Slow Ways Route – Balwal one, Stobal two It was a nice quiet night and I had a good sleep. I was packed up and ready to set off by 07.30. I felt calmer and confident that I could do…

Slow Ways Route – Walkwat one I woke early, and watched the sun rise illuminating the little valley stretched out before me. In other circumstances the mist hanging in the valley bottom would have been idyllic but there I was…

Slow Ways Routes – Herhod two, Wather one The pitch I had chosen for last night’s camp was just by the river and turned out to be shared with a lot of rabbits as i discovered by their plentiful droppings.…

Slow Ways Routes – Enfiwal one, Enfiwalt two, Cheswal two, Chehod one Waking up to the familiar surroundings of my son’s house in Walthamstow – today felt like a second first day. This was the first solo walk of my…

Slow Ways Routes – Lonpec one, Lonmon two, Monliv one, Livdal one, Dalwal one My journey across London on the tube and overground was quite painless even if it was the rush hour, not half as bad as I was…

Today was the day when the planning and the preparation ended. Today was the day when I woke up both excited and wondering what on earth had I let myself in for. Today was the day I packed my backpack…

Having completed the 790ish km of the Camino Frances across northern Spain I am now planning to walk a mere 600km from London to Gateshead. Glutton for punishment or what? The purpose of this is to support the work of Oasis Community Housing