Today we undertook a long walk (for us) of about 12 miles, in preparation for walking the South Downs Way next month ( that will be 100 miles in nine days- it seemed a good idea when I booked it last summer!).
We took the bus out to Alresford and walked home, along quiet footpaths and bridle ways, in the Itchen valley. Many of these paths are now part of long distance trails including the Wayfarer's walk, Watercress way, Three Castles Way, and most recently, the St James 's Way,between Reading and Southampton as part of the Camino Ingles (English Way) apparently one of the pilgrims'routes of the famous Camino de Santiago in NW Spain. We had perfect weather and were delighted to hear so much birdsong along our route. My photo is the old mill at Abbots Worthy.
The only downside was that that yesterday evening I developed a sore shoulder and neck, which unfortunately did not improve with our walk. It has made using the computer quite painful and has delayed me in blipping for a few days, and in commenting on other journals.
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