Category: National Trails
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The Greater Ridgeway – The Journey continues…
Chapter 2: Ancient Paths to The Land of the North Folk Mon 5th June Day 3: Baldock to Chrishall(Approx 19 miles – Lynchets Farm A day of discomfort My first experience of Air BnB was positive. Albeit a bit odd, having walked miles, feeling deliriously tired, and having to be social with strangers at their…
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The Greater Ridgeway – The Journey continues…
Chapter 2: Ancient Paths to The Land of the North Folk Sun 4th June Day 2: Streatley to Baldock(Approx 15 miles – 3.05 by train + 2 getting lostAccomodation Air BnB Baldock After barely 5 hrs sleep over two days, I really needed a good nights sleep. But… live music till midnight, thwarted sleep once…
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The Greater Ridgeway – The Journey continues…
Chapter 2: Ancient Paths to The Land of the North Folk Sat 3rd June Day 1: Ivinghoe Beacon to Streatley(Approx 20 miles B&B The Chequers) After sunset last night, the temperature dropped, so I retreated to my tent. I struggled to get warm, and a heavy dew fell in the night A festival, a few fields…
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The Greater Ridgeway
Part 1: Ivinghoe Beacon or Bust The Greater Ridgeway, also known as the Great Chalk Way, is a 362-mile long-distance footpath from Lyme Regis (Dorset) to Hunstanton (Norfolk). The trail ‘roughly’ follows ancient trackways/highways, thought to be an important trading route, for at least 5,000 years. It is comprised of four long-distance footpaths: The first two route stages as documented in various…
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Hadrian’s Wall Way
September 8th, 2015 Day one: Bowness on Solway – Carlisle (16.3 miles) After enduring the 15 hour overnight coach trip to Carlisle, catching all my connections and surviving the dreaded automated ticket machines, I was eager to get to Bowness on Solway, the start of this walk. You can walk this route in either direction,…
Tales From The Trails 