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Hadrian’s Wall: the Solo Adventure Approaches
Hello everyone! Today marks exactly one month before my grand journey begins. On June 9th, I’ll be embarking on a hike across Hadrian’s Wall, and I couldn’t be more excited. This trip will be a fantastic way for me to prepare for the Iceland three-day trek coming up in March 2024 (more on this adventure…
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Dragon Hill, Uffington White Horse, Wayland’s Smithy & Ashdown House
Today was the first hike in a month and it was a chilly one. This is the route I walked. Loosely based on this All Trails route. It was good to get out, especially as life is challenging at the moment. One of my favourite moments was watching the red kites, close up, while by…
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Fortvna vobis adsit
‘Fortvna vobis adsit’ is the Latin inscription on the pavilion at the start of the walk of Hadrian’s Wall in Bowness-on-Solway. It means ‘Good luck to you!’. I will need this, but I also need to plan 🙂 I’ve not posted in a while but, amongst other things, I’ve been busy planning! Back on 8th…
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Woodborough and All Cannings, Kennet and Avon canal Circular
I’m typing this well over a week after this walk. It’s been such a busy time of the year. I set off on Saturday, 4 February 2023 for a hike based on an All Trail route, which I modified slightly. I parked at the delightful Whitehall garden centre and tea room, in Woodborough, and walk…
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Hackpen Hill Circular with Andrea
Today I had a great winter walk with Andrea. The scenery was so beautiful, almost a winter wonderland at times. The route was good. We used this All Trails route but we did it backwards which I was glad about as it would have otherwise started along the main road. It was nice to start…
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Happy New Year: Coate Water and the South Swindon green trail
This is probably going to be a fairly short blog post because it’s my first time walking in quite a few months and it’s a short, straight forward loop. It’s based on the Coate Water and East Witchel Circular on AllTrails. Here’s my version from today. I decided that in 2023 I will do as…
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'She likes to walk and she likes to talk.' 'Mae hi'n hoffi cerdded a mae hi'n hoffi siarad.'