I’ve added a new web page covering the 2 occasions that I’ve walked Wainwright’s Coast to Coast trek from St Bees Head to Robin Hood’s Bay. The first crossing took over 24 years to complete, the second was completed in […]
The Swiss Alpine Pass Route runs for 200 miles between Sargans and Montreux over 18 mountain passes. It is also called the Via Alpina 1 for the part between Sargans and Lenk. My wife Jan and I walked it with […]
Hebden Bridge is a small town just off the Pennine Way and it made a convenient start for a 6 day trek for my wife Jan and I in October 2019. I didn’t carry my Mamiya 7 film camera (giving […]
The end! This was the last day of our Lake District Trek . Jolly good breakfast, complete with soya milk for my corn flakes, at the Royal Oak in Rosthwaite. A good start to the day. After a few hundred […]
It was our penultimate day today and the weather forecast was not good until mid-afternoon. We were staying at the Bridge Hotel in Buttermere, jolly nice room and good beer and food last night. Good breakfast too to set us […]
It’s day 3 of our trek in the Lake District. Scales Force Upper Falls and Al Today is a sort of rest day as it’s just 6 miles and 1500 feet (less than 500m) of ascent over a small peak […]
It was day 2 of my 5 day trek in the Lakes with Al. After a big breakfast at the Royal Oak in Braithwaite we were on our way at the crack of 9.45am. Golly what an early start! From […]
Today was the first day of my annual hill walking trek with old friend Al from Gloucester. It’s just 5 days this time as I wasn’t sure my bad back would last the usual 8 days. We started from the […]
Al, Jan and I finished the first half of the Cotswold Way today by walking from Witcombe to Randwick. Al was dropped off by his wife Carol as we are just a couple of miles from their house. We couldn’t […]
Today was our fourth day on the Cotswold Way. We drove back to 7 Springs this morning to resume our walk where we finished yesterday, well not exactly as the pub wasn’t open! It was 10 miles in total, starting […]
After a very comfortable night at the Rising Sun in Cleeve Hill we had to don full waterproofs before we stepped out of the hotel door. It was wet and windy for an hour or so then dry and dull. […]
My day started, as usual, with an hour or so of stretches and exercises for my bad back before going down to breakfast at 9am. It was a jolly good full English breakfast at the Winchcombe Plaisterers Arms. Jan then […]
Today, Tuesday 5th April, we started the Cotswold Way and it was a sunny day! Jan and I met up with good friend Al from Gloucester, spending the night at the Red Lion in Chipping Campden. We also visited the 8 […]
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