I was up early and out of the door by seven on Sunday morning, arriving in Hartington just before eight thirty. I soon found the event HQ, registered and received my control card. This had to be punched at each of the six control points to Prove that I’d been there and Let the organisers…

Overview of the route showing start, midpoint and end I’ve discovered some google maps with the route of the Thames Path shown. This may not be the exact route ( especially around Brentford and Twickenham where there are alternative routes ) that I will be following on 14th September but it’s close enough to give…

This week’s training schedule called for a five hour walk ( the training plan works by time on feet ) so using a conservative four miles per hour made that a twenty mile walk. Consulting the charts, I created a twenty miler, all on the canals. After a gruelling morning at work ( stop sniggering…

I usually do a longish walk on a Wednesday and today was no exception. I had planned to walk from work, along the canal system to Hay Mills then along the River Cole path to Chelmsley Wood to meet the wife at the gym at eight.However, Sue changed gym so I had to re-route to…

Just a quick post to share the news that I have now raised £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Thank you to all of those who have donated to this worthy cause and for those who haven’t, please consider doing so. As a reminder, you can donate in a number of ways… Go to my Just Giving…