I had a package pop through my letterbox today containing a Macmillan technical tee shirt ( as modelled by a well-known walking legend ) and an information newsletter with some last minute info. about the challenge. Included are details of some of the ways that the sponsorship money is used… £1 could pay for two…

MotionX-GPSDuring my walks, I track my progress with an iPhone app called MotionX-GPS. This is similar to endomondo but has a few useful bits, including…Better SpeechThe speech on endomondo is synthesised and can sound a bit rough but the voice on MotionX-GPS is much more life-like.Live MapsPeople can follow you on endomondo but only if…

YouTube Video Today is the second walk of this week’s back-to-back walks, thirty miles yesterday and another twenty today.A wet start and a wet first six miles before the rain stopped and eventually the sun popped out. I got a lift to Ash Green, Coventry and left there just before eight, heading for Bedworth.  From Bedworth,…

A day off and I was up at the crack of six and out of the house by seven ! Got on the bus into Birmingham then the metro ( tram ) out to Wolverhampton, getting off at The Royal from where a short walk put me onto the Birmingham Canal Navigation. I headed away…

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