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Category Archives: Trees & Greenspaces
On an Autumn Morning
A couple of quick snaps from an impromptu roadside stopover on the way to work, on an autumn morning… We dwell on the big themes in life (both actual and imagined) but are often too preoccupied to notice those special, … Continue reading
Posted in In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places
Tagged autumn, autumn colours, cultural landscapes, nature, outdoors, spirit of place, trees, woodlands
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Borderlands
Oh England, please forgive me ! I’ve just realised that after 12 years or so of writing this blog, that I’ve never mentioned your “green and pleasant” land before; not even once ! Of course, we Scots know only too … Continue reading
Spey to Sea – a “wee trip” back to Scotland
Being a tourist in your own country might seem like a strange concept, but one that most certainly challenges you to look at things, which you once just took for granted, with a fresh eye: What’s new ? What’s changed … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe Trips, History & Culture, In Scotland, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places
Tagged Abernethy Forest, Aviemore, Cairngorms, Cairngorms National Park, Caledonian Pine Woods, Cullen, Findhorn Bay, Findochty, Glenmore Forest, Grantown on Spey, Highland Games, Local Hero, Malt Whisky, Moray Coast, Pass of Ryvoan, River Spey, Rothiemurchus, Scottish Highlands, Spey Valley, Speyside, SUP
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A Road Trip Around British Columbia’s Coast, Mountains and Forests:
Anyone who works in the environmental sector will tell you that there’s no such thing as a “proper” holiday; indeed, sitting on the beach for 2 weeks sounds to me like the very epitome of sensory deprivation. By contrast, the … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe Trips, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places, World
Tagged BC Provincial Parks, BC Rockies, CLayoquot Sound, ecotourism, mountains, nature, Okanagan, outdoors, RV, Salmon Arm, Shuswap, Stanley Park, Sunshine Coast, Tofino, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Whale watching, wildfires
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Golden Autumn Days
At the end of the summer, it never ceases to amaze me how, every year, so many folks look to the approaching winter with a sense of foreboding, quite forgetting that the most beautiful season of the year has yet … Continue reading
Above the treetops: In the Bayerischer Wald
I always love to find ways of exploring, appreciating and experiencing nature and forests from new perspectives. One of the best places I’ve been to recently in this respect, must surely be the “Baumwipfelpfad” (Treetop Walkway) at the Lusen National … Continue reading
Posted in In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places
Tagged Baumei, Baumwipfelphad, bavaria, Bayerischer Wald, Bayerischer Wald National Park, canoeing, cultural landscapes, Czech Republic, forest bathing, Großer Falkenstein, Großer Rache, hiking, Lusen National Park Centre, mountain biking
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Trees and People in the City:
Normally when you think about the cultural heritage of a city you tend to think about famous buildings, public squares and streets rather than about greenspaces and trees. However this needn’t be the case. Trees in urban areas are increasingly … Continue reading
Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Urbanism
Tagged Admiral Adam Duncan, Camperdown Elm, City of Dundee, community woodlands, cultural heritage, Dundee's Tree and Woodland Heritage, exotic tree species, greenspaces, street trees, Tree of Liberty, trees, Wych Elm
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Green Shoots from Old Roots – Reimagining cultural landscapes
Given its proximity to where we live, the upland plateau of the Eifel, located to the South of Aachen is one of our most popular choices for day trips. In recent years it has become increasingly frequented as a tourist … Continue reading
Posted in Aachen & Euregio, History & Culture, In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places
Tagged Aachen, ancient woodlands, biomass, biomass energy, cultural heritage tourism, cultural landscapes, ecotourism, Eicherscheid, Eifel, Eifel National Park, European beavers, European Village Renewal Award, firewood, Flurhecken, folk tales, Green Tourism, Haushecken, hedges, hollow ways, Mützenich, Monschau, Monschauer Heckenlandschaft, Natura 2000, rewilding, River Rur, Simmerath, sustainable development, woodlands
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Hell & High Water: Ecuadorian Andes to Amazon – Part 2
This post covers part 2 the “Sangay’89” Research Expedition – The expedition surveyed the natural ecosystems and biodiversity of Volcan Sangay National Park in Ecuador, from the High Andes to the rainforests of the upper Amazon Basin. In Part 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places, World
Tagged Aloa Valley, altitudinal zonation, Amazonia, Andes to Amazon, Baños de Agua Santa, bromeliads, cloud forest, Ecuadorian Andes, El Altar, elphin woodland, Leguna Negra, páramo grasslands, Puyo, Rio Palora, Riobamba, Sangay 89 Expedition, Sangay'89, subtropical rainforest, tree frogs, Tungarahua, University of Wales, Volcan Sangay National Park
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Off the Beaten Track 