hikenpod

Walking from Cheshunt to Hertford East

Then getting bumped for a train ticket.

The weather was glorious and kind.

Dr Syntaxes head as I have discovered in recent years, is the furthest west you can stand in England. So for the third time this year, I headed west to walk to it. It was a last minute trip and I am grateful for the opportunity to spend so much time visiting my favourite place on Earth.

It won't be the last for this year.

Here is the second and last part of the winter Cornish adventure.

This section was the most quietest and fun to be fair.

I found the beach 'Song of the sea' and little beach with a hole in a huge rock where I fell over. I was rewarded with seeing a Seal floating in the sea and they kept looking at me.

Land's end was a wonderful sight with a dramatic skyline and winds that changed my hair style.

I shall return in a month or two.

I finally managed to make my way back to west Cornwall after an absence of 7 weeks and walk from Penzance to Land's end. The south west coast path was mostly mud at this point and during I had to ask myself if it was wise. I did really enjoy it. I was going to walk the next leg to St Ives, but due to the wind and the rain, I thought better of it.

The walk took roughly 7 hours and was about 18 miles on the path, taking me through some of England's best kept secret beaches.

I remember it being a lot harder from 2019, than it was this time. I am going to have another go later on in the year.

I had a lot to say on this podcast, so much so, that I had to split it up into two podcasts.

Enjoy part one.

Mark.

In preparation for the next episode, I needed to walk some miles. St Albans is a beautiful city, so from my front door, I walked there.

It rained, I got soaked, I am clearly shouting to get my voice over the road noise, I spent most of the hike besides roads, busy ones at that.

The pay off was worth it, the journey home via home counties public transport was both easy and cheap.

Not sure I would recommend this one, it's only for those of you who are historically accurate.

I didn't take any photos.

Thanks for listening

Mark Riley

Enfield

Join me as walk along a cold and wet Southend seafront as I just about make the deadline for this week's podcast.

The walk was fun and quiet and recorder raised the volume of the traffic but there was hardly anyone around, a real treat.

Recorded on the Tascamm DR-40x, edited on Reaper Audio on the Rasberry pi 5 using Ubuntu 23, monitored on Audio Technica headphones.

Listen in where I contradict myself on every sentence. So no podcast on the hike this week, a hike with no audio and me explaining why.

I am getting ready for the next big hike in two weeks. So all the hikes until then will be local and covering old ground (pardon the pun).

This is a lovely walk if you have time to do it and the pay off is exciting.

Record on the Tascam DR- 40x edited on Reaper using the raspberry pi 5.

This is my second trip in fours years to Mersea island in Essex, it is roughly 22km all the way round.

It took me four hours to complete with only a couple of minor muddy areas and this winter time.

I drove for an hour and 15 to get there and the weather was fresh but clear. The island was quite quiet but I did manage to speak to one person who was walking her dog along the beach.

I am considering going back in the spring and camping, a very enjoyable afternoon walk.

Recorded on my OnePlus Nord and Tascam dr40x – edited and published on a raspberry pi 5.

In this episode, I discuss my ideas about where Hikenpod Montana might go while testing out my two recording devices. 

• Tascam DR-44WL 
• Yamaha Pocketrak 2G. 

I think, decidedly, the Tascam won out over the Yamaha in the sound department. In this episode's photos you'll see both of the devices sitting on my desk and my silent cohost, Babycat. She was very quiet, although she did a few laps around the basement while I was editing the show.

Justin Wayne.

Marazion to Penzance in west Cornwall.

I return to the place of the very first hikenpod and walk along the south west coast path in the wind with a cough.

It's a bout a 3 mile mile on the flat, with some beach cover if you are interested. You get an amazing view of St Michael's mount and St Michael's bay, with a distant vista of Lizard point.

The hike took a couple of hours and I wasn't trying, there is a video of the walk on youtube if you have time.

Thanks for listening

Mark

Recorded on the hike to Land's End from Sennen cove on the 9th Jan 2024, in the dark and the freezing cold, under the very obvious cover of the milky way.

Hikenpod is uploaded and published on Raspberry pi 5.

As stare down a excitingly long adventure list for 2024, I thought I would go over a brief recap and basic kit list for the first adventure next week on the 9th Janaury 2024.

Hikenpod is uploaded and published on Raspberry pi 4.

This is the very last podcast podcast and episode of Hikenpod 2023.

We will be back next year for series 9.

Thanks for being with me on the journeys

Hikenpod is uploaded and published on Raspberry pi 4.

I found a resevoir in the middle of Cambridgeshire and I missed an opportunity to walk round it covering 9 miles, so I have book marked it for another day.

On a plus note I visited the Raspberry pi Store

The final part of this summer's adventure, we cut it short due to the abnormal weather and I didn't fancy packing up in a storm.

This episode won't be to everyone's taste, it has a lot of history and me reading things. I have attempted a Radio 4 style podcast and I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for listening in.

After a long and exhausting day on the 1st August 2023, we sat in our tent at 11pm and I recorded episode 5. I was too tired to publish that night, so I went to bed and woke up early to edit and publish, only to find my recorder settings had changed and I recorded 10 mins of silence.

This is not the podcast I recorded, this is the one I am replacing the lost one with.

In the middle of a rain storm with a heavy wind and hoping tent doesn't collapse on us, here is the latest update.

The first actual episode from Land's end in Cornwall. It is a short one.

No real hike here but the last account of Molly Riley.

This time on hikenpod, I have driven a group of people to the seaside for a day trip, join me as I walk along the world's longest pleasure pier.

This weeks where an adventure didn't happen, well not a hiking one anyway.

Right Here

Chapter 1 - Thundridge, Hertfordshire, some thoughts on my birthday after an 18 mile bike ride in the glorious sunshine during the Summer Solstice.

Chapter 2 - Hayle, Cornwall, some down time after a 6 hour drive due west.

Chapter 3 - Land's End, Cornwall, the first pilgrimage of 2023 to my spiritual home.

Inside Trent park on this ancient settlement, alleged to be haunted and rife with devil worship.

I have returned to my previous idea of visiting islands around the UK and podcasting from them. There is a video version of this account but I think the audio might be a bit more interesting, you can watch it on markriley.org.

In this episode I walked 5 miles round Wallasea island in Essex, a RSPB nature reserve and the head west to Two Tree Island also supported by the RSPB.

This is the longer podcast as I walk through Wormley words into the heart of Hertfordshire. This is an update of what is going on and enjoying the sunshine.

The next episode of the injured adventure

Live radio broadcast from thedreadhouse.con on the Winter Solstice

Not the intended destination but it will do.

Let's see how this goes