Hugh Hudson
@beeryhikerhugh.bsky.social
Retired from IT (rail business). Interests: walking (especially #SlowWays), crosswords (cryptic), books (especially literary fiction), politics, science, music of all kinds and cricket. BlueSky veteran (i.e. here just over a year, enough to be first 10%)
Not really a computer but I found this earlier...
September 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Not really a computer but I found this earlier...
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.
August 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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.
Out for a short walk trying Nottingham's new Trent footbridge this afternoon. Created a #SlowWays route that uses it too, though I haven't yet walked that end to end.
beta.slowways.org/Route/Wescar...
beta.slowways.org/Route/Wescar...
June 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Out for a short walk trying Nottingham's new Trent footbridge this afternoon. Created a #SlowWays route that uses it too, though I haven't yet walked that end to end.
beta.slowways.org/Route/Wescar...
beta.slowways.org/Route/Wescar...
This was my attempt
April 29, 2026 at 8:38 PM
This was my attempt
Perhaps I should have taken account of the "RSPB Adwick Washland" area marked on the map before attempting this #SlowWays walk from Mexborough to Bolton upon Dearne yesterday. Almost certainly fine when there hasn't been weeks of rain, and never more than knee deep, but pretty cold.
February 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Perhaps I should have taken account of the "RSPB Adwick Washland" area marked on the map before attempting this #SlowWays walk from Mexborough to Bolton upon Dearne yesterday. Almost certainly fine when there hasn't been weeks of rain, and never more than knee deep, but pretty cold.
This arrived this afternoon, so I took it to the pub. Started the ALP but got a bit stuck. @unchcrosswords.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This arrived this afternoon, so I took it to the pub. Started the ALP but got a bit stuck. @unchcrosswords.com
Another #SlowWays walk in wintry sunshine yesterday, making a walkable route from Broughton Astley to Kibworth Beauchamp in Leicestershire.
January 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Another #SlowWays walk in wintry sunshine yesterday, making a walkable route from Broughton Astley to Kibworth Beauchamp in Leicestershire.
This is an Excel chart view of my walked SlowWays, with completed triangles shaded. Still can't get the waylist to display verified routes.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This is an Excel chart view of my walked SlowWays, with completed triangles shaded. Still can't get the waylist to display verified routes.
Haven't posted much about #SlowWays or walking here for a while, so here are a few pictures of yesterday's walk from Stone to Hixon, mostly on the Trent & Mersey canal. Would do Alt text but they'd all say "icy canal".
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Haven't posted much about #SlowWays or walking here for a while, so here are a few pictures of yesterday's walk from Stone to Hixon, mostly on the Trent & Mersey canal. Would do Alt text but they'd all say "icy canal".
About to start this one. With a blurb quote by the same Sheena Patel.
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
About to start this one. With a blurb quote by the same Sheena Patel.
No SlowWays this weekend
October 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No SlowWays this weekend
August is Booker longlist time for me, and thanks to my friends at @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social, I have now started my last book, having finished Misinterpretation yesterday. So far, my favourites are Seascraper and Endling, for very different reasons, and it is an unusually strong list.
August 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
August is Booker longlist time for me, and thanks to my friends at @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social, I have now started my last book, having finished Misinterpretation yesterday. So far, my favourites are Seascraper and Endling, for very different reasons, and it is an unusually strong list.
From Wednesday's walk in #Staffordshire
July 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
From Wednesday's walk in #Staffordshire
This lot followed me into the corner of the field. Fortunately I didn't have to retreat.
May 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This lot followed me into the corner of the field. Fortunately I didn't have to retreat.
A few pictures from Wednesday's #SlowWays pleasant but unspectacular walk from Retford to Sutton on Trent. I have just one Nottinghamshire SlowWays route left to do, and hope to do Rampton to Gainsborough tomorrow to finish the set (see link below for a map).
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
April 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A few pictures from Wednesday's #SlowWays pleasant but unspectacular walk from Retford to Sutton on Trent. I have just one Nottinghamshire SlowWays route left to do, and hope to do Rampton to Gainsborough tomorrow to finish the set (see link below for a map).
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
beta.slowways.org/user/waylist...
A #FingerpostFriday that has seen better days, on #SlowWays CraSow two above Sowerby Bridge
March 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A #FingerpostFriday that has seen better days, on #SlowWays CraSow two above Sowerby Bridge
#FingerPostFriday on the Wales Coast Path (and #SlowWays PreHol two) between Mostyn and Greenfield & Duke of Lancaster in the distance
March 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#FingerPostFriday on the Wales Coast Path (and #SlowWays PreHol two) between Mostyn and Greenfield & Duke of Lancaster in the distance
A few pictures from yesterday's #SlowWays walk testing a new route from Sutton on Trent to Rampton, mostly along the west bank of the Trent. A lovely 5* walk but not ideal for public transport - I had to walk another 2.5 miles to get a bus from South Leverton afterwards.
March 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A few pictures from yesterday's #SlowWays walk testing a new route from Sutton on Trent to Rampton, mostly along the west bank of the Trent. A lovely 5* walk but not ideal for public transport - I had to walk another 2.5 miles to get a bus from South Leverton afterwards.
Did a 3 #SlowWays 14 mile triangle from Staveley yesterday, 🐌ing StaBol2 & BolClo2 then testing a new StaClo3. Still plenty of snow and hard ice in NE Derbyshire, and wet sticky clay where it had melted.
January 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Did a 3 #SlowWays 14 mile triangle from Staveley yesterday, 🐌ing StaBol2 & BolClo2 then testing a new StaClo3. Still plenty of snow and hard ice in NE Derbyshire, and wet sticky clay where it had melted.
I was out in the fog yesterday testing a more direct #SlowWays route from Carlton to Southwell yesterday. Lots of ghostly trees, damp fields, a bit of sticky mud but no longer views.
This is the new route:
beta.slowways.org/Route/Carsou...
This is the new route:
beta.slowways.org/Route/Carsou...
December 28, 2024 at 11:50 AM
I was out in the fog yesterday testing a more direct #SlowWays route from Carlton to Southwell yesterday. Lots of ghostly trees, damp fields, a bit of sticky mud but no longer views.
This is the new route:
beta.slowways.org/Route/Carsou...
This is the new route:
beta.slowways.org/Route/Carsou...
A #FingerpostFriday in need of care and attention, on the #SlowWays from New Addington to Elmers End and the #LondonLoop
December 20, 2024 at 9:42 AM
A #FingerpostFriday in need of care and attention, on the #SlowWays from New Addington to Elmers End and the #LondonLoop
Newish Viking Way signs in Lincolnshire for #FingerpostFriday
December 13, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Newish Viking Way signs in Lincolnshire for #FingerpostFriday