Viking Figurehead
Posted by John Osborne | Mar 9, 2022 | Carving | 0 |
Grassington, Yorkshire – December 2021
Posted by John Osborne | Jan 4, 2022 | Friendship, Great Pubs, Hiking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
7 miles around Holme and Thornham
Posted by John Osborne | Nov 22, 2021 | Environment, Friendship, Great Pubs, Hiking, Local walking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
Mr Blue Sky
Posted by John Osborne | Nov 6, 2021 | Environment, Local walking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
Wicken Fen – home to 188 endangered species
Posted by John Osborne | Nov 4, 2021 | Environment, Friendship, Hiking, Local walking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
About Inkedwood
The name ‘Inkedwood’ came about one day when I was out walking and thinking about my relatively new hobby of ‘tattooing’ wood. Primarily my walking stick! I was musing on how I might develop the idea and as I was in the ‘web development business’ at the time I immediately wanted to secure a domain ‘just in case’.
Then, in March 2020 (euphemistically referred to as ‘Lockdown One’) I was walking with my wife Catherine and (as always) taking photos and generally extolling the virtues of the surroundings, when she told me that there may be people who couldn’t get out walking (or even outside in a garden or a park) and that they wouldn’t be as amused or delighted as I was to see and read about our fantastic exploits on Facebook (this is where I have historically recorded great walks we’ve done and posted photo galleries of the same). I was aware that one of my best mates, Mike Crome, used a BLOG (https://cromesstateofplay.wordpress.com) to disseminate his ideas and musings. It was one I found particularly interesting and amusing and was, more importantly at the time, an ‘optional read’. This seemed to me to be the perfect way for me to store accounts of walks past and present as well as gather other personal thoughts and ideas and share them with friends.
Well, ‘Lockdowns’ came and went and I became more and more aware that many people simply don’t walk because they don’t know where to go! Some of my ‘Facebook Friends’ asked to see maps of walks which they liked the look of and I found that people were keen to try them for themselves.
We are currently in ‘Lockdown Three’ (February 2021) and the need to get outside and walk (exercise) becomes more and more important as other options are denied us. This urged me to, at least, publish links to routes for others to enjoy (although the BLOG is not complete.
This is a personal journey which I’d love to share but am aware that there may be errors in the content so please let me know if you spot anything which need correcting.
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Forest tracks and high views
by John Osborne | May 27, 2022 | Environment, Friendship, Hiking, Photography, Uncategorized, Walking | 0 |
Mid May and we set off to Germany, travelling by car, through the Channel Tunnel to Calais with an...
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Viking Figurehead
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Grassington, Yorkshire – December 2021
by John Osborne | Jan 4, 2022 | Friendship, Great Pubs, Hiking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
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7 miles around Holme and Thornham
by John Osborne | Nov 22, 2021 | Environment, Friendship, Great Pubs, Hiking, Local walking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
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COVID Vaccination walk
by John Osborne | Feb 17, 2021 | COVID Vaccination, Hiking, Local walking, Uncategorized, Walking | 0 |
We both feel so grateful, humbled to be in this position - we move forwards towards Spring, Summer and lots of lovely safe hiking (who knows even a pint in the pub sometime too :-)
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Blissful Bank Holiday
by John Osborne | Jun 6, 2021 | Friendship, General, Great Pubs, Hiking, Local walking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
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Around Rydal Water and Grassmere
by John Osborne | Oct 27, 2020 | Hiking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
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by John Osborne | Mar 9, 2022 | Carving | 0 |
I’m pleased to finally announce the completion of the ‘Viking Stick’ (3rd March 2022). The...
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by John Osborne | Jan 4, 2022 | Friendship, Great Pubs, Hiking, Photography, Walking | 0 |
What a fantastic base for exploring the Yorkshire Dales… Grassington! Firstly, I apologise....
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