Last December “The Times” featured “A Good Walk – Eversholt and Toddington Park, Beds”. Using Christopher Somerville’s route as a starting point for this local walk and particularly to celebrate the birth of my grandson on Valentine’s Day just four days before I set out walking hopeful of some sunshine. In his birth congratulations card I…
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The Ridgeway – Day Five: Watlington to Princes Risborough
DAY FIVE – THE RIDGEWAY Sometimes when out walking, as in day five of walking the Ridgeway National Trail from Watlington to Princes Risborough, I just plod. This relatively short day held nothing particularly physically demanding and nothing mentally challenging. I had by now settled into an easy rhythm of walking each day and…
The Ridgeway – Day Three
The Ridgeway Day Three – Wantage to Goring and Streatley Well-rested after Day Two of Walking the Ridgeway and well-satiated by a filling breakfast and with lovely memories to treasure I re-packed my rucksack and set off in the early morning mist from The Court Hill Centre to begin Day Three of my Ridgeway…
A Harlington Walk: a story from hope to gratitude (and a dog called Donny!)
A CIRCULAR WALK FROM HARLINGTON ALONG THE BOTTOMS: A Story from Hope to Gratitude (and a dog called Donny!) Several years ago when I was ill the one thing I tried to do every day whatever the weather was to take a walk in the Harlington locality. For me at that time to…
