Jane Smith
North Downs Way Day 3 - Dorking to Merstham
I had an entertaining half hour last night. Often the energy and adrenaline expended from walking means I’m not sleepy at what should...
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Jane Smith
Oct 127 min read
North Downs Way Day 2 - Guildford to Dorking
I’m not generally antisocial. I love my family and my friends, and I like spending time with them. But there is, for me, something really...
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Jane Smith
Oct 117 min read
North Downs Way Day 1 - Farnham to Guildford
It felt amazing to be waking with my rucksack ready, the sun in the sky and an unwalked path ahead of me. Indeed the sun in the sky meant...
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Jane Smith
Oct 102 min read
North Downs Way Day zero. Farnham
It’s been a really brilliant summer. David and I have travelled widely, had many adventures, holidayed in the sunshine with our wider...
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Jane Smith
Apr 108 min read
South Downs Way Day 8 - Bo Peep Farm to Eastbourne
The day started with another of those moments of interaction that I love about doing these walks. I had a long chat with Eileen and John,...
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Jane Smith
Apr 97 min read
South Downs Way Day 7 - Housedean to Bo Peep Farm
After an hour or two scrambling to get yesterday’s blog up and running, I had a lovely breakfast with Claire and Stephen before he drove...
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Jane Smith
Apr 96 min read
South Downs Way Day 6 - Bramber to Housedean
I wrote this blog entry last night, and saved it as a draft, only to discover this morning that it had disappeared. So I’m writing it...
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Jane Smith
Apr 81 min read
Holding post
All well, but I have WiFi issues - today’s blog will go up in the morning!
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Jane Smith
Apr 77 min read
South Downs Way Day 5 - Amberley to Bramber
The day started with thoughtfulness. My B and B host texted me to say that she’d sorted breakfast early for me if I wanted it, so that I...
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Jane Smith
Apr 65 min read
South Downs Way Day 4 - Cocking to Amberley
Yesterday evening had a bit of a challenge. The window in my bedroom had been left open when I arrived, and it was very stiff. In...
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Jane Smith
Apr 56 min read
South Downs Way Day 3 - Buriton to Cocking
No nightmares last night. That feels like a real step forward, and I think doing this walk is definitely part of that. It was great to...
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Jane Smith
Apr 48 min read
South Downs Way Day 2 - Exton to Buriton
More nightmares last night. They are very wearing, but maybe part of the process. Waking on full alert in the pitch black is something...
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Jane Smith
Apr 38 min read
South Downs Way Day 1 - Winchester to Exton
A poor night filled with nightmares and struggling with a very soft bed, but I felt excited and ready to go when I woke. I'd opted not to...
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Jane Smith
Apr 23 min read
South Downs Way day zero - in Winchester
For the last three years, when I've embarked on the long distance walks that I've done during the summers, I've been almost overwhelmed...
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Jane Smith
Apr 11 min read
Getting ready to go again
It's been a wet and miserable Spring. My hiking so far this year has been trudging around the same local fields and woods in the wet,...
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Jane Smith
Nov 14, 20237 min read
Chiltern Way Day 16 - Redbourn to Hemel Hempstead
After my unsatisfactory breakfast yesterday, I vowed to do better today. The best reviewed restaurant in St Albans is The Hatch, and it...
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Jane Smith
Nov 12, 20235 min read
Chiltern Way Day 15 - Breachwood Green to Redbourn
The pub I stayed in last night is marketed as being for walkers (tick) and also for those flying from Luton airport. There was no missing...
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Jane Smith
Nov 11, 20236 min read
Chiltern Way Day 14 - Great Offley to Breachwood Green
Lots of stretching and massaging my dodgy foot yesterday seemed to have helped this morning. I tested it cautiously and was pleased to...
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Jane Smith
Nov 10, 20235 min read
Chiltern Way Day 13 - Sharpenhoe to Great Offley
It's been almost a month since the last walk, and I could really feel it today. It's been a very busy time with both work and family...
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Jane Smith
Oct 22, 20238 min read
Chiltern Way Day 12 - Whipsnade to Sharpenhoe
I normally write this blog in the evening after I walk. During the last two summers of trekking, it was part of the rhythm of my day, to...
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