

A day of sunshine and a little perspiration
Well, actually, yesterday was hot and windless, and I sweated buckets. Why do I choose a day like this to go for my last training walk?...


Walking behind Fan y Big
The second of my Wales walks was from a campsite a mile east of Brecon. A couple of days ago I deserted the comfort of our motorhome for...


Cynwyd, Moel Fferna, Carrog and Corwen
The next chapter of this very intermittent training schedule is from North Wales where we're having a short break that is intended to...


A veneer of Oxfordshire mud
Viv and I were visiting the other pair of grandchildren and their parents this week and yesterday I managed to sneak off for a day's walk...
Getting fit enough to mow grass
Having had a couple of less-than-perfect opening training walks (too much wind, too much up and down, not enough time) I yesterday...
Spring came to the coast path
The internet weather forecast had little blazing suns across the day with not a lot of wind, and that from the north. So, infected with...
Getting the wind behind me
Talking about the walk with Christine Jadav of Christian Aid got me all fired up – I came back home and worked on the details of the...