Ashcott to Glastonbury
Tim’s Steps: 17,754Miles walked: 7.8Elevation: 744Pints: 3.5Churches: noneStiles: 15Benches: 4 A solo walk for Tim today
Tamworth to Lichfield
Jeri’s Steps: 14,645Miles walked: 6.3Elevation: 223Pints: none (wine)Churches: noneStiles: noneBenches: 2 More canal walking today, between the ancient town of Tamworth and the ancient city of Lichfield. This time it was the Birmingham and Fazeley, built in 1789 to carry traffic between the Coventry and Oxford canals. It took about a mile and a half […]
Meriden to Tamsworth
Jeri’s Steps: 15,638Miles walked: 7.5Elevation: 350Pints: Two CobrasChurches: noneStiles: 12Benches: 1 Last night we stayed in Meriden, historically thought to be the geographical center of England until some people at the Ordnance Survey did some clever maths. This morning an Uber took us to our jumping off point; the Bubble Inn at Furnace End where […]
Henley in Arden to Meriden
Jeri’s Steps: 29,419Miles walked: 11.9Elevation: 380Pints: oneChurches: noneStiles: 30Benches: 3 Although we wore our rain gear yesterday and it failed to rain, today we decided to test the rain gods and wear our normal hiking clothes. We were lucky as although it was overcast in the morning, most of the rest of the day brought […]
Long Marston to Henley in Arden
Jeri’s Steps: 41,036Miles walked: 16.7Elevation: 259Pints: noneChurches: noneStiles: 5Benches: 5 and a lock The first walking day of the 2022 season! After a break of 10 months we are back in England to fill in some bits that we missed last year. After a simple breakfast of crumpets and coffee, we left with Dave for […]
Windy Gyle to Kirk Yetholm
Jeri’s Steps: 39,389Miles walked: 15.9Elevation: 3,215 (max!)Pints: 3Churches: noneStiles: 2Benches: 2 Into Scotland! Yesterday’s march down the hill from Windy Gyle to meet our B&B host meant that today we had to do it in reverse. It was a grueling hour long climb back up. Not the best way to start the final day. On […]
Byrness to Windy Gyle
Jeri’s Steps: 36,422Miles walked: 14.9Elevation: 2,263Pints: 3Churches: noneStiles: 1Benches: none The day started with a tough steep climb up from Byrness to Saughy Crag. The final 50ft involved scrambling amongst knee high boulders and ferns. ‘Scramble’ is the term used by one of the guidebooks; for us old folks it was more like crawling on […]
Bellingham to Byrness
Jeri’s Steps: 39,332Miles walked: 16.7Elevation: 2,076Pints: 3Churches: noneStiles: 5Benches: none 600 miles! Moors! Forests! Today was unremarkable. Nothing too scenic, nothing too wet. The day started with some excitement because the butcher in the village had a Morris Minor van and we had a good chat with him whilst we selected our pies for lunch. […]
Once Brewed to Bellingham
Jeri’s Steps: 38,414Miles walked: 15.4Elevation: 1,735Pints: none (wine)Churches: noneStiles: 17Benches: 1 Our last mile on Hadrian’s wall….. We had an early breakfast at the Bowes Hotel in Bardon Mill. According to our chatty waitress, the pub was remodeled about 4 years ago and as a result this little place at the crossroads was hopping! After a short […]
Greenhead to Once Brewed
Jeri’s Steps: 20,312Miles walked: 8.3Elevation: 1,440Pints: 5Churches: noneStiles: 16Benches: 1 After a day or rest during which we didn’t even leave our hotel, we stepped out to a bright sunny morning and headed towards Hadrian’s Wall. We briefly visited the Roman Army Museum to see if we could buy some hats (given our double loss last […]