Lichfield
After four days of walking we arrived in the cathedral city of Lichfield. We stayed at the George hotel for one night then moved to a very nice Airbnb near the cathedral. Today we met up with our friends Ron, Faith and their daughter Raffi and toured the cathedral and the Erasmus Darwin herb garden. […]
Thoughts on Walklejog Part One
After 636 miles and 50 days of walking Part One of the walk is now over and we are spending time in Edinburgh relaxing, reading, shopping and yes, walking around a bit. In 50 days, we walked from one end of England to the other and experienced the country’s changing landscapes from rocky coast to […]
Medical Rest Cont.
After four full days of rest, it was time to try out that left leg. We decided to walk up to the farm shop up on the Banbury road. We walked through Shotteswell then took a long path through two broad bean fields. Rain threatened, but we stayed dry. The broad beans were rotting in […]
Medical Rest
Jeri’s Steps: none Not happy… Definite muscle pain in my left shin. We were hoping our two day scheduled break in Banbury would sort it out and indeed, we were off to a pain free start on Tuesday. Then about eight miles in, a sudden thunderstorm resulted in slogging through muddy fields while soaking wet, […]
Rest Day in Newquay
Benches: 1 A day spent in Newquay doing nothing except laundry, a bit of shopping, reading and watching Wimbledon on the TV. Getting the feet ready for the next five day stretch to Launceston. A part of why we are doing this walk is to raise money, so if you can, please contribute to Macmillan […]
Quarantine Day 6:
A Day Out…. On our first post Day Five freedom day, we take the train to Oxford and manage to do more than 10,000 steps, somehow shaking off the torpor of quarantine. We take a guided tour, the theme being Morse and are surprised to find our fellow visitors all of a similar age and […]
Quarantine Day 5:
Early this morning we drove 72 miles to Luton Airport to take another COVID test; our third since starting the journey, including the one in LA. At 7.00pm we got the results (negative!) so we went to the pub with Dave to celebrate. Test and release sounds too much like catch and release, which generally […]
Arrival Day
All that angst and yet – we’re here!!! The flight was fast and empty. Arrived at LHR 45 minutes early. Then through Passport Control in 1/2 hour (or less) and the officer didn’t ask us any question regarding the length or purpose of our stay, just reviewed our Passenger Locator and pre-flight Covid-19 test and […]