I was, as ever, very grateful for my excellent ear plugs last night which have helped me sleep in many noisy places. But they couldn’t...

An early start (on my terms) so that I could be walking as far as possible in the cool. I had bought some croissants yesterday to have...

I had breakfast in the hostel this morning, to the accompaniment of 4 men and a youth taking off the breakfast room doors, firmly...

Yesterday afternoon and evening I was afflicted with the anxiety that sometimes strikes me on these walks. It’s not attached to a...

I wasn’t sure that I would be writing a blog about this latest walk, for it is going to be a very different one, I think, to what I’ve...