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WALKING BACK THE CAT
Ruminations and occasional guidance on a variety of long distance footpaths. And some other stuff.
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Kate Cheema
5 days ago4 min read
Balcombe to Horley
January may be over but it’s still very much winter in this corner of the UK. After a pretty horrendous working week, I decided a...
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Kate Cheema
Jan 7, 20245 min read
Winter walks: Christmas 2023
Ah, the crisp smell of winter walking. I love walking in winter, and although I tend not to do big distances given the early sun down,...
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Kate Cheema
Sep 22, 20235 min read
Reigate & Banstead Millenium Trail
Many years ago when I first moved to Horley I picked up a leaflet in the local library entitled ‘Explore and Enjoy the Millennium Trail’....
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Kate Cheema
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Horley to East Grinstead
My efforts to complete all the Slow Ways routes linked to Horley continues with this 15km (9.5 miles-ish) jaunt over to East Grinstead,...
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Kate Cheema
Sep 13, 20223 min read
Dorking to Horley
Ah, the first walk (of any distance) of Autumn, probably my favourite time of year. You will note that this is not the next stage of the...
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Kate Cheema
Feb 14, 20214 min read
Lockdown walking 3.0: Corner of Four Counties (winter edition)
This isn't a massively long walk and is a particular pleasure in the winter, a cold and frosty morning providing breathtaking views over...
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Kate Cheema
Jan 10, 20214 min read
Lockdown walking 3.0: Big Loop, Three Counties
It’s been almost a month since the end of the Greensand Way and I had yet to christen 2021 with anything longer than a 5k run. With...
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Kate Cheema
May 22, 20205 min read
Lockdown walking 5: Copthorne explorations
10 days. 10 whole days off work. As today should have been a day of travel to a half term holiday in Rome, I thought I’d kick my 10...
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Kate Cheema
May 8, 20204 min read
Lockdown walking 4: Creepy Pond
So the nice consultant at East Surrey told me I didn’t need a plaster cast anymore, so after a few days of cautious 5k meanders round the...
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Kate Cheema
May 2, 20208 min read
Lockdown Walking 3: Mercer’s Lake expedition
(Note: I did this walk almost a week ago, on the 26th April 2020. It’s taken me A WEEK to get this written because I fell over and broke...
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Kate Cheema
Apr 19, 20205 min read
Lockdown walking 2: Horley - Salfords loop
I had grand plans for a mammoth expedition up via South Nutfield this weekend, but after what felt like a seven day working week (rather...
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Kate Cheema
Apr 13, 20203 min read
Lockdown walking 1: Outwood Loop
I never really intended to put any Horley (my hometown) focussed walks on here. Probably a bit too specific for most. However, I've...
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