Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 14
We drive to our end point at Bourne End to meet our walkers for the day, John and Alice, who leave their car and drive with us to Aston. The Thames path has a deviation here,...
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Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 13
This is our penultimate day and we feel satisfied that all in all it has been a good trip although we are looking forward to not living out of a suitcase after tomorrow. We return to...
Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 12
Today Sim and his girlfriend are walking with us again and Richard is picking them up at Reading Station later. The canal is still subject to numerous locks and weirs. Some are even more complicated due...
Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 11
Today we are joined by our daughter Clare, son-in-law John and their Cockerpoo Layla. According to the notice board on the edge of the canal at Midgham, the following 11 miles caused problems for the canal...
Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 10
We stayed with good friends, Angus and Victoria. Angus and his dog Tatty Bogul have joined us on a number of our walks before and it is a joy that he is doing so again. The...
Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 9
As we arrive at our start point, a car drives up and David, who is a good friend of ours, drives past hoping to bump into us, which was a lovely surprise. Sadly, he can't join...
Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 8
Back from a couple of nights at home. I must say our day off ended up not being very restful as domestic issues clouded in on us, but nice to spend a couple of nights in...
Jane’s Walk 2026: Day 7
Today is our last day before going home for our day off. Sim, who walked with us yesterday and stayed with David and Antonia last night, is still with us. He is in his early 30s...
Jane’s Walk 2026 – Day 6
Our hosts of last night join us and we then meet up with 3 other walkers who have come up from London to be with us today. Another beautiful day and the route is pretty and...
Jane’s Walk 2026 – Day 5
After having returned to Bradford on Avon, having stayed the night there with good friends of our daughters in their beautifully restored old house in the centre of town, we return to Semington and set off...
Jane’s Walk 2026 – Day 4
Today we are on our own with no walkers joining us. We wave goodbye to Richard and set off along the canal and after five minutes I realise that Moses was not with us. Rushing back...
Jane’s Walk 2026 – Day 3
Today we are joined by 2 new walkers as well as Charles and Angela. We walk along well-maintained paths into the centre of the city of Bath. We leave the River Avon and pass up through...
Jane’s Walk 2026 – Day 2
We leave the Lock Keeper pub where we finished last night and continue along the left bank of the Avon going east. It's a lovely day with a cool breeze so perfect for walking. The path...
Jane’s Walk 2026 – Day 1
I can hardly believe that exactly a year has gone by since we finished our last sponsored walk for our 2 charities, ZANE and The Community Emergency Foodbank. A lot of discussion took place in the...
