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Jane Smith
Oct 3, 20238 min read
Chiltern Way Day 11 - Champneys to Whipsnade
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...
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Jane Smith
Oct 1, 20237 min read
Chiltern Way Day 10 - Princes Risborough to Champneys
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 30, 20236 min read
Chiltern Way Day 9 - Stokenchurch to Princes Risborough
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 25, 20236 min read
Chiltern Way Day 8 - Ewelme to Stokenchurch
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 24, 20237 min read
Chiltern Way Day 7 - Goring to Ewelme
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 23, 20234 min read
Chiltern Way Day 6 Sonning Common to Goring
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 16, 20237 min read
Chiltern Way Day 5 - Stonor to Sonning Common
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 9, 20237 min read
Chiltern Way Day 4 - Pullingshill Wood to Stonor
Although walking in fine weather might seem more appealing than walking in the rain, I think walking in a heat wave is harder than...
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Jane Smith
Sep 5, 20235 min read
Chiltern Way Day 3 - Loudwater to Pullingshill Wood
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...
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Jane Smith
Sep 3, 20235 min read
Chiltern Way Day 2 - Chalfont St Giles to Loudwater
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,...
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Jane Smith
Sep 2, 20237 min read
Chiltern Way Day 1 - Hemel Hempstead to Chalfont St Giles
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...
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Jane Smith
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Two weeks later
Time has been odd over the last fortnight. Simultaneously rushing and dragging, with some days being hard to adjust to with their glacial...
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Jane Smith
Aug 8, 20238 min read
Scotland Day 44 - Gills to John O’Groats
I couldn't have had a better send off this morning. Kacey, our landlady, made a fantastic breakfast of home made granola and smoked...
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Jane Smith
Aug 7, 202310 min read
Scotland Day 43 - Brough to Gills
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...
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Jane Smith
Aug 6, 202310 min read
Scotland Day 42 - Forss to Brough
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...
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Jane Smith
Aug 5, 20238 min read
Scotland Day 41 Melvich to Forss
I was tired this morning. Although the B and B was good in many ways, the hot tub being a notable plus, there hadn't been much money...
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Jane Smith
Aug 4, 20239 min read
Scotland Day 40 - Bettyhill to Melvich
Our hotel last night was quite smart, unlike most of the places I've been in. This formality meant that it wasn't a place to chat to...
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Jane Smith
Aug 3, 20238 min read
Scotland Day 39 - Tongue to Bettyhill
For those reading this looking forward to blue skies and breathtaking scenery, sadly you'll be disappointed today. It's been very grey...
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Jane Smith
Aug 2, 20235 min read
Scotland Day 38 - Rest day in Tongue
Increasingly, I'm regarding last year's walk as joined to this. I'm obviously aware of the ten month hiatus in between the end of one...
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Jane Smith
Aug 1, 20238 min read
Scotland Day 37 - Altnaharra to Tongue
It was good to see Graeme and Deborah again at breakfast this morning. Graeme was off to fish another waterway, and Deborah was going to...
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