New Valley Hills

There was a real buzz in the air at 7.30am. It was exciting walking a couple of days before a big sport and social event. The riverside was beautiful with lovely houses and spectacular specimen tress. Continue reading

Today forecast to be hottest so far, 29C. Apparently there is also a station but I didn’t spy it. More blisters on my toes, count is now 4. The shoes are pinching my toes width wise. I did air and redress at lunchtime, but this heat is making me sweat buckets. Thankfully the infected one Continue reading

From here on downstream the river evidences more wealth. That blister is troubling me. It had got infected. Had to stop at lunch to air feet and shoes and redress toe. Lucky for you no photo this time. Continue reading

Something doesn’t feel right in my feet. I’ve worn my footwear for 300 miles before starting this hike. Why now? Only click this if you want to see a photo of the blister! Continue reading

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Woken by the sounds and sights of fighter jets taking off from RAF Fairford. Too sleepy to snap a video or pic. Today was full of dragonflies. I’m used to seeing green ones over our garden pond, though not the variety I saw here. The sound of cuckoos was cmmon refrain along the path for Continue reading

Today turned out to be a longer day than expected due to my poor planning. First there was the walk from the station to the source, and then the campsite was on the opposite side of the river – 20ft turned into 2 additional miles. These added 4 miles to the day.I was tired from Continue reading

Up at 6am for public transport to Kemble, took 5.5 hours. The usual rushing to get a connecting train on far platform, then hours of sitting down. I poured a little of my drinking water over the rocks as a symbolic contribution to the flow. Continue reading