by Ben | Oct 2, 2025 | Long Walk Home
There’s a bit of artistic license in my title because the last few hundred yards I had walked before, but if you consider that I’ve lived in Ratby on and off for over 50 years, to still be on paths I’d never walked in my entire life, right to the end of this...
by Ben | Sep 30, 2025 | Long Walk Home
I was going to title this post ‘Give my regards to Broadstreet’. It doesn’t even work though because what had triggered the idea was that I’d just walked through Broadway and managed to get confused between the two names. I was going to talk about how Paul McCartney...
by Ben | Sep 29, 2025 | Long Walk Home
I really can’t believe my luck. When I was ‘planning’ this trip I really didn’t put in much route planning effort except for routing the first day along the Severn. My intention was to review my route every day to ensure that it was both sensible and went through nice...
by Ben | Sep 28, 2025 | Long Walk Home
I was getting really quite worried about finding somewhere to camp as the walking day was drawing to a close. I did, as I always do, eventually find somewhere. Not wanting to tempt fate but I think it’s a fairly good spot. Probably nearer to a housing estate than I’d...
by Ben | Sep 27, 2025 | Long Walk Home
I started this walk with a big dose of nerves. I think this was partly down to how I’d rushed my preparation and partly down to drinking too much wine with my friends last night. Jenny had warned me to pace myself, but I hadn’t seen my friends for a while and was...
