Author Archives: nickletjog

THE THAMES PATH – DAY 6: Wednesday 5 November 2025 – OXFORD to ABINGDON (9.9 miles) I was quite surprised this morning to see that almost eight weeks have passed since our last foray along the Thames Path. Rachel and I completed our first five days of the walk in the late summer into earlyContinue reading “Leaves In The River”

Sunday 12 to Wednesday 22 October 2025 (Part Two) This Part Two of our short Slovenian adventure continues with the walks that Rachel and I took in the Julian Alps in the country’s north-west last month. Our trip was centred on the lakeside town of Bled and on the village of Bohinj Bistrica where weContinue reading “Autumn Almanac”

Sunday 12 to Wednesday 22 October 2025 (Part One) October in the Julian Alps of north-western Slovenia can be quite wet, but when the sun appears then the autumn colours around the lakes and on the hillsides can be as spectacular as anything that New England has to offer at this time of year. SuchContinue reading “Forever Autumn”

THE THAMES PATH – DAY 5: Thursday 11 September 2025 – NORTHMOOR LOCK to OXFORD (11.8 miles) Picking up from where we left off three weeks ago, today Rachel and I undertook a day-trip, back to the small village of Appleton just a few miles to the south-west of Oxford, to resume our Thames PathContinue reading “Oxford Town”

THE THAMES PATH – DAY 4: Thursday 21 August 2025 – TADPOLE BRIDGE to NORTHMOOR LOCK (8.4 miles) Today, unfortunately for the moment, is the final day for Rachel and I, of walking the Thames Path: we will be back before too long to continue the journey. So for now I have a few picturesContinue reading “Goodbye To A River”

THE THAMES PATH – DAY 3: Wednesday 20 August 2025 – LECHLADE to TADPOLE BRIDGE (10.2 miles) I have already mentioned how, for a great many hundreds of years, the Thames has been an important transport artery and a thriving conduit for industry and commerce. But, perhaps even more fundamentally, throughout historical times the river’sContinue reading “Old Father Thames”

THE THAMES PATH – DAY 2: Tuesday 19 August 2025 – CRICKLADE to LECHLADE (10.9 miles) Our Thames Path journey really took off today, passing through a delightful stretch of countryside between the pleasant towns of Cricklade and Lechlade. And now that we are at last seeing some flowing water within the banks of theContinue reading “What’s In A Name”

THE THAMES PATH – DAY 1: Monday 18 August 2025 – THE SOURCE to CRICKLADE (12.3 miles)* Before I get started in relaying our experience of walking the Thames Path, I think that a few facts and figures on the river itself are in order. The Thames is arguably the British Isles’ best-known watercourse, butContinue reading “Dry River”

Sunday 17 August 2025 The Thames Path is one of England’s 15 National Trails, and is the only one of these to follow a river along its entire length. Being relatively accessible and close to home, this 184-mile trek has long been on our list of potential rambles, and so last week, when we sawContinue reading “Sweet Thames, Flow Softly”

Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 August 2025 Today’s Blog heading should really read ‘Keep Walking’, rather than dancing, as despite the hot summer weather I have managed to get out in the countryside a fair bit over the least month or so since my last report. The reason behind my Blog title today will becomeContinue reading “Keep Dancing”