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The Pilgrims’ Way – Day 2 – Dartford to Wrotham, 32km

September 17, 2024by followingthearrows 1 Comment

After a decent Full English for breakfast, we set off in cool and grey conditions just before 9.30am.  According to the Cicerone guidebook, the route for the day was meant […]

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The Pilgrims’ Way – Day 1 – Southwark to Dartford, 36.3km

September 8, 2024by followingthearrows 2 Comments

Kat and her good friend John had talked about walking from London to Canterbury – the pilgrimage of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.  The idea of John and I doing it together […]

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Cotswold Way National Trail

February 28, 2022by followingthearrows 5 Comments

Soon after finishing the South West Coast Path in the heatwave of July 2021, my thoughts turned to which National Trail to try next. Kat had often talked about doing […]

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Completing the South West Coast Path

October 24, 2021by followingthearrows 9 Comments

Having walked the surprisingly remote and very picturesque South Devon coast (reaching Lyme Regis, Dorset, in April 2021), hiking the entire South West Coast Path was in sight. It had […]

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Hiking the South Coast of Devon

May 5, 2021by followingthearrows 7 Comments

Completing my walk around Cornwall in Gorran Haven on 12 September last year, I quickly realised it was too soon to hang up my hiking shoes.  While it had been […]

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Thames Path and Aussie memorial benches

April 14, 2021by followingthearrows 11 Comments

On the anniversary of Kat’s funeral, I retraced Kat’s steps along the Thames Path to the new memorial bench beyond Kew Gardens. The trail took me past Mortlake Crematorium, where […]

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Hiking the Cornish Coast

November 15, 2020by followingthearrows 4 Comments

Through the summer 2020, I hiked around the incredibly beautiful coast of Cornwall, following the South West Coastal Path. Katrina was with me every step of the way. I dedicate […]

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Memorial benches in London

August 20, 2020by followingthearrows 7 Comments

Places to reflect, remember and maybe even feel inspired by the nature, majesty of St Paul’s and memories of Kat. We used to walk down to St Paul’s Cathedral all […]

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A tribute to Kat ‘Hummingbird’ Davis

July 16, 2020by followingthearrows 10 Comments

You will recall that Kat did a lot of hiking with KC along the PCT back in 2015. In July 2019, they did their last hike together – the Pembrokeshire […]

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Lycian Way – Gear List

February 2, 2020by followingthearrows Leave a comment

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