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Virtual Walking for Foodbanks
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #9-#13 Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert Wallingford to Cholsey Sunday March the 15th Beware the Ides of March – but I’m a long way from the tidal reach...
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #8
Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust Abingdon to Wallingford Abingdon to Wallingford March 12th 2020 Sunrise 6.20 Sunset 18.00 Carbon count: 413.78 Pre-industrial base 280 Safe level 350 14 miles Start 11.20 Arrival 15.25 The day after the budget...
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #6
Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert Newbridge to Oxford 14 miles The Windrush joins the Thames at Newbridge, Flowing beneath the elegant Taynton stone bridge, Once a port of call for...
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #5
Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert Lechlade to Newbridge 16 miles I walked past Shelley’s Close by the Church … Where Shelley wrote his ‘Summer Evening Churchyard’, Crossed the bridg...
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #4
Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert Day Two: Cricklade to Lechlade 11 miles William Cobbett visited Cricklade in 1826 on his Rural Rides: ‘the source of the river Isis … the first branc...
Walking The Thames To London #3
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #3 Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert And on Thursday 6th February, I started the first day On my Thames Path Food Bank Pilgrimage: Day One Thursday 6t...
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #2
Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists’ group from The Prince Albert So here I am walking from Walbridge in Stroud, Along the Thames and Severn Canal, To Trewsbury Mead and the source of the Thames, The prologue to m...
Terminalia Beating the Bounds of Rodborough
It was a pleasure and a privilege to have the company of Alison Fure of the Walking Artists’ Network join us on Sunday. Here’s a link to her insightful wordsmith weaving: https://alisonfure.blogspot.com/2020/02/beating-bounds-at-rodborough.html B...
WALKING THE THAMES TO LONDON #1
Raising Funds for the Trussell Trust In association with the cyclists group from The Prince Albert I'm walking the Thames to London, Not in linear sequence: Flooding prevents that - But in an act of near nominative determinism, I present the famo...
Radical Stroud Walks programme 2020
Some walks confirmed – others will have dates confirmed on this website – others more tentative – walkers may need to check social media etc or Good on Paper for precise details. After discussing it with Radical Stroud members, we can’t do Saturdays, I...
“Beating the Bounds” of Rodborough Parish
Radical Stroud Terminalia Walking Festival Sunday 23 rd February 2020 “Beating the Bounds” of Rodborough Parish In honour of the Roman God of boundaries we will walk around the limits of the parish of Rodborough. Parishes were once very importan...
Prehistory: Why is it so entrancing?
Circles without Class Ceilings Why can prehistory be so entrancing? Why do some people find prehistory so entrancing? Why do they become so spellbound When walking by, let’s say, a long barrow? How do they become so transported in time and space? ...
