Sunday … it must be the pub!

Following on from yesterday’s long walks, I let the dogs off lightly with only a couple of miles each around the local streets. In the afternoon, and a Sunday afternoon at that, I arranged with Sue to walk walk to The Griffin from where she would meet me with the car. After all the recent…

Soggy Doggy

This post was going to be titled Dennis after the storm that blew through over the weekend. The dogs didn’t have their early morning walkies this morning but were dragged out into the teeth of a gale this afternoon. Misty was first out of the gate and we took a stroll towards Water Orton. I…

Tunnels

Yesterday, I dropped my car off at the garage and walked the five and a bit miles home. Today, after the car had sailed through it’s MOT, I had to walk from work to near Spaghetti Junction to pick up said vehicle after work. The shortest route would have been through Nechells and down Long…

Return of The Dipper

Looking through a list of walking and running events for 2020, I came across the Dovedale Dipper. This scenic and popular event takes place in and around the Dove and Manifold valleys of Derbyshire. I have completed this a couple of times before and was surprised to see it on the 2020 list as the…

Lots of (Little) Walks

Looking at today’s exercise anyone would think that I’d spent the day walking. Let me explain … The first two walks were with the dogs, first thing, before going to work. The dogs will, sort of, walk together but it’s a lot easier if walked separately. The walks were of two miles each, firstly with…