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Sep 06
Day 7: Shillingford to Streatley
Woke World Napoleon said that you should never disturb your enemy when he’s making a gross mistake. Why do our enemies, such as Jihadists, Putin and the man in North Korea with the funny haircut, bother to bomb or poison us in the UK when we are making such a good job of destroying ourselves? …
Sep 05
Day 6: Abingdon to Shillingford
Name Dropping With apologies to Mark Twain, I have been involved in many startling events in my time – some of which actually happened! On 10 April 1994, I took tea with Mother Teresa. She had heard from a friend that I knew the Minister of Housing (I did), with whom she wanted a meeting. …
Sep 04
Day 5: Port Meadow to Abingdon
Talked to Jacqui on the way and she is a delightful English teacher from Oxford. She tells me her mother is a ZANE supporter and she wondered what else her Mum might do to help the cause? I suggested she might leave a large chunk of her estate to ZANE. Jacqui looked thoughtful. A long …
Sep 03
Day 4: Bablock Hythe to Port Meadow
A jolly party consisting of two loyal friends – who deserve a gold medal for cheerfulness and endurance – and daughter Clare, the Chaplain of Christ Church in Oxford. She brought Layla with her, so she and our dog Moses palled up, and they ran all day. Moses lies like a corpse now, as tired …
Sep 02
Day3: Buckland Marsh to Bablock Hythe
Nearly turned my ankle trying to avoid the vast number of cracks in the path caused by a lack of rain. Then Jane is furious with me for allowing gates to slam in her face. She has every right to be cross. The problem is that when I walk, I go into a sort of …
Sep 01
Day 2: Lechlade to Buckland Marsh
How stupid can you get! Fancy being daft enough to go walking in the UK without a waterproof! The Princess Royal says wisely that there is no such thing as bad weather, merely inappropriate clothing and, boy, did we prove that true today! There have only been a couple of times in the walks when …
Aug 31
Day 1: Cricklade to Lechlade
A good collection of kind ZANE donors to encourage us at the outset of the walk. Warm and dry and easy walking. Thames very low. To remind readers, my blogs are my views only and do not reflect “ZANE’s” views or the views of any of the people working for ZANE in Zimbabwe or in …
Aug 30
The Day Before: Those Were the Days
You may be wondering why we’ve called this year’s walk blog Don’t Take Care, Take a Risk!? Well, to start with, people telling me to “take care” really gets my goat! It’s a wholly negative sentiment, the sort of warning teachers must spell out to pupils to comply with health and safety laws, and the …
Sep 14
The Day After
Two Weeks Later… Day of relative rest – relative because Jane is working at the food bank, and I am dealing with loads of overdue administration. Many thanks to donors for their sponsorship and kind wishes. And to the excellent ZANE team for their background support. We were fortunate in our driver, Richard, who has …
Sep 13
Day 15: Tiddington to Oxford
The Final Day The final day. Perfect weather and good company. We met the food bank contingent for lunch, and then we marched up Shotover Hill and down the other side into Oxford. For the last couple of weeks, as we have tottered from theatre to theatre in a great arch, we have been blessed …