The book in the box at the trailhead
Walk notes
Every walk that got a full write-up, newest first, since 28 April 2024. The first date is the walk; the second is the last time one of us went back and corrected the note after another morning on the same planks.
- 22 Feb 2026Tyrelis, KamanosFrozen bog
Frozen bog: winter walks at Tyrelis and one February day at Kamanos
Short days, icy planks and tracks in the snow: how we walk the bog from December to March, why we never leave the boards, and a winter morning at Kamanos.
- 17 May 2025TyrelisCotton grass
Boardwalk manners, and what we wear on the bog from March to November
Passing on narrow planks, dogs, voices and the nesting months, then the clothes and small kit that work on an open bog, from wet April boards to July heat.
- 12 Oct 2024Tyrelis, KamanosBerry weeks
Sphagnum, cranberries and cotton grass: reading the bog from the planks
What a raised bog is made of, how to tell a hummock from a hollow, when cotton grass turns white and cranberries ripen, and why we pick so little of either.
- 28 Apr 2024TyrelisCrane mornings
Cranes at dawn: April mornings on the Tyrelis boardwalk
Why we leave Šiauliai before sunrise in April, what cranes and black grouse sound like from the planks, and how to stand still long enough to hear them.
Walks where we saw little still go in the book. How we decide what to write up is on the page about how notes are kept.