21 June 2010
After much hard work our intrepid heroes reached the summit. Lots of pics on facebook. We went up and came down having eaten packed lunch and emergency Mars bars. The day was beautiful, the visibility fantastic and all was right with the world.
Had a cheerful welcome at a wonderful hotel in Crickhowell- Mary Portas you've got your work cut out there!
Now where next????????
A DIARY OF THE WALKS
Jane, Nicky, Lorna and Heather plus guests
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
5 days to go....
So here we are at the peak of physical fitness and rearing to go. Still small things to do like plan our route and purchase stretchers. Do we go for a short steep route or a longer more gradual option? Should we pack a paraglider for a quick descent? How many chocolate bars will be needed? So many questions and so little time....
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
June 21st
OK get ready the date is set.
We're all in training, the day has been booked off and we're ready to go. Pen Y Fan is calling us and hopefully we've picked a good day. Not too hot and with great visibility for the view from the top!
We're all in training, the day has been booked off and we're ready to go. Pen Y Fan is calling us and hopefully we've picked a good day. Not too hot and with great visibility for the view from the top!
Wotton walk May 29th 2010
A late start meant that we met in The Chipping as the drizzle started and we set off on one of The Cotswold Way circular walks taking in Wortley and then back to Wotton along the stream. Of course the usual crowd were there Heather, Jane Nicky Lorna and for the last time before she flies back to the sun Lady Fiona. http://wotton-under-edge.com/map As our map reading went wrong somewhere along the route we ended up skirting a newly planted field of corn which we were pretty sure wasn't on the route. This detour brought us out at the foot of a gully which took us up a steep hill and out into a long field of soaking wet grass. It was then that the rain came down. By this time our boots were soaked through and we were looking more and more like a bunch of drowned rats. Toffee revelled in the wet grass and leapt about like a demented frog.
The rain cleared up and the sun came out as we made our way through some of the prettiest country lanes filled with wild flowers. No one can deny that Gloucestershire is one of the most beautiful counties and we are so lucky to be able to walk in this countryside just an hour away from home.
On our descent into Wotton we met a fellow walker, however, he was travelling a little bit further than we were as he was enroute from Lands End to John O Groats in aid of Clic Cancer. It turned out that he'd lost his seventeen year old son to the disease and was walking not only to raise money but also as therapy for himself. He was walking along with a little Jack Russell for company and bivouacking each night - rather him than me is all I can say.
We walked into Wotton along the path next to the stream where Jane used to take Tim and Olly to play Pooh sticks- cue ahhhhh! Back in the town we visited the Perry Dawes Almshouses and the pretty little church it contains built in 1630 - a must visit. Soaking wet and very dirty, and not just Toffee, we called in on Marian and Phil who provided much needed hot tea and choccy biccies. An excellent end to a lovely walk.
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