Field notes from the road
The Journal
Everything we’ve learned the slow way: the places that kept us longer than we planned, the meals worth a detour, and the small mishaps that became the best stories. Dispatches from wherever Walden is parked tonight.
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Sunset at Findhorn
Read more: Sunset at FindhornAn evening walk along Findhorn Beach becomes more than a visit to one of Scotland’s most beautiful coastal villages. As the light fades over the Moray Firth and the painted beach huts settle into shadow, a simple walk with my…
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The Friendships You Make When Nobody Asks What You Do
Curt and Snow, two of the very few other Americans…
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Cold Air in July: An Evening on the Edge of the Cairngorms
July in the Cairngorms does not behave like July. We…
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Everything else from the road.
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A Castle for the Night
Read more: A Castle for the NightWhen your home has wheels and the wheels are in the shop, you need a roof for a night or…
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Not Ten Feet Further
Read more: Not Ten Feet FurtherWe heard it before we understood it: a small sound in the front left wheel on the back roads of…
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The Stones Remember: A Walk Up to Auchindoun
Read more: The Stones Remember: A Walk Up to AuchindounA walk up to the roofless tower of Auchindoun Castle in Speyside, where the light is gorgeous, the ramparts are…
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In Praise of Plain Places: Finding Beauty near Keith
Read more: In Praise of Plain Places: Finding Beauty near KeithSome places don’t announce themselves. On an ordinary morning near Keith in Moray, we found that the plainest corners of…
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Campervan Parking in Keith: The Quiet Economics of a Warm Welcome
Read more: Campervan Parking in Keith: The Quiet Economics of a Warm WelcomeFinding easy campervan parking in Keith, Scotland, and why a big, welcoming space brings outside money into small Moray towns.…
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Vanlife Laundry Day: Everything Clean at Once in Forres, Scotland
Read more: Vanlife Laundry Day: Everything Clean at Once in Forres, ScotlandHow laundry really works when home is a van: where to go, what it costs, and the unexpected joy of…
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Findhorn Beach: Sunset Walks and a Motorhome Stopover on the Moray Coast
Read more: Findhorn Beach: Sunset Walks and a Motorhome Stopover on the Moray CoastStaying by the beach at Findhorn, Scotland, a lazy Moray village with a motorhome stopover a short walk from the…
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A Quiet Harbour on the NC500: An Overnight at Latheronwheel
Read more: A Quiet Harbour on the NC500: An Overnight at LatheronwheelFinding a quiet harbour to overnight on the NC500: Latheronwheel, on the Caithness coast, where fifty fishing boats once worked…
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Two Rainy Weeks in Orkney: Standing Stones, Native Beasts, and the Churchill Barriers
Read more: Two Rainy Weeks in Orkney: Standing Stones, Native Beasts, and the Churchill BarriersIt rained at some point every single day for two weeks in Orkney, and it never once mattered. The people,…