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Sep 02
Day 6: Groombridge to East Grinstead
General Jane Powering along ancient rail tracks into East Grinstead with General Jane leading the way. I have long discovered that the simplest way for me to walk in harmony with Jane is to do exactly what she commands me to do. There is little point arguing with high command especially when she has the …
Sep 01
Day 5: Hook Green to Groombridge
Another matchless day: fast walking through fields of hops and vines towards Tunbridge; the only hazards are long slow hills that seem never to stop but gently wind towards the unforgiving sky. All we can do is plod one foot at a time and gently curse as we go. I have been right round the …
Aug 31
Day 4: Sissinghurst to Hook Green
Off to another early walk with Cromwell’s prayer:“Please God this day remember me even if I forget thee,”a prayer I have to say rather often these days! The B-Word Momentum is doing all its can to create vast civil unrest for it assesses that the more the chaos, the higher the chances of a Corbyn …
Aug 30
Day 3: Bethersden to Sissinghurst
A beautiful walk to Sissinghurst and miles through Hemsted Wood, where, dappled and mysterious, you would expect to see Robin Hood fighting with the Sheriff of Nottingham at any time. Then, last, ”Rogers wood” where the missing apostrophe jars with me. Scots Free? I hear that Ruth Davison has resigned from the leadership of the …
Aug 29
Day 2: Wye to Bethersden
Low humidity and clear skies: one of those peerless days when you are conscious that it is great to be alive. Feeling Alive The late Jim Slater once said that if you are over seventy and you wake up without hurting somewhere, it means you are dead! That said, resolutely walking through aches and pains …
Aug 28
Day 1: Canterbury to Wye
A great send off outside Canterbury Cathedral with our friend Allanah playing us off on her trumpet. Then chaos as teething problems with the new handheld GPS meant that we set off four miles in the wrong direction. Boom! Who is the guilty party, who’s to blame? We crawled back to the centre and started …
Aug 27
The Day Before
“No Deal” Zimbabwe We start from Canterbury Cathedral. Present are my wife, Jane, my eldest daughter, Revd Clare Hayns (chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford), Alannah Jeune, a PhD student from New Zealand, and the Revd Jonathan Aitken and some of his family. Alannah is an accomplished trumpet player and gives a fine voluntary to see …
Jul 19
The Day After
Of course, it’s good to be back after charging round the South of England. Back at our house, our little cat is delighted that we have returned. Did you know that when cats are happy they stick up their tails and waggle the top – if you didn’t know that, remember you heard it here …
Jul 18
Day 15: Buckland to Oxford
We have finished! We were met at Christ Church and daughter Clare – Christ Church chaplain – bless her, laid on a reception in her rooms. We tottered in and the first thing that Moses did was to be violently sick on the new carpet! The longest day… Apparently the normal Roman day’s march was …
Jul 17
Day 14: Sevenhampton to Buckland
Eleven people in total with me as the Pied Piper, all great fun as the end of the long walk is now in sight. Today was a mix of fields and woods and then for lunch the ancient town of Faringdon. We only got lost a couple of times with “Fred” the little guide on …