Reading through, probably, last month’s Country Walking magazine, I happened upon an article about waterproof jackets and the need to, periodically, re-proof them. It got me thinking. “When did I last re-proof MY jacket?” “Have I ever re-proofed my jacket?” Anyway, when I was in Go Outdoors last week (they had a sale on, you…
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Runnies (is there such a word?)
Even though I’d had a decent work out walking from Wolverhampton earlier in the day, the running training plan called for a 4 mile RUN today. Needing a bit of push, I arranged to meet the other half at The Griffin around 7 o’clock. I planned on running to said boozer a distance of 6…
Walkies – Only 1000 miles to go
Luckily yesterday was a scheduled rest day which I took full advantage of – I only did 2632 steps – half my daily goal. Most of those were to and from the bar of The Griffin !!! This morning, I dragged myself out of bed and went with the other half to Wolverhampton. She…
Watch This
A couple of weeks ago, I walked from Cannock Chase to Lichfield along the Heart of England Way. To navigate, I used a recent purchase, namely a Garmin Foretrex 401. This unusual unit is a stripped down GPS unit with Barometric Barometer (and hence Altimeter) and proper compass. There are no maps on the unit…
Happy New Year
Firstly, may I wish everyone a Happy New Year ? I’m not one for resolutions so I won’t go on about losing so much weight, drinking less, running faster etc. etc. What I will do is highlight my plans for 2017. I will be having another stab at a 100 miler. The LDWA event this…