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With just ten days to go, and with fine spring weather upon us, preparations for our C2C walk are coming together now in most respects. Our training walks are nearly done, kit assembled, and travel arrangements to the start line are in place. Rob and I have been in close touch with Parkinson’s UK, andContinue reading “Bring It On Home To Me”

With all that is going on in the world today I confess to some feeling of privilege and indulgence for the opportunity of a week away skiing in the Alps this week with Alistair, my elder son. I am hugely grateful as it is not often in our busy lives, especially with the challenges ofContinue reading “Slip Slidin’ Away”

On to more serious matters, and the C2C walk that Rob and I are embarking upon is now but a little over three weeks away! As our training walks continue, I think that we are each on course to attain a suitable level of fitness, and hopefully the weather will follow suit shortly with someContinue reading “Walk Of Life”

With a busy schedule and with more than our fair share of rain this last week, my training for our C2C adventure has been limited to a shortish walk each day in order to keep everything moving satisfactorily. I have certainly had a couple of soakings over recent days, and have trudged through more mudContinue reading “Walking In The Rain”

Those of you who followed my Blog last summer will know that Parkinson’s UK were one of my three chosen charities, and that they supported me with inspiration and advice as I walked the length of Great Britain. In return, generous supporters of my trek pledged some very significant funds to the three charities asContinue reading “Good Vibrations”

This week, along with some photos from recent walks, I’m taking a look inwards as well as out, as the temperatures move into double digits and winter starts to give way to early spring. With the impending change of season the Coast to Coast walk beckons for Rob and myself, and nature has already begunContinue reading “Turn! Turn! Turn!”

It is appropriate that my preparation for the C2C walk with Rob includes some specialist clifftop training by the sea, to follow my beach walk in Norfolk last week. Accordingly, this week’s Blog comes to you from the far west of Cornwall, as Rachel and I have been fortunate enough to have a super longContinue reading “Once Upon A Time In The West”

This morning, an announcement! My friend Rob Stubbs, with whom I am walking the Coast to Coast path in April, has now launched his JustGiving page! Our trek is in aid of Parkinson’s UK, and in particular to raise awareness of the condition and to support the medical research that Rob is participating in asContinue reading “Start Me Up”

I have promised a piece on route planning for the C2C (Coast to Coast) walk that Rob and I are preparing for in a little over two months’ time. In truth, with our trek and our evening accommodation being arranged through a holiday company, Macs Adventure, there is little that we have to do inContinue reading “Show You The Way To Go”