Be Excellent To Each Other

The Metcheck forecast is more optimistic than the Beeb, so I'm going with that.

Hikewise, I'm doing Hadrian's Wall as I'm up in Durham this weekend for a wedding anyway. WHW looks great though: will consider that for next year.

Y'know what walk I really really super enjoyed?

Sit back as I vaguely try and recall whereabouts it was.

So I started off with me and my friends in these rolling hills somewhere in the North West. The hills were gentle and green and from there were set off down the road, across the farmers fields, until we reached a river that headed South East. Unfortunately it started raining, and we were chased off the fields by some grumpy sod on a horse, but we managed to pass upon a rickity barge that we used to paddle down the river to a passing town where we stayed in a bar over night. We were due to meet one of our other friends at this pub (Prancing Pony. Bit of a dive, but the barmaids are fitties) but, anyway, he didn't turn up but we forgot about him when we got drinking with this cool guy at the bar. He was a laugh a minute and we stayed up into the early hours. He didn't look as though he was going to murder us in our sleep and he wanted to tag along for our walk. Anyway, funny story, we get woken up in the night by some drunkards kicking off so we get up and make an early start of it.

The drinking session must've caught up with my mate cause he drops out like a wuss for some reason and we continue on without him while he sobers up. I don't know what happened to him. Anyway, bit later he catches up with us as we're passing through this lovely forest walk heading east. My mate's a lucky git though cause he gets chatting with this lovely blonde bit for ages. Mind you, we bump into this rotund fellow, bit on the short side, but he loves his ale. He said he wouldn't mind coming for a walk an' all. He keeps being followed around by this waif looking lad who I suspected was a bit of a pooftah. Tried to grab my balls in the night, he did. Anyhoo, we all head off to Mordor.

:-)

Knew where you were going with it but expected a comment about stopping off at the farmers house for some mushrooms :-)

Hah! Missed opportunity.

Anyway, an actual nice walk is The Valley of the Rocks down south somewhere. Devon, init. You walk along the cliffs with the goats on the cliffside and then make your way down to some dockside town that just gorgeous in the middle of two hills andthen make your way into the forest which is equally pleasant if not more so.

God damn, I can't remember whereabouts it is.

Lynmouth! That was it. Bloody lovely place.

This says Lynton?

http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/walksdb/247/

Anyway, go there, walk there and push a goat down a cliff when no ones looking.

Two other walks for Kern to consider since they are close to him (although I'd still say start with The WHW)

Oxford Canal walk

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show ... Canal+Walk

Thames path

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show ... onal+trail

*ahem*

Back from Hadrian's Wall. Got about halfway, but decided to leave it after three days as the forecast didn't look promising and I didn't fancy trekking alone on the moors in the rain.

Had great fun though. Will post some notes about it here later.