Start: The Swan, Streatley Finish: The Fat Fox, Wallington Distance Walked: 27.5km Total Time: 9 hours Drugs consumed: Ibuprofen 12 tablets My laptop died today ⚰️. It has had the same reaction to five days of walking as my feet. However, unlike my feet, I can just send it back to Dell to be fixed!… Continue reading Ridgeway:Day 5
Category: Multiday
Walks that took more than a day to complete
Ridgeway: Day 4
Start: The Bear, Wantage Finish: The Swan, Streatley Walking Distance: 26.5km Total Time: 8.5 hours The Bear was a pleasant hotel, located in the market square in Wantage, it had clearly been a coaching inn for centuries, albeit with several makeovers. The rooms were probably overdue for another one, though it still had a guest… Continue reading Ridgeway: Day 4
Ridgeway: Day 3
Start: The Royal Oak, Bishopstone Finish: The Bear, Wantage Walking Distance: 24km Total Time: 7.5 hours Breakfast at The Royal Oak this morning was unsurprisingly pig focussed, but very tasty. Craig had a Bacon Bun and I had a Bacon Omelette. Then, we headed back up to the Ridgeway. We passed through an interesting little… Continue reading Ridgeway: Day 3
Ridgeway: Day 2
Start: Inn with the Well, Ogbourne St George End: Royal Oak, Bishopstone Walking Distance: 19km Total Time: 6.5 hours The day began at the Inn with the (impressively deep) Well. We both had some delicious Eggs Benedict Royale for breakfast which unfortunately didn’t stay around long enough to be photographed!😋 😋 Day 2 was the… Continue reading Ridgeway: Day 2
Ridgeway: Day 1
Start: Thistle Express, Swindon Finish: Inn with the Well, Ogbourne St George Walking Distance: 22km Total Time: 8 hours Day 1 started fairly smoothly, after a rather inspid takeaway breakfast (Covid precautions) we left the Thistle Express. A little run-down but clean, and really pleasant staff. We then proceeded to Swindon Bus station to catch… Continue reading Ridgeway: Day 1
Ridgeway Day 0
Start: Home End: Thistle Express, Swindon Walking Distance: 4.5 km Total Time: 3 hours Day 0 for our Ridgeway Adventure! This trip was originally designed as a motivator for Craig to get fit after his chemo finished in February, but unfortunately that didn’t altogether go to plan 🙁 The two test walks we did, (42km… Continue reading Ridgeway Day 0