On Friday afternoon, after doing the weekly shop and picking up a few extras for the walk, I set off up the M42 towards Rotherham grabbing my blue shoes from the rack on the way out. After inputting the postcode into my SatNav, I discovered that I would be passing close by a friend’s house…
Author: kevbaldry
Tapering for the RRR
I’ve just got back from a restful few days up north in and around Harrogate. With the fifty mile Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham event this coming Saturday, I have only been out for a few short walks totalling only ten miles so far. It is now Friday morning and I’m just back from picking the dogs…
Babbs Mill
As I’m officially on a taper week before next Saturday’s fifty miler around Rotherham, my long walk of the week would only need to be ten miles. I started early with a couple of dog walks getting four miles on the clock. After breakfast, I changed into shorts in readiness for today’s parkrun. As I…
The Need for Speed
A couple of early starts over the last two days. A dark four miler locally on Tuesday before a couple of dog walks on my return. Then seven miles this morning before work. Walking before sunup meant that I had to utilise the head-torch for some sections which reminded me to ensure that the torch…
Still in the middle of nowhere
I’ve just uploaded this week’s mileages to my Route 66 site only to discover that I am still in the middle of nowhere, which is in New Mexico. Fifteen hundred miles down and only another 767 to go.