Quite a busy night last night, with the carousing in the bar below my room carrying on till late. I’m glad I decided that ear plugs were...

I was exhausted last night, feeling shaky and drained in the pub at dinner and then asleep by 8.30 or so. Although I slept well, I was...

A lovely chat with Julie and her sister over breakfast about the day to come. They are walking the opposite direction so know where I’m...

A tearful farewell to David, unfortunately interrupted by another couple at the air BnB who weren’t sure what to do with my emotional...

We started the day with a rather downbeat conversation with our breakfast server about how the British have become more selfish and...

Unwelcome anxiety reared its head this morning, the chipper calm of yesterday merged into catastrophic thinking instead. Although the...

A wonderful first day. I thought I’d feel anxious in anticipation, but I was calm and eager to get going. I signed the register at the...

When people have asked me how I’ve been feeling about the walk, recently it’s been quite hard to know what to answer. There’s been so...

It has been a busy week or two of preparations, both for the walk and getting all my work sorted for when I get back. I’ve also been...

I have a famously poor sense of direction. Talk of knowing which way to walk in relation to the position of the sun in the sky makes me...

Raising money for charity has never been the most important point of the walk, but having decided to link myself to a cause I decided to...

It's a month till I set off. It will feel like such a relief to be able to just concentrate on walking, instead of trying to fit a 3 or...