Cardiff Bay

 A circular walk around Cardiff Bay - made possible by the barrage built in the late '90s.

Valerie was still recovering from her bad leg, so this was quite an achievement for her.

6 miles

More details and photos to follow ...

Ullswater : Howtown to Glenridding

A holiday with wider family is always a balancing act of doing something together yet going off for a long walk which others may not be able to cope with.  

In this case, during a holiday in the Lake District, it was boat trip down Ullswater, but I got off and walked back, while the others stayed on the boat !

Further details and photos to follow ...

Theale Lakes

A 'Walking Saturday' walk around Theale Lakes.

Here's the official route :-

but as you can see from the ViewRanger version of what I actually walked, the book is out of date, as one of the Lakes has now been filled in !

Gargrave to Skipton

This is a placeholder for our longer than expected walk along Skipton Canal.

Thames Path - Goring to Pangbourne (and home).

The Summer holidays were nearly over, so on my 'Walking Saturday' I got dropped off in Goring to walk home along the Thames Path.  Interestingly, the Thames Path doesn't go alongside the Thames for about half the distance.

Once I got to Pangbourne, I headed off home.

The Route in Google Earth

Training Walk #3

Again I couldn't join the main group on their training walk, so I did a slightly modified version of my own.

I started close to Tilehurst Station & went west towards Pangbourne, picking up the Thames Path at Purley.  Cross the river to Whitechurch and back east along the north of the Thames towards Reading, picking up a small part of the Chiltern Way Southern Extension at Mapledurham.  Cross the river again at Reading Lock and back west along the Thames Paths .

It was advertised as 15 miles.  I ended up doing 15.9 miles.  It took me 5h 10mins (4h 51mins excluding rest stops) .  I then walked back home, adding 1.2 miles in 27 mins.

My Route in Google Earth

Training Walk #2

I couldn't make the 2nd training walk on the same day as everyone else, so I did it a couple of weeks later.

The second walk was published as 10 miles long.  However I lost the official route early on and had to do it from memory.  I missed out an up and down hill loop as I knew that the main group had also missed it out.

In the end my half-remembered walk was 10.2 miles which I did on 3 hours 30 minutes (that's 2.9 mph).  

My route in Google Earth

Training Walk #1

My workplace are planning to enter a group into the Thames Path Challenge this coming September.. They're putting on a number of training walks, so I joined them with a vague idea that I might do part of the Challenge.

This first walk published as 6 miles long, but I measured it at 5.6, which we managed in 1 hour 45 minutes (that's 3.2 mph).  With walking there and back, that made  8.5 miles before noon !

The route in Google Earth

Pang, Pangbourne & Pangbourne College

A walking Saturday and I choose Ramble 7 from Rambling for Pleasure around Reading Series 2 entitled Pangbourne College and River Pang.  However I started and finished at The Greyhound in Tidmarsh & then walked up Sulham hill and home.

The Route

Two Bridges Walk - GLuG Walk

This was an evening walk with one of our Children's groups called 'GLuG'.

Our route in Google Earth

Circumnavigating Buttermere

A simple walk - 

• Park in National Trust car park to North West of Buttermere.  
• Walk into Buttermere village and then towards Sourmilk Gill.  
• Circumnavigate Lake in a anti-clockwise direction.  
• Arrive back at Buttermere for a cup of tea.

Our route in Google Earth

Henley Treasure Hunt

Some friends and us like doing Treasure Hunts when we get together (http://www.treasuretrails.co.uk/).  The facts that it was a very hot day, we didn't start until late, and we only had a few hours on the car park clock are our excuse as to why we didn't complete it.

Nevertheless, here's some photos as to how far we got. (Remember, click on any photo for a better 'lightbox' view of the whole day).

Newbury to Reading sponsored Walk

A sponsored walk from Newbury town centre to the end of the Kennet in Reading.

Linear Park

At last - a walk on my walking Saturday !

This one is Ramble 21 from the book "Rambling for Pleasure around Reading - First series" - with a modified start point.

The Route

Barrow upon Soar Treasure Trails Treasure Hunt Answers !

Spoiler warning ! These photos contain the answers to the Treasure Trail for Barrow Upon Soar's Treasure Hunt.

http://www.treasuretrails.co.uk/leicestershire/things-to-do-in-barrow-upon-soar.html 

Loweswater

Here's a video of a loverly walk we found in an AA guide : Loweswater

Thames Walk - Basildon to Purley

After being dropped of at Basildon House, a nice walk along the Thames back home. 

Kennet & Avon Canal

One of my fanciful plans is to walk the length of the Kennet & Avon Canal.  Here's some photos from the stretch between Aldermastson and the end - where it joins the Thames in Reading.