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
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The Norfolk Coast Path
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
The South Downs Way: Day 6 – Southease to Eastbourne
(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
The South Downs Way: Day 5 – Pyecombe to Southease
22nd April 2016 (15 miles + 1 mile) The sun refused absolutely to shine today but, given the good weather I'd enjoyed since Winchester, it would be unreasonable to grumble. I grumbled unreasonably. You see, today's walk would lead me along a stretch of the South Downs Way I know very well and I wanted … Continue reading The South Downs Way: Day 5 – Pyecombe to Southease
The South Downs Way: Day 4 – Amberley to Pyecombe
(21st April 2016 – 20 miles) Yesterday had been a long, tiring day's walk but today would hardly be any easier. Once again I had twenty miles to conquer and once again I was marching against the clock. I'd arranged a 5pm rendezvous with my partner Jim at Pyecombe - from where he'd pick me … Continue reading The South Downs Way: Day 4 – Amberley to Pyecombe
