Category Archives: Diary

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”

Friday 13 to Friday 27 July 2025 I promised last week to post a few photos of the road-trip to Ireland that Rachel and I took at the end of last month. Our journey covered the southern half of the 1,500-mile Wild Atlantic Way, a collection of roads and lanes that follow the coastline ofContinue reading “Of Land And Sea”

Saturday 5 July 2025 It is approaching two months now since I returned from my Camino trek to Santiago, and high time, I think, for me to check in with you all. Thank you once again for following my Blog through springtime Spain, and I hope that you are all keeping well and enjoying theContinue reading “I Will Wait”

Wednesday 14 May 2025 Well, at the risk of taking up even more of everyone’s time in reading this piece, I said that I would write a final Blog with some reflections, facts and figures on my Camino Francés experience. Let us get the numbers over with first – for those, like me, that findContinue reading “Honey, I’m Home”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 32+2: Monday 12 May 2025 – REST DAY in SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA (and travel HOME) Fittingly I have spent the final day of my pilgrimage in and around the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the ultimate destination of the various Camino paths across Iberia and Western Europe, including that of theContinue reading “Hasta Mañana”