Pleased that my short essay about a walk from Halesowen up and over the Clent Hills, has been published in the new Floodgate Press flash e-anthology "The Middle of Everywhere" is available from their website for 99p www.floodgatepress.co.uk/the-middle-o...

This week's new walking route: Goldthorn Park - Sedgley 2.5 miles in the north west Black Country, up and along the Midlands Watershed Ridge, to the summit of Sedgley Beacon, West Midlands county's tallest hill outside the Rowley Hills Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/02/05/g...

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has now gone out to subscribers Ft. new walks in West Midlands and Worcestershire, as well as a Q&A interview with Floodgate Press Check it out👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Bartley Green - Frankley 3.5 miles via Frankley Beeches' summit walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/29/b...

This week's new walking route: Tame Bridge - Aldridge 6.9 miles from the heart of the Black Country to the town of Aldridge via Barr Beacon the 228 metre above sea level tallest hill in northern West Midlands county Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/22/t...

This week's new walking route is: Halesowen - Hagley 8 miles from the Black Country, out to Clent village nestled beneath the Clent Hills in northern Worcestershire Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/15/h...

This week's new walking route is: Dudley - Gornal 4 miles via Barrow Hill. Not Dudley's tallest hill, but at the heart of a nature reserve, a wealth of industrial heritage, and one of its most interesting Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/08/d...

This week's new walking route is: Wolverhampton - Bushbury Hill 3.9 miles through greenspaces in suburban Wolverhampton, to a high ridge on the edge of the city with superb views to its south and west Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/02/w...

Which day walks doable without a car somewhere in the English Midlands were most popular this year? Find out by checking out "Walk Midlands 10 Most Viewed Walks in 2025" walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/31/w...

December 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter went out to subscribers this morning Ft. new walks in Herefordshire, Shropshire and much, much more Check it out👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Peterchurch - Hay-on-Wye 9.1 miles From Peterchurch in the heart of Herefordshire's Golden Valley, up and over the ridge to Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales, the original "book town" Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/27/p...

Delighted that the year closes with my essay "In Critical Praise of Footpaths" being published in issue 2 of @derwent-press.bsky.social The literary journal the Midlands has long been crying out for Buy your hard/soft copy👇 derwentpress.bigcartel.com

This week's new walking route is: Craven Arms - Bishop's Castle 9.1 miles through the hilly south Shropshire countryside, to a tiny yet bustling town, just over a mile east of the Welsh border Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/18/c...

This week's new walking route: Worcester - Great Malvern 10.6 miles from central Worcester over the River Severn and the River Teme, then across the western Severn Valley to the spa town of Malvern in the shadow of the Malvern Hills. Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/11/w...

This week's new walking route is: Chirbury - Montgomery 3.5 miles in the far west of Shropshire, across the Offa's Dyke Path, into Powys in Wales, to Montgomery, Montgomeryshire's ex-county town (amongst the UK's smallest) famed for its ruined castle walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/04/c...

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has just gone out to subscribers Ft. new walking routes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and much, much more Check it out and subscribe👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Rushton Spencer - Flash 8.9 miles in the Staffordshire Peak District, via the famous Lud's Church mossy green chasm Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/11/27/r...

This week's new walking route is: Coleshill - Meriden 7.4 miles in the Warwickshire countryside, to Meriden in the West Midlands. Via Maxstoke a hamlet noted for its well preserved late medieval priory ruins Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/11/20/c...

This week's new walking route: Rugby - Lutterworth 6.9 miles in the Warwickshire and Leicestershire countryside to Lutterworth, a market town noted for John Wycliffe having once been the parish priest and it's church's late medieval "doom" painting: walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/11/14/r...

This week's new walking route is: Kington - Almeley 4.6 miles in the north west Herefordshire countryside to Almeley, birthplace of John Oldcastle, early 15th Century war hero, politician, baron, Lollard "heretic" and treacherous rebel Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/11/06/k...

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has been sent to subscribers Check it out for new walking routes in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and four feature articles, and to subscribe👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Ashbourne - Ilam Park 4.9 miles in the southernmost part of the Peak District, from Derbyshire across the River Dove into Staffordshire, ending at the truly gothic Ilam Park and Hall walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/10/30/a...

This week's new walking route is: Youlgreave - Tideswell 13.7 miles in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, primarily along the Limestone Way, via Monyash, Flagg and Miller's Dale Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/10/23/y...

This week's new walking route is: Bakewell - Miller's Dale 12.3 miles in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Flagg Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/10/16/b...

This week's new walking route is: Matlock - Youlgreave 8.5 miles following the Limestone Way upon onto the Peak District limestone plateau, past Winster and Robin Hood's Stride, to the large village of Youlgreave Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/10/10/m...

This week's new walking route: Middle Mayfield - Thorpe 5.2 miles in the Staffordshire fringes of the Peak District, and across the River Dove into the National Park and Derbyshire's distinctive Thorpe Cloud Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/10/02/m...

September 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter went to subscribers this morning Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more Check it out and subscribe👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

A Three Day Walk on the Limestone Way: walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/09/27/a...

This week's new walking route is: Tideswell - Castleton 6.6 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District from the large village of Tideswell, to dramatically sited Castleton, where the Peak District's limestone south meets it's gritstone north Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/09/25/t...

This week's new walking route is: Glossop - Hayfield 14.4 miles in the Derbyshire gritstone high peak, following the Pennine Way along the western edge of the mountainous Kinder Scout plateau Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/09/19/g...

This week's new walking route is: Bamford - Upper Padley 11 miles along the gritstone edges that define the eastern edge of @peakdistrict and comprise the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/09/11/b...

This week's new walking route is: Kidsgrove - Biddulph 5.2 miles in Staffordshire, Cheshire boundary country, via Mow Cop, a village high up on a gritstone outcrop, site of the famed Mow Cop Castle Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/09/04/k...

August 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is with subscribers Ft. a focus on the Cotswolds with new walks in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, plus much more like details of free Photo Walks in Staffordshire Moorlands (some led by me) Check it out👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Ashchurch - Pershore 12.3 miles, up and over the highly prominent Bredon Hill, the most westerly northern part of the Cotswolds National Landscape Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/28/a...

This week's new walking route is: Shipston upon Stour - Great Rollright 9.9 miles in the far south of Warwickshire, amidst the Cotswolds' hills and dales Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/22/s...

This week's new walking route is: Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton 10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/14/s...

This week's new walking route is: Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton 10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/14/s...

Right now autumn seems a long way off But on 3rd October and 1st November I am delighted GRAIN have commissioned me to lead photo walks in the beguiling Staffordshire Moorlands (at Biddulph Moor and Ilam Park respectively) Part of a superb wider series: grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-ty...

This week's new walking route is: Moreton in Marsh - Broadway 9.6 miles in the heart of the northern Cotswolds Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/08/m...

July 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is hitting subscriber's inboxes Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and Staffordshire plus much, much more including an interview with Storie's curators Check it out👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Cheddleton - Leek 4.9 miles in northern Staffordshire, primarily along the Caldon Canal Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/07/30/c...

This week's new walking route is: Creswell - the Welbeck Estate Home of the Portland and Harley art galleries 2.2 miles in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire borderlands Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/07/25/c...

This week's new walking route is: Matlock - Rowsley 5.2 miles along Derbyshire's River Derwent valley on the edge of the Peak District, to Rowsley, home of the remarkable Level contemporary arts centre Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/07/18/m...

This week's new walking route is: Oakham - Uppingham 8 miles across countryside in England's smallest county Rutland, to its smallest town, famed for its plethora of contemporary art galleries Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/07/10/o...

This week's new walking route: Hereford - Perton 11.5 miles in the centre of Herefordshire, including the nothermost part of the Wye Valley National Landscape, and the remote Canwood Gallery contemporary artspace Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/07/03/h...

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter was sent to subscribers yesterday morning Ft. a focus on the Midlands prehistoric stone circles with new walks in Derbyshire, Shropshire and Warwick plus much more Check it out and subscribe👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...

This week's new walking route is: Bakewell - Hartington 11.2 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District via Arbor Low, the site of one of the UK's 'best preserved' neolithic henges and stone circles Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/06/26/b...

This week's new walking route is: Stiperstones - Chirbury 8.6 miles in westernmost Shropshire, via Mitchell's Fold, Shropshire's best known and most celebrated prehistoric stone circle, dramatically placed in front of Corndon Hill Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/06/19/s...

This week's new walking route is: Hook Norton - Long Compton 6.6 miles in the north eastern Cotswolds via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths known as the Rollright Stones Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/06/12/h...

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter went out to subscribers this morning Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and much, much more Check it out and subscribe👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midla...