Jane Smith
Chiltern Way Day 9 - Stokenchurch to Princes Risborough
Less than a week since getting to Stokenchurch, I unexpectedly have time to do more of the Chiltern Way. Sadly, our plans to spend the...
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Jane Smith
- 5 days ago
- 6 min
Chiltern Way Day 8 - Ewelme to Stokenchurch
The morning started how the best mornings did in the summer, chatting to my landlady and finding out a bit about her life. Her family...
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Jane Smith
- 7 days ago
- 7 min
Chiltern Way Day 7 - Goring to Ewelme
I normally write this blog in the evening after I’ve walked. In the summer, this process was almost as much of a joy as the walking...
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Jane Smith
- Sep 23
- 4 min
Chiltern Way Day 6 Sonning Common to Goring
After a fantastic trip to Yorkshire with the choir, I came home ready to get walking again. To my delight I realised that there was the...
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Jane Smith
- Sep 16
- 7 min
Chiltern Way Day 5 - Stonor to Sonning Common
I've been a bit off colour this week, and so wasn't sure that walking on Thursday would be a possibility, but to my joy I woke feeling a...
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Jane Smith
- Sep 9
- 7 min
Chiltern Way Day 4 - Pullingshill Wood to Stonor
Although walking in fine weather might seem more appealing than walking in the rain, I think walking in a heat wave is harder than...
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Jane Smith
- Sep 5
- 5 min
Chiltern Way Day 3 - Loudwater to Pullingshill Wood
One of the things with doing the big walk that I especially loved was the simplicity of it. I had nothing to do but walk, eat, write and...
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Jane Smith
- Sep 3
- 5 min
Chiltern Way Day 2 - Chalfont St Giles to Loudwater
It feels so good being back doing what I love doing. Today's walk was only three and a half hours or so, but the weather was beautiful,...
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Jane Smith
- Sep 2
- 7 min
Chiltern Way Day 1 - Hemel Hempstead to Chalfont St Giles
It's coming up for four weeks since I finished the LEJOG walk, and I've had many people ask me what I'm going to do next. I think the...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 22
- 3 min
Two weeks later
Time has been odd over the last fortnight. Simultaneously rushing and dragging, with some days being hard to adjust to with their glacial...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 8
- 8 min
Scotland Day 44 - Gills to John O’Groats
I couldn't have had a better send off this morning. Kacey, our landlady, made a fantastic breakfast of home made granola and smoked...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 7
- 10 min
Scotland Day 43 - Brough to Gills
Although it was a late night last night, trying to coax the Wi-Fi into loading the photos for this blog, I woke feeling refreshed and...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 6
- 10 min
Scotland Day 42 - Forss to Brough
Today has had both the best and the worst sort of walking. The day started well, as I slept deeply in our very fancy and extremely...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 5
- 8 min
Scotland Day 41 Melvich to Forss
I was tired this morning. Although the B and B was good in many ways, the hot tub being a notable plus, there hadn't been much money...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 4
- 9 min
Scotland Day 40 - Bettyhill to Melvich
Our hotel last night was quite smart, unlike most of the places I've been in. This formality meant that it wasn't a place to chat to...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 3
- 8 min
Scotland Day 39 - Tongue to Bettyhill
For those reading this looking forward to blue skies and breathtaking scenery, sadly you'll be disappointed today. It's been very grey...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 2
- 5 min
Scotland Day 38 - Rest day in Tongue
Increasingly, I'm regarding last year's walk as joined to this. I'm obviously aware of the ten month hiatus in between the end of one...
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Jane Smith
- Aug 1
- 8 min
Scotland Day 37 - Altnaharra to Tongue
It was good to see Graeme and Deborah again at breakfast this morning. Graeme was off to fish another waterway, and Deborah was going to...
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Jane Smith
- Jul 31
- 6 min
Scotland Day 36 - Crask Inn to Altnaharra
It's remarkable how tough roads are on feet. By the end of yesterday's hard walking I had small blisters on the ends of both of my big...
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Jane Smith
- Jul 30
- 8 min
Scotland Day 35 Lairg to Crask Inn
There are some days on this trek that I have been particularly looking forward to, and today was one of them. The road from Lairg to...
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