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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 17h

Simple and very welcome. Emmettes Gardens #FingerpostFriday

Very simple wooden post with a single finger 'Tea Room '.
A welcome surprise in the middle of woodland.

antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A few of the rare flat spots on #SlowWays WesSev5 between Westerham and Sevenoaks. Undulating and beautiful. Sumptuous woodlands. Pockets bulging with chestnuts.

Brown earhen path streamed wit dappled sunshine. Thin trees eitherside reach up into a luminous green of leaves lit by sunshine.
https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Wessev/11802

Earthen path thrrough undergowth. Widely space tall pine trees standing straight and tall

Chestnuts swarm like dribbles across a path .old stragglers coppice trees stand alongside.

A path between a tall hegde and a fence odd wire stretched between wooden posts. Undulating grassland wit coppice woods on the distance. Milky blue skies.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Young Amanita muscaria on the woodland floor. I missed that woodland smell which was absent during this dry summer. So happy the rain has brought it back.

Amanita muscaria or Fly Agaric mushroom. Typical fairytale toadstool, white stem, red domed top with white flecks. Here about 10cm high in amongst yellow leaves and small brown twigs. Blurred bright green woodland in the background.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Black and white in Oxted. ##FingerpostFriday

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Biggleswade to Stotfold #SlowWays big fields, bigger skies. Kestrels hover, kites soar. Clouds congregated then coalesced for showers in the evening.

Grey grit path curls left past .To the right grassy fields with a farm in the distance.
https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Bigsto/4718

Patchy blue sky, then just flat green fields. There is a ditch to the left, unseen. Quite a monotonous image.

A green strip of grass heads uphill. Brown stubble to the left, green hedge line to the right. No bird song on industrial farms.

Blue grey sky. A green path goes straight between newly drilled brown earth fields. Wires on telegraph poles dissappear ino the distance.

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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Please take a look and follow along! ✨⭐ #SlowWays 💚 #GoodWays

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stunning Hertfordshire walk Balwal, between Baldock and Walkern #SlowWays Learnt the legend of Jack O'Legs on the way.

Shaded earthen path dissappears into greenery lit by sunshine. Very inviting.
https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Balwal/4597

Field of grass boardered by trees dives into a valley. A hill rises beyond . Blue skies with clouds above.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_o%27_Legs?wprov=sfla1

Jack O Legs grave, 14ft between headstone and footstone

An old track stone and bricks in earth bordered by hedges. It dips down into a valley then up on the other side. Agap in distant tree line shows the route.
Cotton Lane, Hertfordshire.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bat hunting in Hyde Park organised by the @theroyalparks.bsky.social What a treat. Sound on.

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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives

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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Managed to dodge the rain but the lightning app kept pinging in a menacing way. Fine #SlowWays walks Warlingham to Selsdon to Kenley. Great views from Riddlesdown.

Coming down off Riddlesdown towards Kenley. A steep chalky path descends obliquely down a very steep grassy hill towards a road and shops far below.

Looking NW across a parched grassy field edged by trees. London sits grey on the horizon. Cloudy skies.

Mitchell Hill. Parched grassy path heading to a green tree covered hill. The path veers right down the valley.

Sunlight through leaves shine brightly overhead and all around like walking down the aisle of a green cathederal.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#SlowWays route Oxted to Edenbridge. Lots of stiles on this one @lakesstiles.bsky.social . But also ancient woods with welcome shade. Good walk this one.

Parched brown grass, trees on the horizon and blue skies with cumulus. A wooden fence with cross-step stile almost blending into the brown grass background.

Rather overgrown wooden single-step stile abbutting a locked metal gate. The step is wobbly, the brambles are prickly.

Another overgrown single-step stile. Not brambles this time but himalayan balsam.

High cross-step stile in front of a flight of stairs going up an embankment to a railway crossing. A reasonable inside leg measurement needed for this one.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders $31m more than to fire victims/survivors. 72 Britons died in fire due to faulty cladding. US shareholders sued for inadequate disclosures about cladding, received $74m compensation. Victims of fire, their families received $43m. No one prosecuted.

theguardian.com

Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders £23m more in compensation than to fire victims

Report’s author said findings highlighted ‘near-total failure’ to hold corporations accountable over the disaster that killed 72 people

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Dan Raven-Ellison @danravenellison.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks to people from across Britain the #SlowWays network includes over 10K walking routes stretching for 150,000km + contains 3M+ words of guidance for fellow walkers ❤️ Now we want to do this for every neighbourhood in the UK, Ireland + Channel Islands for 🚶🏃🏾‍♀️👩🏻‍🦽🚴‍🏇🏾 Join #GoodWays >>> goodways.org ⭐

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Old (very old) X-Ray film filter and phone.

A yellow crescent 🌙 points downward. The eclipse in London UK 12.08.26 19.00 BST.

A yellow crescent 🌙 points South East.. The eclipse in London UK 12.08.26 19.00 BST.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Westerham across the North Downs to New Addington #SlowWays. Very beige, soporific in the heat. But a stunning walk in beautiful countryside. Leaves begining to drop in the drought. Can I really be missing the mud?

Looking along a dry chalk valley. Brown grass in the foreground, willing green trees on the slopes. Blue sky.
https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Newwes/10830

Recreational stile, alone in long brown grass. A gap in the trees behind hide a very much functional and difficult to climb stile.

A recreational gatest in parched grass field. Trodden grass path curves around it. Greener fields and trees seen on the opposite valley side.
Keen eyes will spot my friend, Adventure Bear, trying to open the gate.

Oh the relief of dense shade in woodland. Tall trees stand like a guard of honour either side of an earthen path. Some green leaves are scattered on the path, dropped by the trees stressed by drought.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Parched out there. Yes, I think that is a tumbleweed in the foreground. North Downs.

Dry chalk valley on the North Downs. Very dry, grass is parched brown and a thistle in the foreground looks like tumbleweed. Trees in the distance are green but wilting.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

KCIII path at Flamborough Head. ##FingerpostFriday

Simple wooden fingerpost with a figure of a walking man and an acorn.
In the background a view of chalk sea cliffs looking along the coast from a cliff top path. Flamborough Head is famous for birds and seals.

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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A massive congratulations to John Scott on becoming the first person to complete the Slow Ways National Parks Trail! Brilliant!!! Read our story buildstories.slowways.org/john-scotts-... A big thank you to everyone who contributed and helped John along his way. Tempted to give it a go?

John Scott standing outside the Town County Buildings in Nairn, wearing a backpack and a smile.

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Hugh Hudson @beeryhikerhugh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I haven't posted much about my #SlowWays walks here recently. I have been working on a wiggly line from Lincoln to Cleethorpes and finished it yesterday. 5 of the 6 routes are new, and all have good public transport links. Lincolnshire is short of paths but at least they maintain them fairly well.

Map of Lincolnshire showing SlowWays walking routes from Notts to Cleethorpes and Skegness.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

At the end of the C2C walk in Robin Hood's Bay. #PostboxSaturday

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#SlowWays between Hornsea and Hull, a disused railway drawn with a ruler on the map. Set legs to automatic and enjoy vast skies and being surrounded by flocks of swallows. Watch the Harvest in progress. Thistle seed and butterflies compete for the nonchalant traveller award.

A very straight path lined by parched grass a low green hedges. A tree in the distance. Ripe wheat in the fields to the sides.

Another vanishing point. A very straight path lined by parched grass and green bushy vegetation. Unripe plums and elder berries.

A crumbling platform with trees on it waiting for a train that will not come, they are patient. The same path continues to vanish into the distance.

Ah! A simple bench to rest, yes the path continues. But look a small wooden house stands against the leg of the bench under the seat. Fairies? Elves? They'll stay inside in this heat.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New Addington to Orpington #SlowWays A walk that would have been better in cooler weather, but lovely nevertheless. A mix of aircraft seen close to Biggin Hill.

Very welcome shade. A sloping path alongside a wire fence. Trees arch overhead. Dark green ivy in the foreground bright green hazel ahead.

Track going down a gentle slope. Wire fence and a parched open field to the right, hedgerow to the left. Fields rise in the background.

Rickety stile frames a wide grassy path full of wild flowers. Wild oregano, wild carrot, poppies, thistles, yarrow.

Wide track flanked by wild carrot blooms. Trees and fields in the distance beyond a narrow road. Three walkers can just be seen heading towards you. Blue skies with cumulus.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

##FingerpostFriday in New Addington. Photo taken at great personal risk.

Simple fingerpost indicating a footpath. Behind it stands a bear. Is it real? Yes of course it is, they're endemic in Greater London.

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Dan Raven-Ellison @danravenellison.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

What if it was easier to find the best paths and routes? Good Ways is our new citizen project and app to make that happen for 🚶🏃🏾‍♀️👩🏻‍🦽🛶🏊🏽‍♀️🚴‍🏇🏾 Sound good? We are looking for people across 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇯🇪🇬🇬🇮🇲 to help and would love for you to join in. Please take a look and share goodways.org Happy to answer questions.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Bliss. Five Arch Bridge, Foots Cray.

Previously over heated feet dipped in the River Cray, rather spoiling an idyllic view of a wier exiting a bridge of 5 arches.

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Super #SlowWays walk from New Addington to Selsdon. Orchids always catch the eye.

Roots like the feet of giant birds (dinosaurs?) Claw across a dirt path.

A fragrant open woodland path. So many shades of green.

https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Selnew/1653
Chalky path plunges into a valley. It sits at the bottom of a wide green v of vegetation. A hill in the distance suggests a climb back up.
Clouds, blue skies.

A pyramid orchid. A cluster of small pink-to-purple delicate flowers with a background of lush green.

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Dan Raven-Ellison @danravenellison.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Been following #SlowWays? I've some exciting news about a bigger and more inclusive project for helping people find, share and enjoy great 🚶🏃🏾‍♀️👩🏻‍🦽🏊🏽‍♀️👩🏽‍🦼🛶🚴‍🏇🏾 routes. I’d love to know what you think. And if it resonates, please join in! goodways.org ⭐ @slowwaysuk.bsky.social @goodwayspeople.bsky.social

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Woking to Cobham #SlowWays Another varied and interesting walk over different terrains and landscapes. Linear walks tend to have greater variety as, by definition, they do not return to the same place. No déjà vu!

The octagonal Semaphore Tower at Chatley Heath. A tall brick building on a hill, a stout mast on the top contains 'flags' that could be raised and lowered to send messages.
www.landmarktrust.org.uk

Ockham Common. A path, sandy as a beach (Palaeogene Bagshott sand). Low scrub land, perfect for lizards, with sparsely spaced tall pine trees.
Near the UK's first Land bridge, over the A3.

A wire fence with an open field to the left. Hedge and trees to the right. An earthen path between passes under the leaning trees.

An old straight path heading into Woking. A lush, tree-lined tunnel through farmland and golf couses.
https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Wokcob/12107

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antony butcher @rehctubynotna.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Not hiking in this heat. One from the archive for #FingerpostFriday

A row of colorful life-sized statues. A mum striding, pointing the way: two small children run to catchup, toys in their hands flailing behind. A blue metal fingerpost with triangular fingers points to the Market and Shops.

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