After my unsatisfactory breakfast yesterday, I vowed to do better today. The best reviewed restaurant in St Albans is The Hatch, and it...

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...

Lots of stretching and massaging my dodgy foot yesterday seemed to have helped this morning. I tested it cautiously and was pleased to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Although walking in fine weather might seem more appealing than walking in the rain, I think walking in a heat wave is harder than...

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...

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,...

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...

Time has been odd over the last fortnight. Simultaneously rushing and dragging, with some days being hard to adjust to with their glacial...

I couldn't have had a better send off this morning. Kacey, our landlady, made a fantastic breakfast of home made granola and smoked...

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...

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...