Category: 2020 Walk

Day 5 – Buckland

Missing the Missionary We walked from Buckland to Faringdon and back in good time; we lunched in Faringdon, and it was a sad occasion. First, this is more or less the second anniversary of the death of Doctor and Missionary, Graham Scott Brown, who lived here. Graham not only sounded like the Prophet Ezekiel, he …

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Day 4 – Letcombe Basset

A Great Escape A perfect day’s walking, the sort of day to convince yourself that BREXIT and COVID are an illusion, that reality is to walk in perfect English countryside on a sunny day with friendly people. God is in His heaven: all is right with the world. We zipped through Letcombe Regis and Wantage, …

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Day 3 – Cholsey

Got up early after a patchy night to a “dingo’s breakfast”- a fart and a look around. Met up with another excellent chatty group of ZANE donors. One prospective walker got himself hopelessly lost and spent the day playing hide-and-seek trying to find us. Little Shops and Horror Many of the Wallingford shops have closed, …

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Day 2 – Chedworth

Very Welcome Guest We were met by a charming group of ZANE donors who cheered up our day.. and it needed cheering up when it was discovered that “we” had left the walking “SATNAV” behind, our lifeline. It consists of a little man on a screen who leaps about indicating which way to turn: without …

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Day 1 – Cleeve Common

Hilly and Milly “If you have been to San Fransico you will know what hills are like.” That sums up today’s walk, and if I can walk up those hills, I can still walk up anything! On the last walk from Canterbury – it seems another era – we started off by walking 4 miles …

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The Day Before

Jane and I are all set for our “circular” walk. It’s sad that driver Markus won’t be here –but since we’ll be sleeping in our own beds at home this year, we can’t justify his presence. He will be much missed.   As ever, we are walking for Zimbabwe’s poor. This is the eleventh year I’ve …

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