Six a.m. and I’m sat in my hotel room with a pot of instant porridge writting my final blog before I start the 100km Thames Path Challenge. The journey yesterday was uneventful, involving a drive down to Henley where I met Carol, the owner of tonight’s B & B who was very helpful showing me…

Hopefully, I’ve packed all that I need.I’ve got a bag of stuff to be left in the car at Henley. Everything else is in the rucksack that I’ll be taking on the challenge including a small bag for those things that need transporting from Putney to Henley.I’ll be off to work, shortly and at midday…

Just under two days to go until I set off from Putney Bridge and head west ( actually, I’ll be heading wards every point of the compass during the walk, such is the windings of The Thames ). Tonight, I need to get everything sorted and packed up. Batteries are on charge and all my…

Agghh!With a new job, new phone and a holiday, I won’t say that I’d forgotten about the walk but it wasn’t the most important thing on my mind. With only THREE DAYS to go, it’s started to sink in and I suppose that I had better get things ready ! I’ve been in touch with…

New Phone / Old Phone I’m back home in Brum after a very restful break in North Wales. Not a great deal of walking done but some quality time spent with my other half, relaxing and taking it easy.It would have been more relaxing if the iPhone hadn’t played up. As well as the usual…