Reflections In the end it took just less than a year, starting in late April 2021, when I still couldn't book a B&B or take a train...

On a blazing Good Friday, the hottest day of the year so far, the good-web-developer-him-indoors, two teenagers (plus one girlfriend) and...

It seems a long time since I last set forth on the Old Way and looking back on this blog it has indeed been almost four months since that...

First, let me start by saying that I did not walk all the way from Lewes to Winchelsea (the breadth of East Sussex) in one go, but...

After a relatively leisurely September, and with just a week until the next Old Way expedition (watch this space) a long weekend beckoned...

A lovely full English brekkie (no beans) was waiting for me in the bar at the Chequer Inn, more than enough to spur me on towards Lewes. ...

After an ‘eggsellent’ breakfast (poached, served with smoked salmon, hollandaise sauce on an English muffin with a whole pot of tea) at...

It feels like an age since I walked the Old Way, despite it being just 2 months back, in June. Nevertheless, the odyssey that was the...

In early July this year myself and a number of excellent chums will be attempting to walk around the Isle of Wight (106km) over two days....

After I decided in December that I would make the Old Way the long distance challenge of choice for my 40th year little did I know that...

As the roadmap out of lockdown grinds onwards, the words ‘the stay at home rule will end on March 29th’ caught my eye. I am eternally...

This isn't a massively long walk and is a particular pleasure in the winter, a cold and frosty morning providing breathtaking views over...

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...

Right, so as stated in the general musings at the end of the Greensand Way series of blogs, I’ve set my sights on the ‘Old Way’ as the...

Looking back on the whole thing it looks quite impressive. I took a lot of photos! The GW has been a theme throughout this most tricky...

Here it is, the final push! The last 14-ish kilometres to finally reach the end of the (I’m sure you’ll agree) magnificent Greensand Way....

Alas, the best laid plans concerning long distance walks, along with everything else, can be easily foiled by a tier system! The GW...

The advent of Lockdown 2.0 put paid to the planned Greensand Way grand finale (fingers crossed for December), but the lure of Kent was...

A train and a cab back to Shipbourne, home of the Greensand Ridge gin distillery and starting point to the 29km (18-and-a-bit) mile epic...

Gazing out of the window right now, it seems a long time ago since we were experiencing something of an Indian summer. Never one to pass...