Tag Archives: Kennet and Avon canal walk

Seeing differently: active travel revisited – changing the conversation

Posted on July 16, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

We were talking about this over supper the other night (a delicious meal all home grown and home cooked by our lovely neighbours).  We were mulling over why it is that a very aggressive and negative image of cycling seems … Continue reading →

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May’s challenge update: procrastination

Posted on June 2, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Here we are at the end of the month, and what have I done?  Well, it turns out quite a lot actually. For starters I tackled the Basket of Doom.  Ha!  I was embarrassed at how little time that took … Continue reading →

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Seen (scene) along the way: Kennet and Avon Canal

Posted on May 28, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Few words, mainly images from the towpath   Lists below are just the ones I saw and recognised – there were others I couldn’t name or didn’t remember Birds seen: ducks and ducklings (mallards, pochard?); geese and goslings; kingfishers; herons; … Continue reading →

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Day 5: Aldermaston Wharf to Reading (and the Thames)

Posted on May 23, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

You know when you do something that you know you have to do but you don’t think it’s going to be all that great, and it turns out to be unexpectedly wonderful?  well that was what this last section of … Continue reading →

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Day 4: Kintbury to Aldermaston Wharf

Posted on May 20, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

My reliance on public transport collapsed today.  It proved impossible to arrive in Kintbury early enough to do the planned section of walk and catch a train home (at least, without paying an arm and a leg to travel early enough to … Continue reading →

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Day 3: Pewsey to Kintbury

Posted on May 18, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Having had to go back home at the end of the second day and catch the train back on the third morning meant a later start than I might have chosen, but still plenty of time to do the walk … Continue reading →

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Day 2: Seend to Pewsey

Posted on May 14, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Goodness but I feel great after a good night’s sleep!  Not something I often get to experience sadly, but I’m working on it.  It seems that spending the whole day walking does the trick. The walk from Seend to Pewsey … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on three days walking

Posted on May 13, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I’m writing this having now completed three full days walking.  Two more days to go and I will have walked the whole length of the Kennet and Avon Canal, all the way through to Reading.  I’m taking a break from … Continue reading →

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I’ve started so I’ll finish (Day 1: Bath to Seend)

Posted on May 10, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Procrastination.   It’s almost a year since I left my job.  About a month before I left, I had the idea of celebrating the big change in my life by walking from home to London.  I have scheduled the start … Continue reading →

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Getting back on track

Posted on February 25, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Well, after the various crises and demands of the past few weeks, I am at last able to begin thinking about getting back on track.  First off is to find a slot when I can start The Walk.  And I’m … Continue reading →

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