Sally in Norfolk

We managed to fit all these things into our Sunday.
It started off with a 15 mile walk from Grantchester with the Cambridge Rambling club.
It was a perfect sunny day and you could be forgiven for thinking it was the middle of summer.
We did a circular walk via Toft taking in some beautiful countryside, the blackberries [...]

Just returned from a nice few days In Bantry West Cork.
We went to walk The Sheep’s Head Way, which is a 55 mile circular walk from Bantry.
A peaceful,unspoilt peninsula which has some of Ireland’s most beautiful scenery.
Day One… Bantry to Kilcrohane
We set out along the north side of the peninsular, in drizzly rain not quite [...]

On Sunday we took ourselves off to Stanton in Suffolk .
My friend Tessa was leading the Newmarket Ramblers group on there 12 mile Sunday walk.
She was surprised to see us and I got a nice surprise too as a friend of mine from the Cotswold’s was also at the walk.
Now its been so [...]

Like a good girlfriend, I was up at 5am to make Geoff coffee and see him off on his 80 mile COW (Cambridge to Oxford ) Walk.
He left at 6am in the rain and the first day proved to be a challenge, not only did it rain but it poured making for very wet walking [...]

Yesterday Geoff came over for a Training walk before he goes off on his Cambridge to Oxford walk.
We did a circular walk from my house via Castle Acre.
A total of 18 miles.
I always enjoy visiting Castle Acre with Geoff as this is where we first met
We had delicious tea and cake at [...]

Today I met up with Geoff in Ely.
We had 2 aims, firstly to get a good walk ,secondly to see if we could catch up with Vic and Sue from "Retirement with No Problem "
Geoff has been following them on their travels for some time now and introduced me to their blog a few weeks [...]

At last I seem to be packed and ready to go.
Taxi is booked for 7.15am
Boys have enough food for a month and after a huge bake they also have…
12 banana and chocolate muffins, 12 rock cakes and the biggest chocolate rice crispie cake you have ever seen
If Geoff is lucky he will get [...]

Off we went for a walk today, to try my new walking boots out again.
As they gave me a blister on my heel on our last walk.
We decided on a circular walk from Cambridge via Quy fen.
I was very upset when after about 6 miles my heel had another blister and was very [...]

An unexpected treat to get out walking on a Wednesday, a lovely day for it too.
A chance to try my new boots out as well.
While Geoff was on the Train to Kings Lynn, I had parked my car in Narborough and was on the bus to Kings Lynn.
We then met up and walked along the [...]

Today we had set our alarm so we could go and join the Leg stretcher Group on their 19 mile walk.
At 8am we were on our way to Rougham near Bury St Edmund’s.
It was a cold frosty morning but sunshine was forecast for the day.
A fantastic 13 walkers turned out for this walk, which [...]