At work so today’s walk was a few laps around the main building at work. I tracked the walk with Endomondo running on my phone, which was in my pocket. As I was walking around the previously measured 1/4 mile course, I noticed that Endomondo was claiming that I hadn’t walked as far as I…

Having too much time on my hands, I have been looking at my Endomondo statistics and discovered that since February 18th 2013, I have walked over 5,000 miles equating to a fifth of the Earth’s circumference!  I have also burnt around 800,000 calories – equivalent to 1559 burgers. However, I must have consumed more than…

For many years, I have been using a Garmin Forerunner 305. This device is a GPS receiver which enables me to track my walks (and occasional runs). The configurable interface displays lots of useful information about one’s workout, typically I display… Distance Traveled Time Taken Average Pace You can also display Lap Time, Lap Pace,…

Rest day so no walkies. I forgot to mention, yesterday, that my ageing Camelback bladder has sprung a leak resulting in a rather wet rucksack. Perhaps it’s time for a new bladder for my rucksack but there, again, my Solomon Trail 20 rucksack has also seen better days. Perhaps it’s shopping time? Now, I have…

The Route Something a bit different today or should I say tonight (now there’s a clue.) Setting off at half four, just as it was getting dark, I headed for Water Orton. The packhorse bridge is still closed to vehicular traffic so I could walk across without fear of getting run over. As I headed…