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Nov 21
Monday 17th November
Start: 10:30am @ Blewbury, the recreation ground car park, Boham’s Road off the A417 (SU525855, OX11 9HF)Description: Walking up Boham’s Road to the Downs northwards towards Upton and returning across the fields to Blewbury. A great morning for a walk, a group of twelve, and I am starting to see familiar faces now I have …
Nov 19
Thursday 13th November 2025
Wittenham Clumps and Warborough Circular Start: 10:30am @ Wittenham Clumps car park (SU567923, OX14 4QZ)Description: To Little Wittenham, Day’s Lock, Dorchester and Warborough returning via Shillingford and Little Wittenham Wood. It had been sometimes since I visited the clumps and I was looking forward to a revisit. Just a thirty minutes drive to the rendezvous, …
Nov 19
Wednesday 12th November
Start: 10am @ Ewelme, Cow Common car park (SU647911, OX10 6PG)Description: Circular walk to Swyncombe house via Swyncombe downs returning via Ewelme Downs. I’d never been to Ewelme before, a very pretty village. It was a lovely day weather wise, beautiful autumnal colours in the woods. Lots of excellent chat with some very nice people.
Nov 08
Swyncombe
Thu 6th 10:00 SU682902 RG9 6EA Moderate 7.5 miles Circular DWNov Swyncombe, the church. Moved from Fri 7 Nov. Following The Ridgewaytowards Watlington, up to Greenfield then Pishill Bottom and Russell’sWater. Returning by way of Cookley Green. My very first Ramblers Walk. An excellent circular walk from St Botolph’s church in Swyncombe, just three of …
Aug 20
Day 15 – The Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge to Intake Farm at Littlebeck
Saturday 26th July 2025 To follow
Aug 20
Day 16 – Littlebeck to Robin Hood’s Bay
Sunday 27th July 2025 I am so behind with my recording of my walk. I will catch up but just wanted to show on this last section that I completed the walk, and loved it! Arrived around 2pm on Sunday 27th July 2025.
Aug 04
Day 14 – Ingleby Cross to The Lion Inn
Friday 25th July 2025 This felt like a hard day, going up onto the Yorkshire Moors and there seemed to be a huge amount of ups and downs, so much so that at one point I found a low route so I could avoid two summits. I met someone going East to West, subsequently discovered …
Aug 03
Day 13 – Danby Wiske to Ingleby Cross
Thursday 24th July 2025 The White Swan at Danby Wiske This is where I left the route after the second section, and where I returned to today. I was so pleased to be back here, although it was about five hours of driving, I had to stop for a nap because I felt tired. Many …
Aug 03
Coast to Coast Practice Night
Tuesday 1st April So last night, Tuesday 1st April, I camped out. I set my tent in up in my friend’s garden, thinking that in my own garden I was at too much of a risk of being bamboozled by marauding offspring. Then I went back home and watched a film recommended to me by …
Jul 24
Back on it tomorrow!
Wednesday 23rd July 2025 Well, today was supposed to be the day I headed back to Danby Wiske to continue my Coast to Coast Walk, but my family had other plans for me, so I have been delayed by a day, but that is absolutely fine. It has been a good family day and I …