Just back from 4 beautiful days in Keswick. The weather was excellent, the bed & breakfast really nice and the pubs of Keswick very acceptable!… Read More »Keswick in October

Staveley is a village right on the edge of the Lake District National Park, and is one of those places you mostly drive straight past… Read More »Nearly The Lakes

For those of you unfortunate enough to not know the Lake District, Fairfield Horseshoe is a 12 mile (ish) walk from Rydal Church covering 4… Read More »Fairfield Horseshoe

Yes, it’s time for the second annual Leyland Road Methodist Church Walking Weekend! 2 nights at the luxurious Ambleside YHA, right on the banks of… Read More »Training Weekend!

Got out yesterday in the Forest of Bowland. Beautiful countryside and we took a well loved walk around Stocks Reservoir from Slaidburn. Slaidburn is festooned… Read More »Stocks Reservoir

Just back from 14.6 mile (23.5km) training walk. A local one, so a bit flat, but enjoyable all the same. Both our new boots seem… Read More »Training Run/Walk

We’ve pretty much decided that we are going to travel to t he beginning of our Camino by train. Southport – London London – Paris… Read More »First Booking….. and it’s only August!!

Having talked about it for months, seemingly, Heather and I have committed ourselves to doing a large portion (NOT all!) of El Camino de Santiago… Read More »In the beginning……..