Tag: Walking
Hoodoos and balloons
An epic day hike through the hills and valleys of the Göreme Tarihi Milli Parkı, passing through some of the world’s most beautiful and unusual rock scenery.
Ninglinspo
Following a bewitching, unpronounceable little river as it flows down a narrow, rocky valley in the Ardennes.
Toledo
Half an hour or so by train from Madrid’s Atocha station, Toledo is readily accessible to visitors yet remains happily aloof from overdevelopment.
The white stuff
Home of the world’s most famous white beer, Hoegaarden is surrounded by the vast wheat fields needed to brew the stuff.
Creating routes for a Garmin eTrex H
How to create GPS routes and how to transfer them to the Garmin eTrex H.
Bec Pointu
It might not be especially high, but the summit of the Bec Pointu is pretty tough to reach.
Grand Veymont
A day hike to climb the highest mountain in the Vercors chain, the Grand Veymont at 2,341 metres.
Lower Lesse
Before reaching the Meuse, the Lesse river flows through a long, deep and green valley bordered by limestone cliffs.
The Waterloo battlefield
A walk around the 1815 battlefield near Waterloo with a commentary on the key locations.
The plains of Brabant
A hot early summer day in Flemish and Walloon Brabant, walking on cobbled roads that stretch to the horizon and beyond.
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Soggy Buxton
Rained off and browned off: a thrilling afternoon in the Derbyshire spa town.
- Originally published: 17 Jul 2007 in UK
Totally wired for Belgium
Relocating to Brussels throws up lots of challenges such as how to evaluate Belgian supermarket chains and rewire UK plugs.
- Originally published: 13 Sep 2008 in Relocation
Democracy is deaf
After Tony Blair’s appearance before the Iraq Inquiry in the UK, a few thoughts on the growing distance between politics and the people.
- Originally published: 30 Jan 2010 in Editorial
Luxembourg
A too-quiet Sunday in the expensive city of banking.
- Originally published: 21 Sep 2009 in Europe
Manu Chao in Concert
For listeners used to the laidback charms of Chao’s recorded repetoire, the live experience is somewhat more intense!
- Originally published: 11 Oct 2007 in Concerts
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.