Reality Check
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.…
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The Lee Valley
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…
Well mad
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…
Getting to the Start
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…
A Walk of Witness
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
Walking a Mile in their shoes
One Sunday morning at church back in February an announcement was made about the church’s Lent focus It was to support Oasis Community Housing. I have written a bit about this here. There was an opportunity to support their work…
A Memorable Visit
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…
Oasis Community Housing and me
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…