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13 Apr 2017

Day One: Doing it my West Highland Way

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Equipment, Long Distance Paths, Scotland, The West Highland Way, Walking | 0

Day One travelling to Milngavie for the start of the West Highland Way.

27 Mar 2017

The West Highland Way

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Camping, Equipment, Scotland, The West Highland Way, Walking | 0

So, here’s the thing: in a mere 17 days time on the 13th April 2017, I will be travelling up to Glasgow and then on to Milngavie to start The West Highland Way – a 95 and a half mile journey … Continued

12 Sep 2016

The Thames Path (Ultra) Challenge

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Long Distance Paths, Thames Path, Thames Path Challenge, United Kingdom, Walking | 0

This isn’t a walk I was particularly looking forward to. In my training, I decided that my preferred distance, depending on the terrain, is between 15 and 20 miles in a day, with anything over 25 becoming a definite slog. Imagine, … Continued

11 Aug 2016

Day 13 of my walk in to the sea

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Cleveland Way, Coast to Coast, Long Distance Paths, United Kingdom, Walking | 0

At 6.30 when I was all packed up and ready to leave Intake Farm, I was excited and saddened in equal measure. By around 11am I was going to be able to say that I had done the Coast to … Continued

30 Jul 2016

Day 1 of my trip to the countryside

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Camping, Coast to Coast, Long Distance Paths, United Kingdom, Walking | 0

Preston, Lancashire to St Bees, Cumbria Today I waved goodbye to Preston to make the final leg of the starting prologuey type section of the journey to St Bees (eloquent, eh)? If I’d known I was having to go Carlisle … Continued

23 Jul 2016

Jubilee Greenway

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Jubilee Greenway, Long Distance Paths, Thames Path, Thames Path Challenge, United Kingdom, Walking | 0

After the relatively short London Day Walk Lindsey and I did last week, this is the first really long walk we have done together in preparation for the Thames Path Challenge in September. A test of many, many things: our … Continued

5 Jun 2016

The Viper

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: United Kingdom, Walking | 0

So, I had convinced myself that I wouldn’t be going out today as I really had too much work to do around the flat, but by 12:30, I had cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the carpets and polished lots of stuff to … Continued

29 May 2016

Brentwood to Brentwood

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Essex Way, Long Distance Paths, St Peter's Way, Three Forests Way, United Kingdom, Walking | 0

This is my second loooong training walk for the 100km Thames Path Challenge. The first being 30 miles from Brentwood to Witham on the 30th April 2016 in which I discovered that it is much better to end up at home … Continued

30 Apr 2016

Brentwood to Witham

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Long Distance Paths, St Peter's Way, United Kingdom, Walking | 0

I had been wanting to do a 30 miler for a while as it is roughly half the distance of the THAMES PATH CHALLENGE. So with the route set in Memory Map, the May Day bank holiday weekend upon me, a bout of … Continued