Hi Everybody! Until a few months ago I’d never really spent the time to think too deeply about hiking, I would really love to go out into nature and reconnect with it on a personal level on my own. I started to research into the topic to gain some more knowledge, weighing up the pros and cons to get an idea of what I was getting myself into. take some time to learn more about myself and the beautiful nature that surrounds us.
and give myself a full immersion in the natural world!
Thanks for reading!
tbown1
M&D has touched on that bit that so often gets left out and I often wonder if in their rush to get to national parks, many lose sight of that, which might be on there own doorsteps. Even in a large city, a train or bus journey will drop you off, where you can reach these places and a few hours will help in building up the skills of recognizing many of those little things that make the connections you are seeking.
The first thing is finding your way about. No other poster has mentioned 'paper maps', learning to read one of these 'archaic relics' gives confidence in finding places beyond, 'start' and 'finish', that is where you might want to go. Special places so often start with the tops of hills where the visual senses are overpowered by stunning views, though seeing a kingfisher take a fish right in front of your eyes may stay in your memory longer.
I married a country girl, but Mrs BWW was trailer-ed up with ponies and paraded around gymkhanas for much of her childhood, where as I grew up with a gun in my hand and had to rely on the vermin I killed to supplement my pocket money. Seeing the twitch of a pair of black ears was 7/6d, if I was fast enough to get my reactions together before the enormous burst of energy a field hare can put into its sprint start. Little pointers, that are a legacy from this past, have allowed me to help Mrs BWW develop skills of perception that often beat me in picking up on the scent of a fox or hearing the first drumming of a woodpecker. She always now hears a cuckoo's call on the wind long before my hearing aids can give me a hearing of them.
I may no be allowed to go where I used to, as I did when I was young, nor do I want to. But the blessed Ordnance Survey map will show me places where I am likely to find dragon flies dancing in the air or a dell that will be overpowered by the scent of garlic in the early spring as Ransom comes through.
I wish you well, in your quest and hope you find what you are looking for or hope to find.