Cirencester to Northleach
Jeri’s Steps: 37,437Miles walked: 15Elevation: 1,167Pints: 3Churches: 2Stiles: 4Benches: 3 Last night’s Indian meal was great. Even better than the food was the air conditioned restaurant! Tim took two Benadryls before his two pints of King Cobra so his walk back to the B&B was a bit wobbly. Cirencester is a beautiful town with the […]
Tetbury to Cirencester
Jeri’s Steps: 33,010Miles walked: 13.8Elevation: 629Pints: 3Churches: 2Stiles: 6Benches: 2 300 mile mark reached!! Another hot day. We started at 8:30 and visited the Co-op in Tetbury for supplies. The morning started off quite fast with small roads and good tracks and none of that getting lost nonsense from yesterday. There was a plethora of […]
Castle Combe to Tetbury
Jeri’s Steps: 34,836Miles walked: 15.3Elevation: 1,420Pints: 4Churches: 3Stiles: 21Benches: 3 Into Gloucestershire… After an early breakfast (we skipped the cooked English) we were walking by 8:30am. After a couple of wrong turns we hit three villages in succession; Littleton Drew, Luckington and Sherston. Littleton Drew had the best bench, carved with the name of the […]
Bath to Castle Combe
Jeri’s Steps: 37,998Miles walked: 16.1Elevation: 1,230Pints: 2Churches: 1Stiles: 25Benches: 2 From Somerset into Wiltshire… Today we walked into our fourth county, Wiltshire, although it will be a brief stay as Gloucestershire appears on the horizon sometime tomorrow. We left the Albany guest house at 9.00am and walked through the center of Bath, across the Pulteney bridge. Bath […]
Radstock to Bath
Jeri’s Steps: 30,629Miles walked: 12.5Elevation: 905Pints: 3Churches: 1Stiles: 7Benches: 2 Well we made it to Bath, a milestone for sure. The day was hot and sunny and the paths mostly followed the Wellow Brook river north east. After a few miles we came across an ice cream stand outside a farm, so our mid morning […]
Compton Martin to Radstock
Jeri’s Steps: 27,818Miles walked: 11.4Elevation: 1,322Pints: none (wine)Churches: 3Stiles: 38Benches:3 After a generous cooked breakfast at the Ring O Bells we set off at a somewhat late 9:45am in bright sunshine. The first mile was road walking to West Harptree where we visited the church and then shopped at the Spar for provisions. We chatted […]
Wells to Compton Martin
Jeri’s Steps: 28,221Miles walked: 11.3Elevation: 1,945Pints: 5Churches: 1Stiles: 21Benches: 1 After two day’s rest the foot felt a lot better so today we got back on the trail. We shopped early at Waitrose for food and had breakfast in the nearby skatepark, which was conveniently empty. But, based on our own family’s experience (Matt do […]
Rest Days Glastonbury & Wells
Pints: 2Cathedrals: 1 Well we knew this might happen at some point. Tim’s right foot was getting more painful so first thing on Tuesday morning we took a taxi to the minor injuries unit at Bridgwater Community Hospital. He was seen quickly, prescribed antibiotics and rest. So Tuesday and Wednesday were spent in Glastonbury and […]
Taunton to Bridgwater
Jeri’s Steps: 36,091Miles walked: 14.8Elevation: 1,561Pints: 2Churches: 2Stiles: 9Benches: 1 Woke 7:00, left at 9:30 after cooking scrambled eggs on toast with smoked salmon. Got lost in the first mile. Not lost as such, just confused by a footbridge over the canal which was not there. This caused us to walk further east towards Bathpool […]
Tiverton Parkway to Taunton
Jeri’s Steps: 46,960Miles walked: 19.1Elevation: 1,381Pints: 2Churches: 2Stiles: 19Benches: 3 From Devon into Somerset… Well, that was hard. Took the 7:31 train from Taunton to Tiverton Parkway. The journey there took 10 minutes but it took 10 hours to walk back. The first 6 miles were along the Grand Western canal and the pace was […]