After mulling over which long-distance path to walk for my 2017 hiking holiday, I decided to revisit my first love, The Ridgeway. I first attempted to walk all of this path in 1981, failed, but then succeeded the following year. And if, as a newbie, I had found both experiences challenging, it also hooked me … Continue reading The Ridgeway
(Walked on 25th April 2015 - 16 miles + 1 mile) At 7.30 the following morning - glistening with sun-cream, full of toast and anticipation - Jim and I hopped off the bus at Blakeney to continue our walk along the Norfolk Coast Path. Today would be the second third of our planned three-day walk. … Continue reading The Norfolk Coast Path: Day 2 – Blakeney to Burnham Overy Staithe
(Walked on 24th April 2015 - 15 miles) It was a wrench to leave the holiday home and walk the walk. I could have stayed put all day - happily reading, eating and looking through its large windows at hares galore; waiting for a glimpse of barn owl; or enjoying the antics of resident stoats. … Continue reading The Norfolk Coast Path: Day 1 – Cromer to Blakeney
I came to Norfolk late. I was well into my forties when, one summer, my partner Jim and I made the long drive from our home in Sussex to that marvellous North Sea coast - marvellous at least until a cold, thick sea-mist rolled in and pushed us back home. Before the mist, we camped … Continue reading The Norfolk Coast Path
(23rd April 2016 – 17 miles + 3 additional miles) And so this was my final day on the South Downs Way; and if I had whinged and moaned about the weather yesterday, somebody took note. It was cold, it was windy but the sun shone and I had more photogenic fluffy clouds than I could … Continue reading The South Downs Way: Day 6 – Southease to Eastbourne
