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 a muffin to go with his Roquefort cheese salad rolls.

Should be able to do a few small blog posts on the way and some photos so watch this space !!!

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 painful.

Still I carried on and we managed a 15 mile walk avoiding any bad weather that had been forecast.

Walk route can be seen here.

Once home we decided to take my boots back to field and trek, to see if they could offer any advise.

As I wear men’s boots they say the problem was the heel of the boot just did not fit well on a female.

After explaining I always wore men’s boots and had no problem with my Asolo Flame boots.

which if you rememberI had returned due to a fault.

They had replaced these with the Asolo fugitive but obviously my feet did not like these boots.

Eventually they kindly agreed to exchange the Fugitive for a new pair of the

Asolo Flames.

So today really was my lucky day. 🙂

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 Nar river all the way back into Narborough, a total of 15 miles.

Not bad for a mid-week walk.

Although my boots felt very comfortable ,after about 6 miles my heel was burning and I had a nice blister by the time we finished.

I am hoping this is a temporary problem and just a matter of breaking them in.

The walk route can be seen here and my blister here.

The blister has given me no problems today and I will be doing a small walk this evening… maybe in my boots  !!

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 was led by Debbie.

The  actual route walked ( including detours 🙂 )  can be found here at Geoff’s  Wikiloc.

As you can see we kept up a great pace of 3.2 miles an hour

It was our first longer walk this year and my feet are aching tonight but what a great way to spend the day, in brilliant sunshine  and good company too.

In desperate need of some exercise we decided we had to do a walk today.

So at 10am we set off from Cambridge, the plan was to walk to Ely then catch the train back, making it a very  respectable walk of 17 miles.

The walk took us along the River Cam where we saw many boats and barges.

We also saw the Cambridge rowing association out training for The Bumps.

At Stretham Ellee met us at the river and took us to her house for home made mushroom soup and tea,a very welcome break. 

Then we were back on our way along the river, very disappointing not to see any Herons but we did see an owl flying low along the river bank.

We arrived at Ely station at 15.50, 5 mins before the train was due so perfect timing.

A selection of photos can be seen here,taken on Geoff’s new camera.

This was a great way to start our training for our next long distance walk,which we hope to do in late April early May time.

Took myself off to Ixworth today for an 11 mile stroll with the Newmarket Ramblers.

Eight of us turned up in the pouring rain to do this walk, not sure if that makes us dedicated walkers or just plain and simply mad.

It was great to see my friend Tess again and Brian too who had driven all the way from the Cotswold’s.

Debbie did a great job of leading the walk and John was great company we found plenty to chat about.He gave me a great idea for another Christmas present for Geoff too.

The walk was a circular one from Ixworth going through Livermore.We stopped for lunch at the church in Great Livermore , the church porch provided much needed shelter from the rain.

 After lunch the rain stopped and the skies cleared,so by the time we finished the walk we had all dried out.

Debbie, Tess, Brian John and I then went for tea and cake in the local cafe,where amongst other things we talked about my blog… I know they will be reading this but will they dare leave a comment  🙂

All in all a great day was had by all, even the rain could not spoil it.

On Sunday we went to Wansford to meet up with the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

He was doing a 10 mile walk in aid of his charity and we went along to support him.

I knew nothing about the High Sheriff, his charity or what his job involves, but thanks to Jane who runs the charity I now know a  little more about it all..

This is what she had to say…….

“As you may know, High Sheriffs are appointed each year in the counties of England and Wales. The Office of High Sheriff is at least 1,000 years old, having its roots in Saxon times, before the Norman Conquest.  High Sheriffs are responsible for duties conferred by the Crown, including attendance at Royal visits to the county and the protection of Her Majesty’s High Court Judges when on Circuit in the county. a personal responsibility for fundraising throughout their year in office.  The money raised is used in the High Sheriff’s Award Scheme.  The High Sheriff’s Award Scheme was set up in Cambridgeshire over 10 years ago to recognise achievement and give grants to projects which enable young people to make a positive contribution to their communities.

In addition to their official duties, High Sheriffs take on

The current High Sheriff (Colonel Peter Horrell) who you met today, decided to raise money for the High Sheriff Award Scheme by undertaking a sponsored walk – which you took part in today!.  The training Peter undertook was part of his recovery to full health following the donation of a kidney in early July 2007.

My charity, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, manages the High Sheriff’s Award Scheme – background on CCF is on website  –  www.cambscf.org.uk“

There was 10 of us altogether and the walk took us from Wansford into  Peterborough Cathedral  ,we walked along the Nene river which was very nice.

The High Sheriff’s mother provided us with much welcome coffee and biscuits at the half way mark.

A very enjoyable walk with some very interesting people and the Sheriff kept up a fast pace for some one recovering from a kidney donation.