Author Archives: Jane Woodhead

Autumn at Bedgebury Walk 19 was one of the few from my original, pre covid, 20 walk plan. We walk here regularly this time of year – the maintained trails an escape from the ankle deep mud that appears on our local foothpaths. For this walk we had created a plan of 3 connected loopsContinue reading “Walk 19”

Return to my childhood realm Well, this walk was a little bit later than planned in lots of ways. Originally this was the route for Walk 17, but the village at the start and end point was in midst of some major water works with lots of disruption, so we decided to swap routes forContinue reading “Walk 18”

A blustery switcheroo of a walk This week was National Eye Health Week, and I was determined to try and fit a walk in. Sometimes, though things don’t go to plan. I had originally planned this route to be Walk 18 or 19 when I would need to be mindful of finishing in the dark.Continue reading “Walk 17”

South West Coastal Path : Slapton – Start Point – Strete – Slapton This is a beautiful walk – You can take Bill Bryson’s word for it, if you don’t believe me: ‘The view took in the mighty sweep of Start Bay, which is surely one of the very loveliest in England’. So we unexpectedlyContinue reading “Walk 16”

London through fresh eyes I’ve been really looking forward to this walk. It felt as though it was a milestone for lots of reasons; not just being three quarters of the way through the challenge, but also that we were venturing back towards normality. I hadn’t been to London since Walk 3 (8th March), andContinue reading “Walk 15”

West Peckham – Ightham Loop(s) Walk 14 has to start with an intro to my companions: Here they are outside West Peckham Church – the start point for this walk. You can tell its the start as they are all still smiling!. We’ve all been friends for over 35 years. I really enjoy this aboutContinue reading “Walk 14”

A ‘hop’ over to Goudhurst Its been just over 2 weeks since the last walk. Back now to a more realistic timetable for these 20 mile walks, as life gradually eases back into the usual routine. The original plan for these walks has long since been consigned to the bin and so they are nowContinue reading “Walk 13”

Parts of the Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk 12… The 5th 20 mile walk in 26 days (even I think that is bloomin’ ridiculous!) Weather had cooled down, and our daughter Hazel had time off work and wanted to show her support and walk with us. To be honest, even on the morning of the WalkContinue reading “Walk 12”

Reculver – Seasalter – Reculver A heatwave forecast, so we set a cunning plan. A coastal walk to capture the sea breeze and head out early in the week before the heatwave took hold. We found a ‘flattish’ route on the Saxon Shore Way – this would be the 4th walk in 20 days soContinue reading “Walk 11”

Halfway : Medway Valley Walk So halfway through June, we’ve completed Walk 10 and are now halfway through the 20-20 Challenge. Its been a bit relentless in pace this month as I was keen to catch longer days, good weather and quieter routes. This walk was planned originally to be a 20 mile linear walkContinue reading “Walk 10”