Interview on Radio Shropshire

On Sunday morning, BBC Radio Shropshire asked me to go in to their studio to be interviewed by Ryan on the breakfast show about my Tanzania trip with Tearfund. Here is the link to the show on iPlayer - my interview starts at about 1:38:30 and lasts about 5 minutes. I don't know how long it will be up...

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Hadrian's Wall: The Pictures!

So, here are the pictures! Thank you to Liath, my fabulous companion and photographer. Thank you so much to everyone who sponsored me, prayed for me and sent me encouraging messages as I went. So pleased we finished it, and I couldn't have done it without all the support! God blessed us with pretty much perfect weather and the scenery in most places...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 8, Newcastle to Wallsend

I DID IT! We finished just after 11am today, having left our Travelodge at 8.30. We would have arrived sooner however we got distracted by blackberries (not for the first time this week...) and spent a good 40 minutes harvesting! For any of my friends up in Northumberland, get down to the tyne path...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 7, Heddon on the Wall to Newcastle

Made it to Newcastle today. Most of the paths were tarmac which was tough on the feet and knees. Despite being one of the longest days in terms of distance, we arrived in good time and just collapsed on the bed for a couple of hours! The day was one of the dullest, with no Roman remains in sight. The...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 6, Robin Hood Inn to Prudhoe

A rather odd thing happened today...our plan was to get dropped off by the owners of last night's b&b at the Robin Hood Inn, then walk along the wall for a little bit then drop down to follow a more interesting alternative route that would take us through Ovingham. A close family friend, Murray...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 5, Grindon to Corbridge

This morning started with a large bowl of cereal, full English and a slice of toast. Consequently we didn't eat much for the rest of the day!This morning we walked from Grindon to Chesters Roman Fort where we sat on the pavement playing cards for 45 minutes whilst waiting for the Hadrians Wall Bus which...

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Hadrian's Wall: Days 3&4 Walton to Greenhead to Grindon

This is a bumper blog post - 2 days in 1! (I didn't have any signal last night)Day 3 was the first time we came across any Roman remains as between Bowness and Walton the remains are buried. To celebrate, we decided on some Roman names for each other: Lethus Maximus and Rachus Augustus. We had a couple...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 2, Carlisle to Walton

Today has been thoroughly wet. The waterproofs went on within half an hour of leaving the Travelodge and didn't come off for the rest of the day. This morning was slow, mainly due to the fact we got distracted by a very fruitful hedgerow full of blackberries. Having harvested a decent number, we then...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 1, Bowness to Carlisle

Well that's the first day done! It's been a pretty good day - the weather was fab and we walked through some very beautiful places. We enjoyed a St. Clement's (Orange juice and bitter lemon) at the Greyhound Inn in Burgh-by-Sands just before our lunch stop and met another walker doing the route in the...

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Hadrian's Wall: Day 0

Tomorrow is the day I start my sponsored walk of Hadrian's Wall. I will be trekking with Liath, a good friend from college. My personal taxi driver (aka Dad) will drive us up early tomorrow morning so we can fit a full day's walking in! Some quick facts about Hadrain's Wall: It was built by the Romans between AD 122 and 128 It roughly marked the...

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