Category: 2020

I risked more smoked salmon with scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning and all was well. Today was more likeContinue Reading

Wooler to Fenwick I knew it would happen. For the past three weeks my bag has been magically transported fromContinue Reading

Kirk Yetholm to Wooler You might have detected from the time and probably incoherent nature of yesterday’s blog that IContinue Reading

Windy Gyle to Kirk Yetholm More glorious sunshine, more cloudless skies, more autumn colours on the moors, more English folkContinue Reading

Byrness to Windy Gyle What weather!! We’ve been blessed with another fine day today. When I was fighting my wayContinue Reading

Bellingham to Byrness Goodness, what a remote part of the world. It’s an endless land of moors and a fewContinue Reading

Once Brewed to Bellingham It’s not what it used to be, the night life along Hadrian’s Wall. I ate sausagesContinue Reading

9am taxi this morning because he’s busy ferrying the children to school before then. Today’s walk was only 10Km andContinue Reading

Slaggyford to Greenhead A strong wind blew all last night but the day dawned peacefully, a bright sunny day withContinue Reading

Garrigill to Slaggyford Imagine this. You’re walking the Pennine Way and you have two nights in a B&B half wayContinue Reading

Dufton to Garrigill “The highest, most remote and most exposed part of the route” says my Pennine Way guidebook aboutContinue Reading

Langdon Beck to Dufton “Would you like a cooked breakfast?”, Andrew Milnes asked me this morning. “No thank you, justContinue Reading

Middleton to Langdon Beck and back Today was almost a rest day because I have two nights in the sameContinue Reading

Bowes to Middleton Great breaking news!! 82 year old Pennine Way hiker found safe and well near Keld. He’d hitContinue Reading

Keld to Bowes The mountain rescue teams were out early looking for an 82 year old man who went missingContinue Reading

Hawes to Keld It’s a day where the 1:25000 series map becomes a work of art. I could snip outContinue Reading

Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes Every weekend a different charity organises their own Three Peaks Challenge in which participants haveContinue Reading

Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale And that photo is the fearsome Pen-y-Ghent, today’s big challenge. I’m in the Yorkshire DalesContinue Reading

Skipton to Malham Kirk Yetholm is the end of the Pennine Way in case you thought it was almost over.Continue Reading

Haworth to Skipton I had just finished my pint at the Black Bull last night and was walking through Haworth,Continue Reading

Hebden Bridge to Haworth When it comes to Wuthering Heights, some never got beyond Kate Bush. She summed up allContinue Reading

Hebden Bridge I’m not usually the first to admit that I’m wrong. My plan was to stay in my pubContinue Reading

Standedge to Hebden Bridge At 27km, today’s walk was the longest of the Pennine Way stages but also one ofContinue Reading

Hattersley to Standedge Actually I’m exhausted and I haven’t even started it. Today was meant to be a quick 16km.Continue Reading

Bollington to Hattersley I am now working my way around Manchester. It’s always cold and wet here and it wasContinue Reading

Leek to Bollington The Premier Inn doesn’t have a loyalty scheme. It’s a shame because I’d be a gold memberContinue Reading

Kingsley to Leek The storm continued all night. The wind howled. The rain lashed against the window of my B&B.Continue Reading

Uttoxeter to Kingsley Small mishap last night when I dropped my toothbrush into the toilet. I bought a new oneContinue Reading

Rugeley to Uttoxeter Last time, when it asked me to upgrade to a meal I said no. But this morningContinue Reading

Shustoke to Lichfield I stayed in the Old Station Guest House which was ok for the cheap price. I justContinue Reading

Kingswood to Shustoke I stayed in a hotel called the Punchbowl last night and it was first class and forContinue Reading

Last night’s Travelodge was well outside Alcester (pronounced Ulster) and it occupied a prime site on a busy roundabout whichContinue Reading

Chipping Camden to Alcester I stayed at the Volunteer Inn in Chipping Camden last night. It was okay except theyContinue Reading

Bourton-on-the-Water to Chipping Camden I stayed last night at The Manse Hotel in Bourton-on-the-Water. It’s a Greene King and excellent.Continue Reading

Woodstock to Bourton-on-the-Water Yesterday I left the Thames Path at Oxford and walked along the Oxford Canal path to Woodstock.Continue Reading

Abingdon to Woodstock I forgot to mention that yesterday’s headline was written by Bob Dylan, not me. It comes fromContinue Reading

Wallingford to Abingdon near Oxford After a few nice days, today saw the return of normal English weather. The staffContinue Reading

Reading to Wallingford This pilgrimage is very last minute and because of the pandemic and all the uncertainties of lockdownContinue Reading

Marlow to Reading We have an extreme heat wave at the moment so I set off at 6.30. I wouldContinue Reading

Breakfast options were limited this morning in Windsor. Nothing was open at 7am except McDonalds so I went inside. TheContinue Reading

One of the advantages of starting a pilgrimage from home is that I’m not short of good company for theContinue Reading

Had all been well, I would have been wandering down Italy soaking up the Mediterranean sunshine, eating gelato, drinking PeroniContinue Reading