Woodgate Valley

As another Saturdays rolls around, it’s that time of week known as parkrun. To get my training mileage of eighteen miles in, I planned on dropping the car in Digbeth, Birmingham then walking out to Woodgate Valley; doing the parkrun then walk back to the car. The mileages added up but then I heard on…

To the Pub (widescreen)

Tuesday and I was working from home which meant that I was all done by four o’clock. My other half had agreed to pick me up from The Griffin at seven which gave me about two and a half hours or ten miles. Finishing work a tad early, I walked the dogs locally which served…

Middle of Nowhere

At the beginning of the year, I started a virtual walk across America following the old Route 66 from Chicago to L.A. All my walks are logged via a webpage and backed up with my Strava data. Every now and again, I upload my mileages to the end-to-end website (LINK) and then I can search…

New Bridge

After a shorter than planned walk yesterday, I chose to add a few extra miles today. The dogs were walked giving me four miles and then I arranged with my other half that I would walk to the pub where she would meet me and kindly drive me home after a few jars. There are…

Derbyshire

My brother and his other half have spent this past week exploring Derbyshire and invited me up for a day’s walking. Being a Saturday meant that I had to fit in a parkrun so after a quick look of the maps decided on Markeaston on the outskirts of Derby, as I’d be passing it anyway….