Month: May 2008

Off we go again!

12.05.08   Now about to set off for Weymouth – the 4 days rest has allowed the tenosynovitis of my shin to settle, I hope completely. Only yesterday did the classic crepitus on movement become obvious. As well as the oral diclofenac I had Ibuprofen gel rubbed into the area by my wife. Whether it was …

A walk too far.

6.05.08 A very good nights sleep in a bed ! A good breakfast and off feeling better than yesterday. Picked the Cotswold Way in Hillesley passed a very large monument to Lord General Somerset (whoever he was) they do like their monuments in this part of the world. Path at one point passes through a …

Tewkesbury.

3.05.08 Saturday, Woke up to the sound of ducks and curlews, very heavy dew, tent, grass and all soaking wet. I was about 2 miles down stream of Upton on Severn. Had breakfast and packed rather damply, and walked around 5 miles into Tewksbury. Passing under the M50 on the way. Thought I would get …

To be a Pilgrim!

2.05.08 Well what a day got up with dawn , eat muesli, and walked down into Worcester, into cathedral where a pleasant visitor guide showed me the exhibit in the crypt of the pilgrims boots and staff with an account of his discovery and the site of his reinterment after the archeology was done. His …