Woodland & Forest Walks Trails, Accommodation Ideas & Backpacking Adventures

Mount Fuji Yoshida Trail – Climbing Japan’s Highest Peak at (3,776m) from Yamanashi, the North Side.

12 September 2025 No Comments

The Yoshida Trail is the most popular route up Mount Fuji, starting from the 5th…

Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage (Temples 1–6, Tokushima): Starting at Ryozen-ji passing shrines, farm lanes and quiet suburban streets to reach Anraku-ji, Shikoku, Japan.

6 September 2025 No Comments

This featured day walk covers Temples 1–6 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, starting at Ryozen-ji and…

Nakasendō Trail (Kiso Valley), Magome to Tsumago – One of Edo-period Japan’s great highways with mountain passes between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo).

3 September 2025 No Comments

The Nakasendō was one of Edo-period Japan’s great highways, threading mountain passes between Kyoto and…

Kōyasan Choishi-michi Trail from Kudoyama (Jison-in) to Kōyasan – Sacred Pilgrimage via Mount Kōya, Japan

31 August 2025 No Comments

The Choishi-michi is the classic pilgrim approach to Kōyasan. Beginning at Jison-in in Kudoyama, it…

Kohechi Route, Kii Mountains from Kōyasan to Hongu, crossing 1,000m-class passes and dropping into remote river valleys – Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail, Japan

28 August 2025 No Comments

The Kohechi cuts straight through the heart of the Kii Mountains from Kōyasan to Hongu,…

Hiking the Nakahechi Trail, Kumano Kodo, a UNESCO World Heritage Pilgrimage Route Guide – The Kii Peninsula (Wakayama), Japan.

26 August 2025 No Comments

The Nakahechi is the most popular section of the Kumano Kodo, one of only two…

Waun Fach Circular – 16 km Ridge Walk from Mynydd Du Car Park, via Chwarel y Fan, Rhos Dirion and Pen y Manllwyn.

27 July 2025 2 Comments

This classic high ridge walk (approx. 16 km / 10 miles) explores the eastern escarpment of the…

Buttermere Circular Walk – One of the Lake District’s Best Low-Level All Abilities Lake Walks.

28 May 2025 No Comments

If you’re looking for an easy, photogenic walk in the Lake District, Buttermere is a…

Richmond Park Circular Walk – The Tamsin Trail & King Henry’s Mound has Wild Deer, Views & Woodland in the Heart of Greater London.

23 May 2025 No Comments

Richmond Park is one of the best urban walking spots in the UK. Despite being…

Llanthony Priory circular up to Hatterall ridge via Black Mountain South Top, along Offa’s Dyke path on the Wales, England border.

21 April 2025 No Comments

LLanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian Priory, in the secluded Vale of Ewyas,…

Clytha Park Circular Walk – Coed y Bwnydd Iron Age Hillfort, Bettws Newydd Hamlet & Clytha Castle Folly.

30 October 2024 No Comments

Ramble through an 18th-century estate, taking in the wildlife-rich River Usk and Coed y Bwnydd…

Beacon Batch on Black Down Hill, Circular Hike through Rowberrow Warren Wood, Mendip Hills, Somerset

26 September 2024 No Comments

Cheddar Gorge has so much to offer, we walked the 'Cliff-Top Circular Walk', had magnificent…

Cheddar Gorge Cliff-Top Circular Walk, Jacob’s Ladder & Lookout Tower overlooking the Mendips.

4 August 2024 No Comments

Cheddar Gorge has so much to offer, we walked the 'Cliff-Top Circular Walk', had magnificent…

The Skirrid (Ysgyryd Fawr) Circular Walk in the Black Mountains, Abergavenny

26 April 2024 No Comments

The Skirrid is the smallest of the 3 in Abergavenny, but I think it may…

4 Waterfalls Walk from Gwaun Hepste Car Park – Brecon Beacons National Park

4 April 2024 No Comments

The Four Waterfalls Walk in the Bannau Brycheiniog is one of the best walks you…

Sugar Loaf, Abergavenny – Up St Mary’s Vale Wood, Down Deri Allt Valley

13 January 2024 No Comments

This is the very first mountain I hiked up, and for a long time it…

Blorenge Circular Walk, from Llanfoist nr. Abergavenny – via the Punchbowl & Keepers Pond

9 October 2023 2 Comments

The Blorenge is one of three mountains that surround the town of Abergavenny, the other…

Crickhowell, Llangattock Escarpment circular up to Craig Y Cilau & visit Eglwys Faen or Church Cave

4 July 2023 No Comments

Crickhowell and Llangattock have a large number of hiking and walking routes in and around…

Twmbarlwm Circular Walk – Iron Age Hill Fort walk above Cwmcarn, South Wales

6 June 2023 No Comments

Many people will know this area for different reasons, the Cwmcarn forest drive is very…

Symonds Yat Circular Walk – King Arthurs Cave, Biblins Bridge, Hearkening Rock, Symonds Yat Rock & the River Wye

13 April 2023 8 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/embed/cFSD2L2XZyk At Symonds Yat the views and the natural beauty are the star attractions, but…

Bristol – Clifton Suspension Bridge, Leigh Woods, the Rock Slide, River Avon & Clifton Observatory Circular

17 March 2023 No Comments

All of my walking guides and adventures are free to read, and always will be.…

All Posts Monmouth Trail Guide Wales Woodland & Forest Walks

The Kymin Circular, Monmouth – River Wye, Wye Valley Walk, Redbrook and the Offas Dyke Path

8 February 2023 No Comments

Take a blanket and a bit of food and relax by the river under a…

Sugar Loaf Circular, Abergavenny – Classic, Easier, Shorter Route

12 January 2023 4 Comments

This is the very first mountain I hiked up, and for a long time it…

All Posts Tintern Trail Guide Wales Woodland & Forest Walks

Wye Valley Walk – Old Station Tintern, Cleddon Falls, River Wye back to Brockweir Bridge Circular

12 January 2023 3 Comments

The Wye Valley Walk can be picked up at various points, and just outside Tintern…

All Posts Chepstow Trail Guide Wales Woodland & Forest Walks

Chepstow, Tutshill, Lancaut Walk, Wintour’s Leap, Woodcroft Circular – Monmouthshire

17 November 2022 No Comments

Described as one of the most diverse wooded areas in Britain, you are walking through…

All Posts Tintern Trail Guide Wales Woodland & Forest Walks

Chepstow 365 Steps, Tintern Abbey & Local Industrial History, St Arvans Circular

1 August 2022 No Comments

The Wye Valley is such a beautiful area. This route starts at Lower Wyndcliff car…

Crickhowell to Sugar Loaf Circular Walk, Abergavenny, Black Mountains

29 July 2022 No Comments

It's amazing how many of our walks have started in Crickhowell, and they are all…

Roamless eSIM Review – The One-SIM Travel Solution. I travelled through France, Italy & Switzerland and it actually works!

Corvara to Pisciadù Waterfall via Tru dles Cascades, Passo Gardena & Rifugio Jimmy to Colfosco Loop – Dolomites

Review: Decathlon Quechua Hiking Boots MH100: Budget Boots, are they Punching above their Weight?

Pralongià Plateau Panorama Loop from Corvara, viewpoints of the Sella, Marmolada and Sassongher – Dolomites, Italy

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Mount Fuji Yoshida Trail – Climbing Japan’s Highest Peak at (3,776m) from Yamanashi, the North Side.

Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage (Temples 1–6, Tokushima): Starting at Ryozen-ji passing shrines, farm lanes and quiet suburban streets to reach Anraku-ji, Shikoku, Japan.

Nakasendō Trail (Kiso Valley), Magome to Tsumago – One of Edo-period Japan’s great highways with mountain passes between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo).

Kōyasan Choishi-michi Trail from Kudoyama (Jison-in) to Kōyasan – Sacred Pilgrimage via Mount Kōya, Japan

Kohechi Route, Kii Mountains from Kōyasan to Hongu, crossing 1,000m-class passes and dropping into remote river valleys – Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail, Japan

Hiking the Nakahechi Trail, Kumano Kodo, a UNESCO World Heritage Pilgrimage Route Guide – The Kii Peninsula (Wakayama), Japan.

Waun Fach Circular – 16 km Ridge Walk from Mynydd Du Car Park, via Chwarel y Fan, Rhos Dirion and Pen y Manllwyn.

Buttermere Circular Walk – One of the Lake District’s Best Low-Level All Abilities Lake Walks.

Richmond Park Circular Walk – The Tamsin Trail & King Henry’s Mound has Wild Deer, Views & Woodland in the Heart of Greater London.

Llanthony Priory circular up to Hatterall ridge via Black Mountain South Top, along Offa’s Dyke path on the Wales, England border.

Clytha Park Circular Walk – Coed y Bwnydd Iron Age Hillfort, Bettws Newydd Hamlet & Clytha Castle Folly.

Beacon Batch on Black Down Hill, Circular Hike through Rowberrow Warren Wood, Mendip Hills, Somerset

Cheddar Gorge Cliff-Top Circular Walk, Jacob’s Ladder & Lookout Tower overlooking the Mendips.

The Skirrid (Ysgyryd Fawr) Circular Walk in the Black Mountains, Abergavenny

4 Waterfalls Walk from Gwaun Hepste Car Park – Brecon Beacons National Park

Sugar Loaf, Abergavenny – Up St Mary’s Vale Wood, Down Deri Allt Valley

Blorenge Circular Walk, from Llanfoist nr. Abergavenny – via the Punchbowl & Keepers Pond

Crickhowell, Llangattock Escarpment circular up to Craig Y Cilau & visit Eglwys Faen or Church Cave

Twmbarlwm Circular Walk – Iron Age Hill Fort walk above Cwmcarn, South Wales

Symonds Yat Circular Walk – King Arthurs Cave, Biblins Bridge, Hearkening Rock, Symonds Yat Rock & the River Wye

Bristol – Clifton Suspension Bridge, Leigh Woods, the Rock Slide, River Avon & Clifton Observatory Circular

The Kymin Circular, Monmouth – River Wye, Wye Valley Walk, Redbrook and the Offas Dyke Path

Sugar Loaf Circular, Abergavenny – Classic, Easier, Shorter Route

Wye Valley Walk – Old Station Tintern, Cleddon Falls, River Wye back to Brockweir Bridge Circular

Chepstow, Tutshill, Lancaut Walk, Wintour’s Leap, Woodcroft Circular – Monmouthshire

Chepstow 365 Steps, Tintern Abbey & Local Industrial History, St Arvans Circular

Crickhowell to Sugar Loaf Circular Walk, Abergavenny, Black Mountains

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