Category Archives: Preparation

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”

It had been my intention this week to say something about the route planning for LETJOG C2C, the Coast to Coast walk across northern England that Rob and I are embarking upon in a little over 10 weeks’ time. I have mapped our daily walks on the OS App, in order to plan our progressContinue reading “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”

So, as I was saying last week, this time of year can be great for walking, and the experience really could not have been more perfect first thing this morning. Continuing my early training for the LETJOG C2C walk in April is an unnecessary excuse for getting out and about when the day dawns brightContinue reading “A Hazy Shade Of Winter”

Well, over this last week or so my training has started again in earnest for my walking challenges of 2022! I have some plans for a couple of trips away, taking in some longer winter treks in preparation for my LETJOG C2C trek in April with my old schoolfriend Rob. In advance of these I’veContinue reading “Walking Back To Happiness”