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Walktober Recap!

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First was Robin who took us back to look at Octobers past with her beautiful photographs of places she enjoyed taking Walktobers over the years. She always takes such luminous photographs, you’ll enjoy going back in time with her. https://breezesatdawn.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/a-different-kind-of-walktober/

Then along came Jo, who is from Portugal but who took us for a walk in Torun, Poland! I love when people from all over the world join us for Walktober! Most of us would never see these places without wonderful people sharing them with us. https://stillrestlessjo.com/2025/10/06/jos-monday-walk-torun/

And then Karma decided a beautiful, warm, October weekend was just begging for a trip to Maine, so she and a friend went! Talk about the perfect couple of days! After reading this you’re all going to want to go to Maine for the weekend! https://karmardav.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/an-impromptu-getaway/

Penny the sheltie-girl wanted to make sure you all had a chance to see one of her parks, so she took you to Davis Lake Overlook Park, not far from our home. It was a beautiful October Sunday and she and I had a wonderful time. https://dawnkinster.com/2025/10/13/penny-takes-a-walk/

Penny here, I made my mom include a picture of me here.

Barbara took us to The North Carolina Museum of Art, where she found beautiful asters and goldenrod and a few pretty insects as well as a larger than life resident of the park surrounding the museum. https://www.ingebrita.net/2025/10/sunlight-over-the-meadow/

Debbie took Walktober to a new level, the epitome of ‘walk, drive, skip, boat, or ride!” She took us to a train museum and then we get to ride the train! https://domermom.com/2025/10/19/walktober-2025/

Mike took us to Calloway Gardens, a very special place in Georgia, no matter the season. He’s from a Northern state, so fall in the South is a bit different for him, and it’s probably different for a lot of us, so let’s go see what he found! https://mlcreationsphotography.com/2025/10/19/walktober/

For me, well, I was lucky enough to spend a week in upper Michigan, in a home along the shore of Lake Michigan itself. I shared the cats I was hanging out with and took a stroll in the small village up there. https://dawnkinster.com/2025/10/19/cats-in-northport-and-other-tales/ But after I did that post I decided it wasn’t really my official Walktober.

Eliza Waters found some beautiful color on her walk. She and her dog Wren took a lovely walk on their very own land. You can see for yourself here just what a beautiful place it is they live: https://elizawaters.com/2025/10/21/walktober-2025/

My personal Walktober was at one of my favorite places in the whole world. I debated quite a bit while I was up there whether to do my official Walktober on the beach. In the end, how could I not? https://dawnkinster.com/2025/10/23/dawns-beachy-walktober/

Mike got the chance to visit Calloway Gardens in Georgia again, during their pumpkin celebration and he takes us all along with him to marvel at the sights. https://mlcreationsphotography.com/2025/10/26/pumpkins-at-callaway/

Lisa took us for a walk around her neighborhood. From the pictures I’d say she has a pretty big neighborhood! There’s a bit of everything there! https://dailymusing57.com/2025/10/28/walktober-2/

Monkey, a very special sheltie-boy, took his mom out to see what there was to see, and you’d be amazed at the color he found! https://domermom.com/2025/10/27/walking-with-monkey-2025/

I, Monkey, taking my mom on a walk!

Natalie shows us some beautiful images from her October. She sure got a lot of beautiful images throughout the month! Go check them out: https://natalietheexplorer.home.blog/2025/10/31/october-2025-highlights-and-favourites/

Deb and her little schnauzer went on a beautiful walk for their combined Walktober. There’s nothing like seeing the trail from a little dog’s point of view: https://widowbadass.com/2025/11/02/the-sunday-schnauzer-walktober-glory/

Linda took us on a walk and found some very festive holiday color along with her regular friends at her park: https://lindaschaubblog.net/2025/10/26/a-walktober-stroll-that-was/

Carol literally takes a plane to show us a place far from her home and then she takes you back home again. Explore with Carol here: https://cjvl.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/walktober/

Penny and I hope you enjoyed all these Walktober adventures. She said I should include a picture of her and since I’m a mere sheltie servant I will.

I have the worrisome feeling I missed somebody’s Walktober. I’ve checked and double checked but I still feel like somebody got left out. So if you did a Walktober and I didn’t include it here, comment on this post and I’ll do a quick edit and get you in!

Meanwhile, enjoy all the October adventures!

Author: dawnkinster

I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.

29 thoughts on “Walktober Recap!

  1. It was a good month, wasn’t it? Thanks for curating! I’d love a trip to Maine xx

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  2. A beautiful month of sharing walks… Thanks for hosting! 🧡🍁

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  3. Hi Dawn – I had done a pingback to your original post, but I guess I should have done a comment and link instead. Here is my official Walktober post from last Sunday:

    A “Walktober” stroll that was …

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  4. These are all beautiful walks … here, there and everywhere, even across the world. Thank you for hosting again Dawn.

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  5. Great pix… love them all 😎❤️

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  6. Thank you for sharing all of the walks. Your yearly compilation always introduces me to places that I would love to visit. Toruń Poland looks delightful!

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  7. I love the picture of Penny. She is photogenic. Great posts, too. I won’t lie and say I am going to read them all, but I will look at some of them.

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  8. You did a fabulous job with your Walktober roundup, Dawn! Thank you for doing it — and for including the Monk and me. I’m looking forward to following the links and seeing where others took their walks. Maybe I’ll steal some ideas for next year?!?

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  9. Well done, Dawn! Thanks so much for hosting.

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  10. Thanks for getting me outside and getting me to write a post longer than 10 words… a great collection of October walks.

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  11. Nice wrap up Dawn. It will take some time to check them all out, but I will definitely have a look around to the folks who aren’t my “regular” connections that I’ve already seen!

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  12. Hi Dawn, I had planned to join, but the timing was off for me. I enjoyed your entries and have just started reading some of the others. Your beach walk was mesmerizing. Thanks for hosting and curating a beautiful collection. Good idea.

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    • I fell in love with the concept of Walktober the first time Robin introduced it and was always so excited when she announced the time had come each year to head on out with our cameras. When she got really busy and couldn’t do it I knew I needed to keep it going until she was ready to take it back. I’ll always be indebted to her for coming up with the original idea.

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  13. Thank you for the recap, Dawn. I’ll start reading some of the entries.

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