An #ambling gait or amble was any of several four-beat intermediate horse gaits, all of which were faster than a walk but usually slower than a canter and always slower than a gallop.

Moorland scene, a concrete trig point marker high on a boggy moorland plateau with a small toy dog on top of it, a cocker spaniel in a black and yellow coat is leaning on the marker looking up at the toy; the weather is very grey and misty

Moorland scene, a cocker spaniel in a yellow and black coat is walking across a bridge made of large flat stones over a fast-flowing brook on a misty day

A misty woodland scene looking out over a lake, on the near bank a black rucksack with red piping, a small toy dog and a cocker spaniel in a yellow and black coat look out over the water

A wooden table in a pub beer garden, a pint of staropramen and a bag of pipers cheese and onion crisps on the corner of the table beside a small stuff toy dog; on the bench a black rucksack with red piping and a blue fold-out seat map, on the ground beyond it, a cocker spaniel sits in a yellow and black coat

Good evening Blueskies! Well, that was Saturday. Mizzly amble, but we took m’colleague’s dog fren Biscuit with us, mainly because he belongs to ED forgot him when moving stuff to her hour so we’re sending pics of him to mess with her head. What larks. #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

🏆🐔 Victory in Chicken Road 2!
That was INSANE 😱🔥
Adrenaline, laughter, and pure hype under the blue sky of gaming 🎮💙
My reaction says it all 😂💪
If you’ve played it — you know. If not — you should! 🚀
#ChickenRoad2 #Gaming #BlueSkyGaming #Victory #Reaction #EpicWin #ambling

After a thoroughly wet and manky day it definitely felt like a bit of a release to actually get outside after work. Just a short stroll down to the river Welland but definitely feel better for it!
#stamford
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Moorland view, a cocker spaniel sitting looking out over a wide valley from high on a hill, sitting beside the photographer’s boots, cloudy skies overhead

Good evening Blueskies. Where might we have been? #Ambling

Moorland scene, looking down towards Manchester from Holcombe Hill, a stone tower with a square base on the right of the picture

A stone wall beside a path high on a moorland hill, a square stone chimney along the path which leads along the high ground

Moorland scene, a concrete trig point marker on a grassy summit, the far hills lost in the mist

Moorland scene, a concrete trig point marker on a grassy summit, in the middle distance a red flag on a flag poll

Good evening Blueskies! Been ambling and that. Solo, but took in two trigs and saw some fun wildlife. Also, looked out over to the office, for some always welcome perspective, and took in some industrial archaeology on the tops #ambling

"Oh..." Lark replied, "strange it sounds, I know nothing of my poor husband's family. As I was #ambling back from town, I found a well-bred youth lying naked by a stream. He'd been waylaid & hit on the head by passing highwaymen, & he never even recalled his own name."

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They called Joey Amato the #Ambling Man because he never hurried. When he got a contract, his marks would run and hide, but Joey always found them, slowly, inexorably, that quiet smile on his face when he pulled the trigger like he’d just finished a nice evening stroll.

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Bob enjoyed #ambling through the local bookshop, searching for a new book to read. He felt a special thrill when the latest edition of the Guinness World Records was released. The book contained many random facts that he couldn't wait to share with Nora.

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A stone tower monument high on a hill, a cocker spaniel on a track leading up to the tower

A large square chimney high on a moor, a cocker spaniel on a grassy track beside the chimney

Two stone walls high on a moor, on either side of a path strewn with stones, a cocker spaniel walking between them

Screen shot of the Ordnance Survey app showing the route of our walk today, with data on the walk: distance 12.84 miles, total time 4h 35’, moving time 4h 14m, avg speed 2.8 mph, total ascent 1919ft, total descent 1916 descent

Good evening Blueskies! Have some amble pics, you deserve it. Good one today, nearly 13 miles. Did us good, although we apparently ended up three feet higher than when we started #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

Moorland scene, a cocker spaniel beside a concrete trig point marker on top of a wide hilltop beneath a blue sky with fluffy white clouds

Moorland scene, a field of cotton grass beneath a blue sky with fluffy white clouds, a cocker spaniel stands among the cotton

A cocker spaniel on a moorland track overlooking a valley beneath a blue sky with fluffy white clouds

A large stone tower on a square base on top of a moorland hill, a stone path leads up toward it, a cocker spaniel stands on grass beside the path looking away across the moor

Goodness it’s late, been catching up with #DrWho (superb); some amble pics before bed, I think…. #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

A close up of a patch of wild strawberries on a hillside

Moorland scene, a cocker spaniel stands near a concrete trig point marker on top of a wide grassy moor beneath a cloudy sky

A view of moors through a rectangular hole in the bottom of a stone wall

View from high on a moor, a cocker spaniel sitting on the grass facing the camera beside a pair of bare legs wearing walking boots beneath a blue sky with some cloud cover

Good evening Blueskies! Been ambling, we found some wild strawberries! Not ripe yet. Also got in some wittertainment and some war waffle on my podcasts. Here are some amble pics, to be going on with. #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

Moorland scene, a path of flagstones stretching off into the distance, a cocker spaniel on the path looking away to the horizon

Moorland view out over a wide valley, a cocker spaniel looking out over the view side a pair of boots on the end of a pair bare legs

A sheep with a lamb peeping round its legs high on moorland

A stream on moorland, exposed stones on the bank at the foot of a slope, a cocker spaniel on the top of the stones looking off to the left

Very pleasant out today. Bit nippy on the tops but good when the sun came out… #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

A cocker spaniel sitting on a rough muddy track on moor side, a large stone tower on top of the slope hidden in low cloud

Moorland view, a stone flag path leading to a stone tower with a square base, views over the city of Manchester, a cocker spaniel stands near the path staring out over the city

Good evening Blueskies! Bit misty on the tops today, although it blew away as we wandered around, and we managed to avoid the rain until the very end of the amble, as can be seen from these pics of the tower either end of the walk #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

Moorland landscape, a cocker spaniel stands near a concrete trig point marker high on a moor, beneath blue skies with fluffy white clouds; wind turbines can be seen in the distance on other hills

A flower in grass on moorland , the picture taken from ground level beside stone flag, in the distance, out of focus, clouds in a blue sunny sky and the hint of a dog further down the path

A wooden footbridge in woodland in a moorland valley, a cocker spaniel walking onto the bridge beneath bright sunshine which has created halos across the picture

A series of waterfalls in a wooded valley, a cocker spaniel up the slope looking at the water

Some more amble pics from earlier before we retire for the foreshortened night; always better with a bit of sun. #Ambling

A square based stone tower on top of a moorland hill, the sun gleaming through the junction of the tower’s base and the main body of the tower. Behind the tower blue skies with streaks of thin cloud

Landscape of a moorland hilltop, a square tower known as the left and bright sunshine in a blue sky with wisps of cloud

Moorland landscape, the slope of a hill going up from left to right; a square stone tower on the top of the slope, overhead clouds stained by the setting sun in a blue sky

Some nice views of the tower from this afternoon’s amble. We do need to find some new places to walk, but we are creatures of habit. #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling

Moorland landscape, a cocker spaniel walking toward a trig point marker

Moorland landscape, a cocker spaniel on a track on the hill, a patch of pink sunset over the clouds over the far hills

A square stone tower on the edge of a moorland landscape

Night over a city viewed from a hill, a torch beam illuminates a cocker spaniel looking out over the city

Some more pics from our amble this afternoon. #Hiking #Rambling #Ambling