Welcome back. It’s been a while. A week or so past, I happened to come across the blog which I wrote, leading up to my Thames Path Challenge. I really enjoyed re-reading the account of my training, kit selection and assorted thoughts on walking and life in general. After my walk along the Thames, I…

With mother out of hospital and back home, there was little time for walks after work until my Birthday on Thursday.Up early, I had a small breakfast before walking to work using the most direct ( non-muddy ) route of just under six and a half miles. Being my birthday, I treated myself to a…

After a couple of rest days following last week’s eighty odd miles, on Wednesday, I left the car at work and walked home taking an extra turn or two to get eight and a half miles under my belt. I had a taste of winter with some rain which turned to hail for a while….

After contracting the, often fatal, man-flu ( “Don’t be daft, it’s only a cold !” – Mrs. B. ) I took a few days off from exercise hitting the road a week later with a scenic walk home from work along the Grand Union Canal, clocking up nearly fifteen miles.On Thursday, I was working in…

I should sub-title this A Glutton for Punishment.Yesterday, I walked fifty two miles on the Rowbothan’s Round Rotherham (RRR) challenge walk before driving back to Birmingham.I had booked my place on Bupa Great Run ( Birmingham Half Marathon ) a while ago and long before deciding to do the RRR. The Route I woke on…