Category: 3,500-Mile Hike
I can’t read a map but I’m hiking 3,500 miles
Who decides to do a 3,500-mile solo hike when she can’t read a map and hates camping? Why, me, of course! But these were minor glitches in my grand plan. […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The End
“What an achievement!” the policeman smiled as he eyed up my tragically battered backpack. Then, as though it was an impossible feat, “Did you really walk 3,500 miles?” “Yes,” I […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain: The Journey Part 8
The Winter’s Tale Winter’s icy fingers tightly gripped my feet; the only thing brave enough to touch them after so long in the same pair of hiking boots. I sighed […]
3,500-Mile Hike Q&A – You Ask, I Answer!
Eight months in to my 3,500-mile* hike through British history, I answer your questions from ‘the scariest moment’ to washing issues. *I initially calculated it to be 2,500 miles but […]
Liverpool and its Norman West Derby Castle
The BBC presenter’s dapper appearance was the antithesis of mine. I was clad in battered hiking boots, trousers with holes in the hems and was fighting with my hiking buggy. […]
Not So Vicious Vikings at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
Swords clashed against one another, clanging metal pounding the air. The chainmail-encased warriors hollered and their riotous shouts collided with the iron weapons. One by one, men dropped to the […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 7
The Journey Part 7 – Middlesbrough to Scarborough “What? You’re walking through it? Oh no, you can’t. Tell you what, I finish my shift at 2pm, I can drive you […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 6
The Journey Part 6 – Newcastle to Darlington County The thundering roar of blades cut through the air as I quick-marched down a litter-strewn street. Rundown red-brick terraces were under […]
Sexist Saints and Glass Bedes in Anglo-Saxon England
“See that tiny, dingy room over there?” the volunteer guide said as he pointed before continuing, “That’s were they were held. There was a small hole in the wall where […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 5
The Journey Part 5 – Glasgow to Newcastle “You have got to be kidding me!” I huffed to myself, letting out a frustrated sigh. With outstretched arms I bashed my […]