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Graham Walker

@grahamcwalker.bsky.social
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Retired social policy wonk. Fulham FC fan. Busy doing nothing. Read. Walk. Create. Leeds, UK. 🍉

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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Enjoying a #hike in Langdale, Lake District, UK.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
England's only green phone box? It was working too!
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Meteora!! How is this not one of the 7 wonders of the world? 10 mile hike was challenging in 32C heat but ‘wow’ the scenery was stunningly beautiful. Huge number of tourist buses in the road. Not a soul on the hiking paths. Only mad dogs and Englishmen?? #eurail #interrail #meteora #greece
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Sad to be leaving Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Ancient city with Roman and other archeological ruins intermingled with modern commerce. Also good food and a relaxing atmosphere. A place to come back to… #plovdiv #bulgaria #interrail #eurorail #oldfuckagapyah
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Istanbul is a world city, expensive, noisy and chaotic. Had fun, enjoyed Guhane Park and using public transport ferry to cross the Bosphorus. Looking forward to sleeper train to Plovdiv in Bulgaria tonight. And a more relaxing few days. #istanbul #plovdiv #eurail #interrail
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New book and a cold beer in a shady park in Bucharest. What’s not to like… Off to Valiko Tarnovo in Bulgaria tomorrow - two changes so wish me luck! #booksky #interrail #eurail #romania #bucharest #beer
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I am excited to have made it to Constanta, and my first ever sight of the Black Sea. About to indulge in a slap up seafood dinner with this harbour view. Thank you CFR - Romanian trains are great! - If a bit slow ;-) #constanta #romania #eurail #interrail #blacksea
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
My wife knows me well - hidden in my backpack for my birthday, a second hand copy of Barbara Kingsolver’s Homeland; a short story collection. Good to read on the train across Romania today. #booksky #interrail #eurorail #barbarakingsolver
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Brasov had been busy today with its marathon and rally car festival. I chose the art gallery, a hike up Tampa (where there is a Hollywood style sign), and an early tea on my balcony with a view. Perhaps life is a bowl of cherries? #brasov #romania #interrail #eurorail #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Exploring Sibiu - or Hermannstadt: - first a guided tour of the Saxon old town - then a long walk to the amazing Astra Museum park of lovingly recreated houses from Romania’s past. There’s an unfinished Ceausescu concrete monstrosity hiding in one photo. #romania #eurorail #interrrail #sibiu
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Entertaining, enjoyable train journey today from Sighisoara to Sibiu, 57 miles in 2 hours 20mins. Beer is good (German Helles) at St Andrews Scottish bar in Sibiu. Supermarket food options I am not so sure about #sibiu #romania #beer #eurorail #interrail #oldfuckergapyah
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Arrived in Sighisoara (Romania) at 7.30am and was up in the hills hiking by 8.30. Rewarded with my first ever bear sighting. First thought - take a photo. Second thought - bears are dangerous, sneak away before it eats you!! #hiking #sighisoara #romania #eurorail #interrail
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Vienna - watering holes, shady squares and interesting architecture made for a perfect for a weekend get together with my wife. Sleeper train to Transylvania tonight #vienna #eurorail #interrail #oldfuckergapyah
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Munich was fun: good weather, good beer and an excellent design museum #munich #eurorail #interrail
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The casino in Wiesbaden where Dostoyevsky lost everything before he wrote ‘The Gambler’ #booksky #dostoyevsky #wiesbaden #rhein
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Good but tough day on the Rheinsteig - rewarded with some great views #rheinsteig #hiking #raileurope
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
FIrst day #hiking on the Rheinsteig after a few very enjoyable days in Cologne/Koln This is the start of a rail and foot powered adventure to Istanbul via Munich, Vienna, Romania (Transylvania and then Constanta on the Black Sea), and finally to Bulgaria to meet the night train to Istanbul.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Heron. RIver Aire, Leeds. #birds #birdsofbluesky #leeds
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Just read The Gadfly by Ethel Lillian Voynich. Remarkably modern for a book written in 1897, exploring love, friendship, faith and revolution in what is now Italy. Recommend.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Doggo does love a beach! #elrompido
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Enjoyable 7 mile stroll in the sunshine around Temple Newsam #leeds
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Leeds #pride
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Glorious Leeds #leeds #riveraire
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Lovely 18 mile hike from Winscar Reservoir #hiking #yorkshire #butterflies
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Morning coffee view - enjoying some brief respite from the heat #leeds #coffee
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
#oslo opera house and the public library, which I could happily live in! #architecture #joy
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Made some new friends on yesterday’s hike in Hareina, Norway #hike #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hareina, Norway
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A joyous day out #hiking in the #peakdistrict and another 19 miles in my legs. Chilly to start and windy on the edge but warmed as the day wore on.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Hiked the 26m Marsden Marathon yesterday. Lovely walk in the most part but v sad to see the result of the recent wild fires on the moor
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
100+ miles on Offa’s Dyke Path - stupendous scenery all the way #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Three glorious days on Offa’s Dyke path with my son, Jack
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Sunny stroll with doggo in the wonderful Rothwell Country Park, Leeds. This was a coal mine until 1978, rewilded as a country park in 2000.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Led an 19 mile walk for The Irregulars on the Leeds Country Way today. #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Solo #hiking with doggo today, 10 mile circular from Denby Dale via Cawthorne.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Gorgeous day for a 20 mile tramp around the Derbyshire moors with The Irregulars #hiking group
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Out and about in the sun in Calverley, Yorkshire #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Doggo and I enjoyed 10 miles or so around three North Yorkshire reservoirs from Bland Hill today. Saw Curlews, Lapwings, Oyster Catchers, Red Kites, a Song Thrush and lots of new Lambs! #hiking #birds #yorkshire
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Amazing solo 18 mile circular hike today, from #todmorden via #calderdaleway and #penninebridlewayEven managed a sneaky lunch in #HebdenBridge. #hiking #yorkshire
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Led a 20 mile hike on the Leeds Country Way today. Here we’re walking up to the ridge above Morley.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I love the food at Leeds market but Cadiz market = different gravy.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Grey Heron. Leeds Dock. #birds
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