So, here we are. The night before the annual Shakespeare Stroll. My walking bag is loaded with waterproofs, water, first aid kit – and hip flask. The weather is set fine and we will be setting of tomorrow morning from St Nicholas’ Church, Alcester. However, some wonderful people have already begun to support the appealContinue reading “The Eve of The Shakespeare Stroll”
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Shakespeare Stroll 2022 Route Plan
Shakespeare Stroll 2022 Route Plan Day One 17 Sep. Route starts St Nicholas Church @ 10.00. Exit town via Allimore and Cold Comfort Lanes. Through fields and over/through the ford. Continue to @Millennium Way. Follow to Coughton. At main road turn left to Thro0ckmorton Arms. Afternoon. Retrace steps to cross roads. Turn left onto Coughton Fields Lane. Continue to Church Farm then follow footpathContinue reading “Shakespeare Stroll 2022 Route Plan”
Return of The Shakespeare Stroll
I do have to confess I find it very hard to walk when it is hot so, looking out of my Hermit’s Cave I am pleased to see changes afoot in the countryside beyond my Exercise Yard. The blistering summer heat is subsiding. We are promised some rain too. In fact I see it fallingContinue reading “Return of The Shakespeare Stroll”
March The Month – 21
This was a beautiful but familiar walk for me. The route took me across the Exercise Yard exiting through the Oversley portal, the footbridge over the river. Then along the lane and left onto Icknield Way. A few hundred yards then left uphill towards the crest of Oversley Hill. The sun shone. Truly the firstContinue reading “March The Month – 21”
March the Month
Last Spring I used the pleasure I get from walking to raise funds for The Shakespeare Hospice in Stratford on Avon who looked after my wife and myself through her final illness. Friends walked with me and we had fun walking through the local countryside despite my inadvertent plunge into a local stream. This year,Continue reading “March the Month”
Scaling The Cotswolds.
High up in my Hermit’s Cave I have a clear view of The Cotswolds. More exactly, a clear view of the northern escarpment that rises south of Stratford upon Avon and runs south westerly towards Cheltenham. Rising some five hundred feet in places, It separates the alluvial Vale of Evesham from the high Cotswold plateau;Continue reading “Scaling The Cotswolds.”
Desperate Dan’s Christmas Walk
I’m sure you remember Desperate Dan, that heroic Wild West character from The Dandy, who could lift a cow one handed. If so, you will remember his favourite food, Desperate Dan’s Cow Pie with it’s horns poking through the pastry topping. Now, at pubs like the Little Lark in Studley we can all enjoy DesperateContinue reading “Desperate Dan’s Christmas Walk”
The Thank You Letter
We have just received a lovely “Thank You” letter from The Shakespeare Hospice in Stratford-upon-Avon for the £1300+ we raised on their behalf during our recent Shakespeare Stroll. We had a brilliant weekend walking two routes over the weekend, covering just over 20 miles; four pubs; a churchyard and a couple of fun wayside picnics.Continue reading “The Thank You Letter”
Guilty Conscience
Cars and cyclists go by as I sit here on this slightly damp bench. I’m conscious that I have been a tad tardy in my recent postings so I’m trying to make amends. It’s warm for mid November. At least it was when I set out but now low grey clouds have rolled in onContinue reading “Guilty Conscience”
Shakespeare Stroll – The Reckoning
At an autumnal barbecue, last weekend, the participants in The Shakespeare Stroll gathered bearing gifts of cheese cake and coleslaw, to draw the threads of the event together and thank those who donated and participated. Back in September our group came together to walk 20 miles along the footpaths and byways of south Warwickshire, raisingContinue reading “Shakespeare Stroll – The Reckoning”
The Hermit's Cave 