Straining at the leash
Six a.m. and I’m sat in my hotel room with a pot of instant porridge writting my final blog before I start the 100km Thames Path Challenge. The journey yesterday…
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Nearly There ( One Day to go )
Hopefully, I’ve packed all that I need.I’ve got a bag of stuff to be left in the car at Henley. Everything else is in the rucksack that I’ll be taking…
Two days to go
Just under two days to go until I set off from Putney Bridge and head west ( actually, I’ll be heading wards every point of the compass during the walk,…
Three days to go
Agghh!With a new job, new phone and a holiday, I won’t say that I’d forgotten about the walk but it wasn’t the most important thing on my mind. With only…
Communication Breakdown
New Phone / Old Phone I’m back home in Brum after a very restful break in North Wales. Not a great deal of walking done but some quality time spent…
Up the Downs
No ill effects from Sunday’s forty miler – which is encouraging.I started my new job on Tuesday ( Monday was a bank holiday ) which involves a week’s training and…
Sandwell Six Towns
An early start for a twelve miles walk to Sandwell Valley for the Sandwell Six Towns Challenge Walk. The walk started at 8:30 so I had to leave home at…
Moonlight Meander
After work, I rushed home, got changed, put on the rucksack and set off on a fifteen mile night walk. As, at least, part of the Thames Path Challenge will…
Macmillan Pack
I had a package pop through my letterbox today containing a Macmillan technical tee shirt ( as modelled by a well-known walking legend ) and an information newsletter with some…
Techie Stuff
MotionX-GPSDuring my walks, I track my progress with an iPhone app called MotionX-GPS. This is similar to endomondo but has a few useful bits, including…Better SpeechThe speech on endomondo is…