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The Discovery Bay Lookout Walk with Oliver
The Discovery Bay Lookout Walk with Oliver
Stewart Goes Walkies is pleased to present another contribution from our reader, Oliver Win. The Discovery Bay Lookout Walk. Discovery Bay – a bit of history The planning for Disco Bay, as it came to be known, started as far back as 1973 when a private developer began negotiations with the Hong Kong Government. Several villages were surrendered to the project and the inhabitants moved out into…
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Books and Other Publications by the Author II - The Dragon and Other Stories
Books and Other Publications by the Author II – The Dragon and Other Stories
In the second part of Books and Other Publications by the Author, Stewart Goes Walkies is pleased to offer THE DRAGON AND OTHER STORIES by Stewart Sloan. The book includes The Magic Frog (A Gift Misused), The Darkness in the Tree (Ancient Evil Moves to Taipo), Lonely Spirit (An Angry Spirit Attacks – Sexual Content), and The Dragon (The Sins of the Father Visited Upon the Son), and About the…
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Books and Other Publications by the Author
Books and Other Publications by the Author
Stewart Goes Walkies is pleased to offer EASTERN HORRORS – A Collection of Short Stories by STEWART SLOAN. EASTERN HORRORS is a collection of 18 short stories, most of which are set in Hong Kong. They were written over a period of time from the early 80s. Stewart Goes Walkies offers EASTERN HORRORS for sale in PDF and for the price of HK$ 120.00 (US$ 15.00). Payment may be made via…
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A Bit of Local History - White Trees in the Headlights
A Bit of Local History – White Trees in the Headlights
A Strange Phenomenon Today, the road system that runs from Kowloon through to the New Territories is made up of state-of-the-art highways. It is possible today to complete a journey in 30 minutes, which would in the past have taken several hours. Before these highways were built, the main road that traveled around the New Territories was Castle Peak Road. Castle Peak Road starts in Sham Shui…
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Places of Interest: The Botanic Union
Places of Interest: The Botanic Union
The Botanic Union is located in Kau Liu Ha Village, Tai Po. To get there take the 64K KMB Bus from Tai Po Market Station bus terminus or the 25K Green Minibus from Tai Wo Station. Alight at Kau Liu Ha, cross Lam Kam Road to enter the village and turn right down Hang Kai Lane. Alighting at Kau Liu Ha the crossing is right ahead At the crossing you’ll see the sign for the Botanic Union, watch the…
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Sunset Peak on Lantau - A Photo Essay by Oliver
Sunset Peak on Lantau – A Photo Essay by Oliver
Oliver is a regular hiker and former rock climber who, in his youth spent many months trekking in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. Here in Hong Kong, he accompanied me on many of my adventures and two of them can be seen here: The Tree on Majestic Slabs and Camping and Climbing at the Shek O Sea Cliffs – Snakeheads and Cheap Wine. He has kindly forwarded this collection of photos of Sunset…
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Places of Interest: The Long Mei Beach
Places of Interest: The Long Mei Beach
The Long Mei Beach was officially opened to great fanfare on the 23rd of June 2021 by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) as the first man-made beach in the SAR. While the beach at Repulse Bay has a manmade extension that was made for military use during WWII, Long Mei is certainly the first made-for-purpose beach in the SAR. To get there you can take the No. 75K KMB bus or the…
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Camping on Lantau - the early days
Camping on Lantau – the early days
My earliest camping exploits occurred in my early teens. Every Chinese New Year my father would visit the Army Surplus shops, of which there were many in those days, buy kit bags and a tent and kapok sleeping bags for myself and my sister. The kitbags were canvas and weighed a ton even before you put anything in them. The starting point was usually my father’s farm near the Trappist monastery.…
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Fitness Walk
The weather in Hong Kong is so pleasant now that I’m taking every opportunity to get out and walk, even if it’s routes that I’ve done (many times) before. Today I walked from Sun Hing Gardens , in Tai Po to the Tai Po Waterfront Park and then from there into Fu Shin Estate. This is a great route for anyone living in the Tai Po area. It doesn’t matter how many times you have been to the…
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Trekking Poles - and how I use them
Trekking Poles – and how I use them
I have been using trekking poles for almost a year now and can vouch for their benefits. Many younger hikers eschew them in the belief that they are for the elderly, or persons with, or recovering from leg injuries. But, they offer many benefits to their users, providing they are used correctly. Hiking the Tsing Yi Nature Trail I have mentioned on more than a few occasions in these posts that…
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The Hidden Gem in the Mousepad
The Hidden Gem in the Mousepad
Several years ago I spent some time working in an NGO. Initially, I was employed on a part-time basis, and it was probably due to this I was given the oldest PC in the organisation. It was probably the oldest PC in existence, and my mouse pad consisted of a small booklet. The work was erratic, I would work non-stop for hours on end on one occasion, and spend hours twiddling my thumbs on another.…
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The Spirit of the Matter
The Spirit of the Matter
As we have mentioned in some of our earlier posts, it has been a long hot summer in Hong Kong with week after week of hot weather warnings, followed by weeks of torrential rain. It had made hiking difficult, if not dangerous. This year alone there have been a number of fatalities due to hikers ignoring the warnings and venturing out regardless. Sadly, the day before posting this story another two…
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The Chronicles of Stevie - Sad News
The Chronicles of Stevie – Sad News
It is with sadness we report that Stevie lost her battle with feline immunodeficiency virus and crossed over the Rainbow Bridge earlier this morning, 2nd October. She had just celebrated her third birthday in August. Stevie loved her nose boops As mentioned in her Chronicles, Stevie had been diagnosed as FIV+. The Vet did explain that she had no way of knowing how much time we would have with…
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