Jane Smith
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
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
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
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
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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Jane Smith
Oct 3, 20238 min
Chiltern Way Day 11 - Champneys to Whipsnade
Given I had done a long walk, had a relaxing evening and a very comfortable bed, I would have expected to sleep well, but sadly that...
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Jane Smith
Oct 1, 20237 min
Chiltern Way Day 10 - Princes Risborough to Champneys
It's lovely walking more than one day at a time. It has much more the feel of an adventure, even though today I was never much more than...
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Jane Smith
Sep 30, 20236 min
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
Sep 25, 20236 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
Sep 24, 20237 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, 20234 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, 20237 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, 20237 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, 20235 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, 20235 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, 20237 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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