CAMINO INGLÉS – Day 4: Thursday 27 August 2026 – UPPER WIELD to MARTYR WORTHY (12.5 miles) Logistics today dictated that we took two cars, and left one each end of the day’s walk: thus we drove back to Upper Wield, where we had finished our trek yesterday, before setting off south-westward on foot onceContinue reading “Waiting In The Weeds”
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You Raise Me Up
CAMINO INGLÉS – Day 3: Wednesday 26 August 2026 – WORTING to UPPER WIELD (10.5 miles) Our third day on the Camino Inglés proved to be the most rural, as we left town and motorway to cross the undulating fields and forests of some of the more remote parts of Hampshire. Our path this afternoonContinue reading “You Raise Me Up”
Light Of A Clear Blue Morning
CAMINO INGLÉS – Day 2: Tuesday 25 August 2026 – MORTIMER to WORTING (14.0 miles) Today, the second stage of our Camino, did indeed start with a sapphire sky. But before my full account of our daily walk perhaps a few words on our pilgrimage route are in order. The 68.5-mile path from Reading toContinue reading “Light Of A Clear Blue Morning”
I Am A Pilgrim
CAMINO INGLÉS – Day 1: Monday 24 August 2026 – READING ABBEY to MORTIMER (11.5 miles)* Maybe I am becoming a serial pilgrim, as less than three months after returning from the Camino Portugués, I now find myself back on another ancient pathway: the English section of the ancient Camino Inglés. This route, also knownContinue reading “I Am A Pilgrim”
Leaving Town
THE THAMES PATH – DAY 9: Tuesday 18 August 2026 – PANGBOURNE to READING (6.9 miles) Well, with a free day in the calendar, Rachel and I made the rash decision to set an early alarm this morning, as we left town for a short day’s walk in continuation of our Thames Path journey. PickingContinue reading “Leaving Town”
Across The River Thames
THE THAMES PATH – DAY 8: Thursday 23 July 2026 – WALLINGFORD to PANGBOURNE (11.3 miles) The settlement of Wallingford has a long history, and was the likely Thames crossing point for William the Conqueror in 1066 on his circuitous (and largely bloodless) march on London following the Battle of Hastings. It was here thatContinue reading “Across The River Thames”
Back To The River
THE THAMES PATH – DAY 7: Wednesday 22 July 2026 – ABINGDON to WALLINGFORD (13.5 miles) A week or two ago Rachel and I decided to rekindle our Thames Path project that had lain dormant for a few months. A lot of water has flowed under the bridges of the river since last November whenContinue reading “Back To The River”
Boots Of Spanish Leather
CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 13+2: Tuesday 9 June 2026 – SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA to HOME It is home time now – and so this morning, after an early alarm and a quick snack in a nearby café, I packed and left Santiago on the public bus to the airport. And so I am presently satContinue reading “Boots Of Spanish Leather”
Shiny Happy People
CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 13+1: Monday 8 June 2026 – Free Day in SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA I have had a quiet day today, just chilling and ‘hanging out’ in Santiago, people watching, and meeting many of my Camino Buddies from the trail who have not already departed for home. Those who have followed my BlogsContinue reading “Shiny Happy People”
End Of A Journey
CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 13: Sunday 7 June 2026 – PADRÓN to SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA (26 [+3] kilometres) They say that it is all about the journey but, for me, today’s last leg of my Camino Portugués experience certainly had a hint of destination about it. I was up early, and was walking by soonContinue reading “End Of A Journey”
