street and then over to Smithfield along the Luas track, the west pier in Dun Laoghaire, the South Bull wall, around the lost valley of Gougane Barra where I might get married under a cloak of mist.
I journey on.
Gougane Barra
The ramblings of Holemaster have never been more apt.
You do walk a lot! I like to walk too, it’s along time since I’ve just been on a random ramble though…well a few weeks ago down and around Dun Laoghaire pier counts, I’m sure
Up to north end of Ibn Givrol St. turn left down walkway, then right to bank of Yarkon River. Bear left over the wooden bridge, then left onto the right bank – Yarkon Park. Follow the river to the canoe center, bear left over the humpback bridge to the bank opposite Reading power station. The river now joins the sea and you turn left onto the long wooden Mediterranean boardwalk, and it’s a long hike with the sun sinkingon your right all the way down the coast past the harbour, then the Hilton, Carlton and Sheraton on the promenade until you reach the corner to turn onto Gordon St. Pause to admire the sunset, then continue along this street of art galleries to turn right on Frishman and keep walking till you reach Bleecker cafe. Stop for a perfect cappucino. That’s one hour twenty minutes, five days a week. Perfect.
True Radge and I just noticed that most of them are near water.
Whoops, walking is liberating.
Ailine, I imagine the eastern Med coast is bliss.
Partial to a bit of wandering over mountains myself.
You should do a pilgrimmage walk, like the Campo de Santiago or something.
Wonderful walks. You get to see and feel.
The Coogee to Bondi walk at night is where I first saw bioluminescence. Blew my mind. I also did that stretch, not on the cliff path, but across the rocks and broken away cliffs down at the bottom by the ocean. Blew my legs and arms.
Gougane Barra looks incredible, never been there.
I was remembering the Coogee to Bondi walk earlier this week!
Jo, thought about that alright. My sister cycled it.
Meadow and LK, funny how we’ve all done that walk and now here we are.
Gougane Barra is a magical spot.
Lovely post.
Great images….lough key is cool innit
Nice post HM.
I think I’m learning to appreciate a good walk as I get a little older. I had always thought of walking as slow and overrated but it certainly has its charms.
On another note this post reminded me of song by Lemon Jelly called Rambling Man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP-N9057wiQ