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Isle of Wight Coastal Path – Final Day
We decided that with so many miles to walk and the fact we had to get a ferry and train when we finished that we would forget the breakfast and head out early. So we headed out just before 7am, back down to the beach and then a long walk along the promenade all the… Continue reading
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Isle of Wight Coastal Path – Day 3
Managed to sleep well, no dreams of bees and none in the tent thankfully. Rob wasn’t too lively, two bottles of wine and a late night imaging the Milky Way will do that! I got the stove going and brewed some coffee and had the last of my porridge with a breakfast bar crumbled into… Continue reading
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Isle of Wight Coastal Path – Day 2
I didn’t have too bad a sleep, usually on the first night it is far worse but I reckon I was so tired that it helped. Rob moaned about my snoring. I had my new stove on for a cup of coffee and some porridge. The first food stop on our journey would be Yarmouth… Continue reading
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Isle of Wight Coastal Path – Day 1
Well the day had arrived, I hadn’t done as much training for this one as others but sill felt it would be ok. My rucksack weight was about 11kg which is as light as I can make it for this trip as I was carrying the larger tent this time as my mate Rob was… Continue reading
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New Equipment just arrived
So the camping season has arrived again. This time I have my son joining me on a short part of the South Downs Way with 2 nights of camping. This means I really needed some more stuff! Any excuse. Cooking Equipment I did get the Fire-Maple Buzz burner for Christmas but didn’t get anything else… Continue reading
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Coastal Path – Stanford-le-Hope to Tilbury
Roughly a year ago I finished up the coastal path near Stanford-le-Hope and haven’t really had the opportunity to go back and finish the last leg towards London. It looked as though it was going to be a good day on my day off so I penciled it in. Thankfully the weather forecast stayed true… Continue reading
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Isle of Wight Walk – Planning
I wanted something a little smaller this year so I could fit in perhaps two of them in the summer months. Having been to the Isle of Wight many times I know that the coastal path is a good one to do. Roughly, 70 miles long, I plan to do it over 4 days. Day… Continue reading
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First walk of the year
Time to get back into shape, the rains seem to have stopped, been going for months! The plan is to do two 5 day hikes later this year rather than my usual 9 day. The first one will be the Isle of Wight coastal path, the second is yet to be decided. So a warm… Continue reading
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Exploring London’s Festive Christmas Displays
Twas the night before Christmas……. Well ok it wasn’t, however it was close. A few days before the big day the Back Alley Boys decided to go and look at the Christmas Lights. I found a web page that put together all the best ones to see and planned a route around it. We started… Continue reading
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An Oddities of London Walk and Stag do!
One of the Back Alley Boys was getting married so we thought about kicking off the stag do with a walk around London. I had bought a book a whilst back which looks at the oddities of London, so I planned a route around that. I have talked about the route previously but thought I… Continue reading
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