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GOLDEN VALLEY PILGRIMAGE: DAY 5
Beating about the Bushes Ewyas Harold to Hereford: 25km In keeping with the spirit of sacrifice appropriate to pilgrimage, I cheated today. But more on that later. Once again, the day began extraordinarily well: the post office in Ewyas Harold was open. The young man in the shop carefully guided me to everything I need…
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GOLDEN VALLEY PILGRIMAGE: DAY 4
Magic Mountains and Worrying Sheep Craswall to Ewyas Harold, 25 kilometres The first miracle of today is that I wake up after a good night’s sleep. I think I’ve got the hang of the camp bed now and how to make it comfortable, or maybe I was just that tired. The first part of the…
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GOLDEN VALLEY PILGRIMAGE: DAY 3
Parish Matters Peterchurch to Craswall: 20km As I’m packing up, I hear a rattling sound. I think I’d heard a similar sound earlier, so I go to the vestry door at the back of the church and open it. I find Judy, the organist, standing there. It seems I’d accidentally taken the vestry key instead…
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GOLDEN VALLEY PILGRIMAGE: DAY 2
Into the Golden Valley Madley to Peterchurch: 26km The day did not end as expected, but it ended well. After a cold night in Madley Church, poor James has barely slept a wink. Six foot three, and the legs that accompany that, is ideal for crossing styles and peering over hedgerows, less so for camp…
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GOLDEN VALLEY PILRIMAGE: DAY ONE
Hereford to Madley: 15km For the next five days I shall be walking the Golden Valley Pilgrimage with James, staying in churches and hunting for cooked food. Today came up trumps, with the huge added bonus of meeting up with family. They alone are worth walking here for. In order to maximise quality time with…
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SPORT STROLLER
Birmingham to Hereford Stage 4 Linton Mill to Hereford: 28km Today is going to be a practical day. I have to get to Hereford, and I have to go on foot. The devil tempts me with the thought of buses, but I’ve come too far. My worry is that I don’t want to damage my…
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BLESSED IS THE EYE BETWEEN SEVERN AND WYE
Birmingham to Hereford Stage 3 Worcester to Linton Mill: 27km Today I decide I am a walker more than a hiker. I walk with David to the Sabrina bridge and set off on the Three Choirs Trail. It started OK, and it had very elegant signage: little music notes appearing on discs. But although the…
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OVERSHARING IN WORCESTERSHIRE
Birmingham to Hereford Stage 2 Bromsgrove to Worcester: 25km I write this at four-o’clock after a pint of bitter shandy at the pub in Tyberton. I had only ordered a half, but it was the first place that had been open all day, and the pint disappeared in minutes. With that, I am ready to…
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BRUM BRUM!
Birmingham to Hereford: Stage 1 Pineapple Road to Bromsgrove: 22km So after three days staying with Cath and Graeme in Birmingham, doing very little, as requested, I continue my journey from Birmingham, heading towards Hereford, via Worcester and the Birmingham and Worcester Canal. First stage a cheat stage to Bromsgrove. I have many pointless rules…
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ARRIVAL AT PINEAPPLE ROAD
London to Birmingham Day 6 Warwick to Pineapple Road, Birmingham: 33km Getting people wrong
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