If you'd looked at this blog over the past fifteen months you'd be forgiven for thinking we've not been up to much. On the contrary, we've squeezed a lot in but have been tardy at writing it up.
We're up-to-date now, so feel free to catch up. We have:
Finished walking the east coast of Scotland, from Golspie to Brora, Helmsdale, Dunbeath, Lybster, Wick, Keiss, John o' Groats, Brough, Castletown (via the most northerly point on our island) with side trips The Mannie, The Ness Islands and a forest in the middle of Inverness.
Completed the North Downs Way, from Cuxton to Hollingbourne then Charing before branching off through Canterbury on the way to Dover and finally looping back to Boughton Aleph.
Walked the Pennine Way, in two legs, first from Edale to Longdendale, Standedge, Blackshaw Head, Ickornshaw, Malham, Horton in Ribblesdale, Hawes, Tan Hill, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Dufton before the weather got the better of us and we decided to stop six days short of our intended destination. Then picking it up again through Alston, Greenhead, Twice Brewed, Bellingham, Byrness and across The Cheviots to the end in Kirk Yetholm.
Walked the entire Cotswold Way, from Chipping Campden to Broadway, Winchcombe, Dowdeswell, Birdlip, King's Stanley, Wotton-under-Edge, Tormarton and Bath.
Walked the Yorkshire Wolds Way, an entire National Trail in sunshine, from Hessle on the Humber through South Cave, Goodmanham, Thixendale, Ganton and Filey.
Made a start on Scotland's Great Trails with one leg of St Cuthbert's Way.
We've also seen a few films: Miss Sloane, Hampstead, Dunkirk, Wind River; been to a a couple of gigs: Over the Rhine, Carleen Anderson, U2, The State Broadcasters; and enjoyed a remarkable Celtic Connections weekend in Glasgow (caught on camera by the BBC).
Finally, in case you missed it, we explained the reason for our busyness: we're moving.
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