Wednesday 6/9/17: 14-16km 5hr 45min We left Swan Cottage this morning about 9.30am with sunshine tempered by wind. The traffic was whizzzing by on the main road but fortunately our way led up a quiet lane, across another busy road and then into Dyrham Wood. The path wasn't clear but after consulting the GPS on my watch and some discussion, we found the right path to Dyrham. We were keen to visit Dyrham House, famous for its role in the film "Remains of the D...

Tuesday 5/9/17: Bath to Cold Ashton. 16km in 6hr 30 min. After the obligatory photo in front of Bath Abbey, Jane, Hett, Rowan and I set off to the Circle and then The Crescent in drizzling rain. Jane was clever enough to spot the first acorn sign, near The Crescent, marking the Cotswold Way. There were a few navigational and physical challenges getting up to Weston and then Dean and Kelston Hills before stopping at Prospect Stile (230 metres) for morning tea, a ...

Monday 4/9/17: I've been having so e blog issues! Last night and the night before I spent an hour is so doing the blog and then attempted to save it but it disappeared into the ether. This is the third and last attempt. This is going to be the very abridged version because it's late and we start walking tomorrow. So here goes. Friday 1/9/17: We left Birchlea Cottage at 7.00am on Friday and drove south to Halesworth in Suffolk. It was a case of four seasons in...

Monday 28/8/17: We're still not a hundred percent and not up to the predicted high winds and poor visibility on the 21km loop of Lochnagar, so we compromised with a drive to Aberdeen, this time on the south side of the Dee and visited the Aberdeen Maritime Museum. All very interesting, especially the double sea kayak of two crazy guys who kayaked 1600 miles from Greenland to Aberdeen! After that we came back to Banchory and walked up Scolty Hill. This is about a...

Sunday 27/8/17: Well we're still suffering the blues from our persistent colds and of course the weather changes hourly just to confuse you. Yesterday the 'cabin fever' got to us and so we went for a drive to the bridge over the Waters of Feugh to watch the salmon jumping. They were pretty impressive trying to jump up pretty big rapids that I wouldn't fancy myself paddling. It was good to get out of the house and breathe some fresh air. Today I thought what Het...