Up with the larks and drove Sue to work in Moseley.Clicked the Garmin and started my walk home via Sparkhill and Greet before following alongside the River Cole to The Ackers ( this was part of the Birmingham Canal Canter – but in reverse ).A short stretch of canal and a noisy walk before crossing…

Got the bus into Birmingham then the 45 service to Wast Hill.I joined the canal, walking through Kings Norton junction before leaving the canal to join the Rea Valley cycle path. The path, eventually ends up in Canon Hill Park from where a short uphill stretch brought me to Moseley where I met the other…

Ready for the start Saturday 27 October saw the 25th anniversary of The Cotswold Challenge, a twenty five mile walk up and down ( but mostly up! ) the hills between Gloucester, Cirencester and Stroud.I had an easy drive down the M5 arriving at event HQ, in the village of Birdlip around 07:15 giving me…

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…