Journeys by hiking, running, cycling and touring
Organising category for the individual categories of Long Distance Paths and walks on them
One of my To Dos this year is to finish my re-walk of the North Downs Way. I originally walked it between 2006 and 2016, but it was very sporadic: 4 sections in 2006, 5 in 2011 and the final 4 in 2016. Given how long it took, after becoming an Ambassador for the trail … Continue reading The North Downs Way Again – Part 9: Merstham to Betchworth
One of my To Dos this year is to finish my re-walk of the North Downs Way. I originally walked it between 2006 and 2016, but it was very sporadic: 4 sections in 2006, 5 in 2011 and the final 4 in 2016. Given how long it took, after becoming an Ambassador for the trail … Continue reading The North Downs Way Again – Part 8: Otford to Merstham
One of my To Dos this year is to finish my re-walk of the North Downs Way. I originally walked it between 2006 and 2016, but it was very sporadic: 4 sections in 2006, 5 in 2011 and the final 4 in 2016. Given how long it took, after becoming an Ambassador for the trail … Continue reading The North Downs Way Again – Part 7: Halling to Dunton Green
I’d been planning to be in the Lake District this week for some time, but the weather chose that exact time to rebel. Facing the prospect of up to 95 kph gusts and lots of rain, I looked around for alternatives – anything just to get out for a couple of nights. And so I … Continue reading Washed Away
What's Happened So Far ? In Part 1, I walked from King's Lynn to Cromer over 4 days, choosing to split the walk in two there rather than struggle on legs that just weren't playing ball. A couple of weeks later, I was on holiday, when my wife spotted this: I remember taking a tick … Continue reading Norfolk Coast Path – Part 2: Cromer to Hopton-on-Sea
Introduction The Norfolk Coast Path (NCP) is part of the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail, as well as being part of the England Coast Path (ECP) (or King Charles III England Coast Path to be technically but also pointlessly accurate). It's signed as the Norfolk Coast Path from where I started in … Continue reading Norfolk Coast Path – Part 1: King’s Lynn to Cromer
It's traditional that each year I do the TGO Challenge, I do a warm-up or preparation trip - sometimes more than one - in the lead-up to the main event. This is an opportunity to see where I'm at physically, try out gear and help make the decisions as to what to take, and simply … Continue reading A bit of the South Downs Way – Warming Up for the TGO Challenge 2025
It's a week today until I set off for my 5th TGO Challenge, this time walking from Kilchoan to (hopefully) Kinnaber Links via an insanely rambling route that heads west more than a west to east route really should. This is a route I've wanted to do for a while, and sitting in the bar … Continue reading TGO Challenge Preparations – Part 1: Warming-Up
Ponders End to Broxbourne *I didn't take many photos on this walk, and a lot of the more interesting images ended up on video (linked below)* A day starting and ending with rail replacement buses. Which reduced the available time to walk, and hence the distance walked. Back at Ponders End, I retraced my steps … Continue reading Walking the River Lea (Part 3)
From West Ham to Lea Bridge following the actual River Lea I've just been editing the video for Part 3, and realised I hadn't actually published Part 2. So here it is, albeit in somewhat abbreviated form. One of the things that's irritated me about the Lea Valley Walk is its preference for following a … Continue reading Walking the River Lea (Part 2)
Only a few days after finishing the third section, I'm back out again to polish the rest off. As it's not very much distance, I decide to walk from Fenchurch Street to King's Cross rather than take the tube. That adds 4km. Back on the Regent's Canal, it's a similar diet of backs of industrial … Continue reading Glad That’s Done (Jubilee Greenway Part 4)
I decided some time ago that I'd not go back to finish this walk. The loss of momentum caused by the pandemic made me re-evaluate the worth of doing it compared with something a bit more rural and/or remote. And so nearly 4 years has passed, in which time I've accumulated several bits of uncompleted … Continue reading Thanks for the directions (not!) (Jubilee Greenway Part 3)
I've been a bit slack in posting over recent months, and the ever growing pile of things I was planning to write about has made catching up with the posts a bigger and bigger task. Last time I left you in Sanquhar at the end of the first chunk of the Southern Upland Way, which … Continue reading Flogging a Dead Horse (The Icknield way Part 1)
Day 5: St John's Town of Dalry to Chalk Memorial Bothy Rain at first light meant a bit of a lie in, and when I finally peeped out around 7am, I saw Afke packing up. She'd gone by the time I was properly up. I set off handrailing through the forest and went wrong almost … Continue reading Southern Upland Way – Part 3: St John’s Town of Dalry to Sanquhar
Day 3: Beehive Bothy to Caldons A cold night and I never felt quite warm enough, but I seemed to have slept ok. Partly because I wanted to cherish what warmth I had, I was slow in getting up, and when I did emerge found Afke on the point of leaving, and Wolfgang and Sophie … Continue reading Southern Upland Way – Part 2: Beehive Bothy to St John’s Town of Dalry