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Sep 17
Day 11 – Leafield
Slightly less humid and thank goodness for that. Three delightful walkers – two young women and their Mum. The last mile was a chore for the greedy toad of a farmer had ploughed up the path, and you know how hard that can make walking. Our friend David Cook turned up, which was a real …
Sep 16
Day 10 – Noke
Anatomy of a tiff! Last night I told General Jane that she couldn’t map read for toffee. She told me that I was less than supportive – in fact, what she said was rather less ladylike than that. She referred to my ancestry and she listed some of my less than savoury habits. She then …
Sep 15
Day 9 – Bourton on the Water
ZANE and the Art of Motorcycle… Another red hot day: we were met by four delightful ZANE supporters who walked the entire route with us. At lunch, we were greeted by Ralph Fergusson Kelly, who motor biked from Monmouth to meet us, bless him. Hume Truths Some of our walkers are Catholic. I reminded them …
Sep 14
Day 8 – Chastleton
Benyon’s Rule A scorcher of a day for mid-September. A great walk with four loyal supporters so we were just about legal! Our walk muscles are hardening as day by day we squeeze out some of last year’s evil living. The validity of Benyon’s rule of pain is proving itself yet again: that is, if …
Sep 12
Day 6 – Rollright Stones
Already Arrived A great gathering… old friends and new: one is Christopher Turner, 90 years old and very distinguished past Stowe headmaster. A perfect day for walking through some of merrie old England’s finest Cotswold countryside. When such flawless beauty is right here, why does anyone want to crawl off in a muzzle in a …
Sep 12
Day 5 – Buckland
Missing the Missionary We walked from Buckland to Faringdon and back in good time; we lunched in Faringdon, and it was a sad occasion. First, this is more or less the second anniversary of the death of Doctor and Missionary, Graham Scott Brown, who lived here. Graham not only sounded like the Prophet Ezekiel, he …
Sep 10
Day 4 – Letcombe Basset
A Great Escape A perfect day’s walking, the sort of day to convince yourself that BREXIT and COVID are an illusion, that reality is to walk in perfect English countryside on a sunny day with friendly people. God is in His heaven: all is right with the world. We zipped through Letcombe Regis and Wantage, …
Sep 09
Day 3 – Cholsey
Got up early after a patchy night to a “dingo’s breakfast”- a fart and a look around. Met up with another excellent chatty group of ZANE donors. One prospective walker got himself hopelessly lost and spent the day playing hide-and-seek trying to find us. Little Shops and Horror Many of the Wallingford shops have closed, …
Sep 08
Day 2 – Chedworth
Very Welcome Guest We were met by a charming group of ZANE donors who cheered up our day.. and it needed cheering up when it was discovered that “we” had left the walking “SATNAV” behind, our lifeline. It consists of a little man on a screen who leaps about indicating which way to turn: without …
Sep 07
Day 1 – Cleeve Common
Hilly and Milly “If you have been to San Fransico you will know what hills are like.” That sums up today’s walk, and if I can walk up those hills, I can still walk up anything! On the last walk from Canterbury – it seems another era – we started off by walking 4 miles …