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Mum’s Gone To Lake Vyrnwy

Trish Burgess Posted on23/10/202307/03/2024 lake Vyrnwy, Wales, walking Leave a Comment
Sunset over Lake Vyrnwy

In the days before the internet, if we fancied a short break in the UK, we picked up a brochure from a travel agent. Dougie and I would choose somewhere based on one photo...

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Walking along the Basingstoke Canal, Surrey

Trish Burgess Posted on16/09/202307/03/2024 Basingstoke canal, fundraising, Neuroendocrine cancer, walking Leave a Comment
man beside canal with trees in background

Fundraising for Neuroendocrine Cancer UK isn’t all about the exercise bikes, although our morning cycling sessions do make up the bulk of the mileage. As The Proclaimers sing about walking 500 miles and 500...

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Fundraising challenge – 500 miles and 500 more.

Trish Burgess Posted on25/07/202325/07/2023 500 miles, exercise bike, fundraising, The Proclaimers, walking 1 Comment

Although the Neuroendocrine Cancer UK Virtual Pathway Challenge began in June, Dougie and I arrived a little late to the party. He had seen emails about it before, but in his heart he wasn’t...

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Riverside Walk from Leamington Spa to Warwick

Trish Burgess Posted on16/05/202216/05/2022 easy walk in Warwickshire, Leamington Spa, walking, Warwick Leave a Comment
Riverside Walk, Leamington to Warwick

What makes a good walk? Here’s a list – in no particular order – of a few things that, if they can be added to the usual views, scenery etc, can persuade me to...

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Dipping my toe back into blogging

Trish Burgess Posted on22/06/2021 Blogging, Brimham Rocks, Lincolnshire, walking 2 Comments
field of kale

The last time I updated this blog was 12 March 2020. We all know what happened after that. Covid. Lockdown. Stay at home. Wash Your Hands. Social Distancing. At a time when travel was...

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