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Having spent last week and all weekend helping with art work, packaging prints, sorting cards etc and selling – it was time to start walking again. So my challenge this time is not to raise money but to challenge myself to keep using the refurbished body I have been given and make sure I keepContinue reading “The next 50! Walk 1 – 05/10/2021”

No route to follow as a script for this blog! Have I enjoyed completing the walks – yes. Has it been a challenge – yes at times, it has taken a certain amount of single minded focus and determination but also a feeling of liberation. I have become hugely more confident about going off toContinue reading “The 50 walk challenge”

Time for the final walk of this challenge and I’m pleased to have been able to achieve it before the end of September. At the beginning of the week there was 70% rain forecast for the day, but how wrong that turned out to be. I decided to do quite a straightforward but classic walkContinue reading “Walk 50 – 26/09/2021”

A walk in one of my favourite places today – Oxford. Starting in the City Centre but a strong water theme again. Covered a total of 18km so one of my longer walks. No apologies for lots of pictures – too beautiful not to! My Fitbit map has a chunk missing – definitely mind ofContinue reading “Walk 49 – 24/09/2021”

My starting point today was the village hall car park in Blewbury. I realised I hadn’t documented any of the village in my blogs and I also wanted to follow one of the main routes up to where we held our Pilgrimage services. First down to the church a route I’d taken many times forContinue reading “Walk 48 – 23/09/2021”

Featuring the Ridgeway again today and starting at a small parking area where the road between Ashbury and Lambourn intersects this ancient track. Setting off towards Waylands Smithy I notice how the range of colours in the landscape is subtly changing. There are woods on my right for much of this stretch and this isContinue reading “Walk 47 – 22/09/2021”

Today’s walk started and finished in Wallingford and was 15.2 km long. This is another market town, like Abingdon and Wantage and along with these two was once in Berkshire. Similarly to Abingdon the River Thames runs through the edge of the town. After parking behind the main square the route started and came outContinue reading “Walk 46 – 21/09/2021”

Another walk with SPR walking and this time a completely different starting point- Brecon Beacons National Park. This was their slightly abridged version of the waterfall walk. Seven of us today including John who was our leader for this route. We were dropped at Penderyn and first of all walked through a farm yard andContinue reading “Walk 45 – 19/09/2021”

A shorter afternoon walk today, taken from the 50 walks in Oxfordshire book and starting at Sunningwell. This village is not too far from Abingdon but more importantly was part of the way to Hill End Outdoor Centre where I had a early evening (5.30) meeting. This is a small village and one again thatContinue reading “Walk 44 – 16/09/2021”

Time for another walk from my house, straight up the hill towards the Ridgeway. The ground is still quite dry even though there has been some rain. The landscape is changing as crops have been harvested and the next stages are beginning again. As soon as the top of the first rise is reached anContinue reading “Walk 43 – 15/09/2021”