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 for the final time making last minute decisions to take my small cookset and leave…
Slow Ways Route – Shidar one – Darlington to Shildon Distance 20km / 12mi I made use of the coffee making facilities as I packed up this morning. The first part of my walk was through the town. It was very quiet, not just because it was early but also because it was a Sunday….
Slow Ways Routes – Bisshi one, Wilbis one, Wilbra one, Bradur one – Shildon to Durham Distance 24.3km / 15mi Today was mostly along the Brandon to Bishop Auckland Railway Path so I was expecting an ‘easy’ day. I was looking forward to getting to Durham, it was my next milestone and from there on…
Slow Ways Routes – Durwes two, Weshou one – Durham to Houghton-le-Spring Distance 17km / 11 mi I was up and away early today, grateful I had sorted out my backpack last night. I got the bus into Durham and walked the first bit of today’s route before taking a detour to the Cathedral. I…
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
One Sunday morning at church back in February an announcement was made about the church’s Lent focus/activity. It was to support Oasis Community Housing. I have written a bit about this here. There was an opportunity to support their work by signing up for their Lent challenge to Walk a Mile in their Shoes. It…
After a few weeks of emails I had the opportunity to visit three of their projects and to meet some staff. My hosts were David Smith the CEO and Phil Conn the Director of Chaplaincy. I arrived at the Basis Drop In in Gateshead and I immediately felt like this was a good place. People…
Who would have thought! Out of the blue re-discovering something I hadn’t thought about in years. I am conscious recently of re-connecting with my past more than I have done for many years but this has turned out to be something special. Several weeks ago their was an anouncement about a suggested lent activity this…
