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NORMANDY LANDING
Home to Santiago Day 2 Dieppe to Offranville (10km) My fear is that, having come into France, I’m now going to be guilty of a whole host of generalisations, but I have over 40 days walking through France to be enlightened. Mind you, I’ve had 50-plus years in England, and that hasn’t worked. So, I…
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WALKING FROM HOME TO SANTIAGO: DAY ONE
Hampden Park to Newhaven: 29km Familiar Territory So, this is the big one. A 2,000km walk originally planned for Spring weather, postponed to the record-breaking heat of summer. All preparation has been dominated by thoughts of this heat. I have toyed with cooling shoes, planned shorter contingency days, allowed for extra water, and been stricter…
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WICKLOW WAY: STAGE 4
Glendalough to Glenmalure round trip: 35km A Sense of Completion Today is the day it all came together. Final proof that the unplanned stay in Glendalough was meant to be. The day started with two Norwegian girls in my dormitory decorating their heavy-sleeping friend’s bed with balloons and flags, and, as we’d been warned the…
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SAINT KEVIN’S WAY
Hollywood to Glendalough: 30km Second Chances So, nothing to do with the original plan to walk the Wicklow Way. But having seen the existence of a Saint Kevin’s Way shortly after setting off, and shortly after finding that the Glenmalure hostel was closed at short notice and my planned walk thus curtailed, I made a…
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ATTEMPTING A REST DAY IN GLENDALOUGH
Wandering around: 25km Today is an attempt at a rest day. The problem is, I like to walk on my days off. So, having got to Glendalough a day ahead of schedule, I decide my rest will be a mental one: no plan, no destination, just explore. However, I discover there are all sorts of…
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WICKLOW WAY – STAGES 2&3
Knockree to Glendalough: 30km Walking the Planks Today is a hard day, which I decide to treat as an experiment in mind over matter. Yesterday too, I noticed my legs aching in all the places where they haven’t ached for years. I’m stiff going up the hill, stiff going down the hill, and struggle to…
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WICKLOW WAY – STAGE 1
Marlay Park to Knockree: 20km Proper Walking It is Friday morning and I have been two days in Ireland already, visiting Piotr. He has introduced me to Dublin in the best possible way, with a series of curated walks. These deserve a post of their own, which they shall get. After a fine breakfast, we…
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