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Day 11: so much more enjoyable than yesterday. The sun shone, the scenery improved, and we did rather less nettle-knocking and...

Day 10: let’s say it was character-building. Easily half of the footpaths on our route were ploughed and planted with crops, overgrown...

Day 9 saw us taking to the canals again at the famous Gas Street Basin and making our way out of the city. We walked underneath Spaghetti...

Day 8: it’s just as well we are on a mission, because today’s walk along the Grand Union Canal was dull, dull, dull - and the monotony of...

Day 7: we were a bit apprehensive about today - the first with our big packs, and with a severe weather warning. In fact we did almost...

Day 6: the first rest day, and very welcome it is too. We couldn’t come to Stratford without going to the theatre: last night we saw...

Day 5 brought us very different weather - not much wind, but lots of rain, turning the clay of the Stour valley to glue and making our...

Day 4: as we walked through the beautiful Cotswold village of Longborough, we have to give a shout out to the wonderful Longborough...

Day 3: today the walkers went up the Evenlode valley, exploring the Stonesfield slate rock formation where the fossils discovered by...