Even more Maraise. #hiking #solohiking #vendee #maraise

The Maraise is just really special place to walk. #hiking #solohiking #vendee #maraise

A pod of surfers in the wild.

Walking in The Olonne National Forest. There is a lot of this and not many people.
#hiking #vendee #solohiking #walking

Hoopoe (not a great photo)

Hike 5.7 miles. Sable D’Olonne seafront to La Chaume.

Hike. 7.8 miles. L’Isle D’Olonne marais. A truly amazing landscape. Man made but teeming with wildlife.

Solo Hike. 8 miles. 4th June 2025. Grand Randonnee 8. L’Isle D’Olonne maraise and Cotes Sauvage. Part 2.

Solo Hike. 8 miles. 4th June 2025. Grand Randonnee 8. L’Isle D’Olonne maraise and Cotes Sauvage. Part 1. Was a pretty wet day by scenery was amazing.

Maraise. Bloody autocorrect.

Wet morning heading out into the marause. Vendée here I come.

Fungi and Foxgloves were the main features of today’s hike.

Solo Hike. 24th May 2025. 6 miles. Hampshire. Rake Hangar to Durford Common and onto Petersfield.

Foxgloves are coming into flower

Female Beautiful Demoiselle (I’m fairly sure)

Buzzard

Solo Hike Sunday 18th May. 8 miles from Rake to Petersfield, Hampshire. Walking along Rake Hangar is great I love to see all the dead trees just left adding to the ecology of the woods.

Solo Hike. 16th May 2025 part two. Babies in abundance this time of year.

Solo Hike. 16th May 2025. Walk through QECP to Petersfield and followed by a Lounge breakfast.

Solo Hike 14th May 2025. Part two. Today’s walk was mostly about deer and hares. Always love to see hares on my walks.

Map of route

Breakfast

Butser Hill

Fields

Solo hike 14th May 2025. 7.9 miles. Breakfast with the Skylarks what could be better than joining the river of cars heading to London.

I knew I’d reached Wales

Field near Kymin

Fire left by some idiots wild camping

Highmeadow Woods.

Solo Hike 8th May 2025 part three

Naval monument at Kymin

View over Monmouth

Round House at Kymin

View down River Wye

Solo Hike 8th May 2025 part two

Map of route

Wild garlic in woods

Rope bridge over wye river

Rope bridge over wye river

Solo Hike 8th May 2025. 7.7 miles from Symonds Yat West to Lower Redbrook, Monmouth. Walked through three counties today as the sun tried at times to come out. Looked for boar in the woods but no sign. Plenty of deer.
Excitement was putting out a fire left burning by some idiot wild campers.

Backing Sonny west no less