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Happy New Year… 🥳🍷
I'm sorry it's a bit late but Happy New Year and I wish you all a very happy, prosperous but most importantly, a healthy 2024. I'd also...
A temporary halt to proceedings !!!
Firstly, I apologise for my delay in putting a Blog out to keep you updated with my progress and to explain why there haven't been any...
Day 171 & 172. Friday 17th & Saturday 18th November. Rhos on Sea to Llanfairfechan.
The rain had stopped, the sun was rising slowly over the headland and I started my day with an interesting conversation with a chap...
Day 169 & 170. Tues, Wed & Thurs14th, 15th & 16th November. Connah’s Quay to Rhos on Sea.
I was tucked up in my sleeping bag in my tent behind the Lodge for just after 10pm following the meeting, I was very grateful that there...
Day 167 & 168. Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th November. Neston to Holywell.
There was a party going on in the cricket club pavilion when I walked up the hill but it was 10pm, I'd had a couple of pints and I was...
Day 165 & 166. Thursday 9th & Saturday 11th November. Morton to Neston.
Life, goes on day after day, Hearts, torn in every way, So, Ferry cross the Mersey, For this land's the place I love, And here I'll...
Day 164. Wednesday 8th November. Liverpool to Birkenhead/Moreton.
'When you walk, through a storm, Hold your head up high, And don't be afraid of the dark.' A wet and misserable morning but I was on...
Day 163. Monday 6th November. Crosby to Liverpool.
I'd walked as far a Crosby before jumping the bus down to Liverpool so I could catch the train home to Lincolnshire. My foot was getting...
Day 161 & 162. Sunday 29th & Monday 30th October. Longton to Southport.
I'm not sure if I slept in Longton or in Walmer Bridge, both villages seemed like one place and it was gone 1am when I crawled into my...
Day 159 & 160. Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October. Blackpool to Longton.
It was a good idea to book a cheap guest house in Blackpool, I wasn't entirely sure what time I'd get back there on the train. It was a...
Home is where the heart is…
It was the same story when I went home in May, I slept for three day and nights solid and I have very little recollection of those days...
Day 157 & 158, Thursday 28th & Friday 29th September. Lancaster to Blackpool.
My left foot had been getting worse every day and the pain was really getting me down. First thing every morning I am in agony trying to...
Day 155 & 156. Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th September. Carnforth to Morecambe.
Morecambe Bay is a lot bigger than I thought, to walk around anyway. It was interesting and frightening to see the many Public Rights of...
Day 153 & 154. Saturday 23rd & Sun 24th September. Flookburgh to Carnforth.
After a couple of days hiding from the tail end of the hurricane, I had been invited to meeting in Garstang which wasn't on the coast so...
Day 151 & 152. Sunday 17th & Monday 18th September. Ulverston to Flookburgh.
It was a long day walking from Walney Island to Ulverston, just over 20 miles but it was pleasant enough, mostly walking up the west side...
Day 149, 150. Thursday 14th & Saturday 16th September. Askam in Furness to Ulverston.
What a lovely wake up call outside the RNLI station, a beautiful little Westie was scratching at my tent to get in with me, deaf as a...
Day 147, 148. Tuesday 12th & Wednesday 13th September. Ravenglass to Askam in Furness.
My visit to the Freemasons Hall in Millom revieled yet another recipient of The Victoria Cross. Lance Sergeant Tom Fletcher Mayson, a...
Day 145, 146. Saturday 9th & Monday 11th September. Whitehaven to Ravenglass.
I was up and away at a decent time as Chris needed to get to work, not before he knocked us up a cooked breakfast though, this man is...
