Phoebe Taplin
@phoebetaplin.bsky.social
freelance writer - currently mostly walking and car-free UK travel
Heading into end-of-year mode and totting up the year's mileage. In 2025 I got 152 articles published, 1768 miles walked and 17 wild swims swum... Hoping for more of the same in 2026! Wishing everyone happy winter festivities. x x x x
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Heading into end-of-year mode and totting up the year's mileage. In 2025 I got 152 articles published, 1768 miles walked and 17 wild swims swum... Hoping for more of the same in 2026! Wishing everyone happy winter festivities. x x x x
January 2026 issue of Country Walking (out now) with four walks I did in the last year: snowdrops near Chippenham Fen (Cambs), rhododendrons in Sheringham Park, wooded Wimbledon Common and a beautiful heather-ringed loch in Aberdeenshire. Reminds me to start planning for the year ahead…
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
January 2026 issue of Country Walking (out now) with four walks I did in the last year: snowdrops near Chippenham Fen (Cambs), rhododendrons in Sheringham Park, wooded Wimbledon Common and a beautiful heather-ringed loch in Aberdeenshire. Reminds me to start planning for the year ahead…
Amazing walk along the Sallagh Braes near Larne (Antrim)
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Amazing walk along the Sallagh Braes near Larne (Antrim)
About to get the night ferry to Belfast - here's a moonlit view across the Mersey...
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
About to get the night ferry to Belfast - here's a moonlit view across the Mersey...
Light show in Southwark cathedral
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Light show in Southwark cathedral
first visit to Rutland Water...
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
first visit to Rutland Water...
autumn leaves are lovely this year...
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
autumn leaves are lovely this year...
Beautiful day on the Dales Way in Cumbria...
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Beautiful day on the Dales Way in Cumbria...
after days of alternating showers and sunshine, a huge rainbow at the end of our road...
September 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
after days of alternating showers and sunshine, a huge rainbow at the end of our road...
finally made it to Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough with its 14th-century wall paintings...
September 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
finally made it to Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough with its 14th-century wall paintings...
Exmouth in the sunshine...
August 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Exmouth in the sunshine...
Dublin by night...
August 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dublin by night...
Wildflowers in Edinburgh Botanic garden before Storm Floris arrived...
August 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wildflowers in Edinburgh Botanic garden before Storm Floris arrived...
New Fisherman mural in Newquay
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New Fisherman mural in Newquay
walking the coast path - Hastings to Rye...
July 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
walking the coast path - Hastings to Rye...
Finally visited West Stow, which I've been meaning to do for ages...
July 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Finally visited West Stow, which I've been meaning to do for ages...
exploring statues of women in London, following the Westminster safari in a new book by Juliet Rix... www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/londons-stat...
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
exploring statues of women in London, following the Westminster safari in a new book by Juliet Rix... www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/londons-stat...
exploring Jane Austen's Hampshire...
June 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
exploring Jane Austen's Hampshire...
Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest...
June 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest...
waterfalls and wild weather in the Yorkshire Dales...
May 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
waterfalls and wild weather in the Yorkshire Dales...
View of Blenheim across the lake from the public footpath
May 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
View of Blenheim across the lake from the public footpath
Amwell nature reserve in Hertfordshire...
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Amwell nature reserve in Hertfordshire...
bench in Bowood walled gardens - open 2025 for the first time
May 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
bench in Bowood walled gardens - open 2025 for the first time
Flitwick: wild woods and ancient church...
May 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Flitwick: wild woods and ancient church...