Stetchford
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…
Kevbaldry
Wast Hill
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…
Cotswold Challenge
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…
An Apology
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…
Two Thousand Miles
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…
Green Man
After a couple of rest days following last week’s eighty odd miles, on Wednesday, I left the car at work and walked home taking an extra turn or two to…
And into November…
After contracting the, often fatal, man-flu ( “Don’t be daft, it’s only a cold !” – Mrs. B. ) I took a few days off from exercise hitting the road…
Birmingham Half
I should sub-title this A Glutton for Punishment.Yesterday, I walked fifty two miles on the Rowbothan’s Round Rotherham (RRR) challenge walk before driving back to Birmingham.I had booked my place…
Rowbothan's Round Rotherham
At some point, recently, I must have decided to move up a gear in my walking and tackle the annual LDWA 100 miler – to be held in South Wales…
Where Ravens Dare
As my Brother lives in South Wales, I picked this event partly so that I could catch up with the family ( and have somewhere to stay ). A few…