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Leading a double life of adventure and engineering.  A bit like Bananaman*, but with cake.

My next big scary challenge is an arctic expedition crossing Svalbard.  I’ve never been anywhere that cold before and I can’t ski. Oh, and there might be polar bears.

Well, covid has scuppered that plan.  Postponed from 2020 to 2021 and again to 2022 I needed something to keep me motivated, the mountains are out of reach so I’ve have set myself a more local project – the Cheshire Challenge to walk all 25 long distance paths in Cheshire totaling 1500km, its going to take a while and a lot of cake.

 

The Roaches, Peak District

Fire, ice and marshmallow on Hardangervidda

Yestival

 

• Cheshire Challenge walk 22 – North Cheshire Way, Sandstone Trail and Weaver WayJune 7, 2021
  After our big walk, this was to be a nice short 20km.  Huh, never thought I’d write that a few months ago!  The walk picks up a section of the North Cheshire Way, Sandstone Trail and a little of the Weaver Way.  This corner of Cheshire around Frodsham and Helsby has quite a few overlapping… Continue reading Cheshire Challenge walk 22 – North Cheshire Way, Sandstone Trail and Weaver Way
• Cheshire Challenge walk 21 – Wirral Circular TrailMay 23, 2021
  Blimey that was pretty epic!  This walk was a 12-hour challenge with Sarah Williams: how far could we walk in 12 hours?  Walks 19 and 20 were training walks and I’d set myself a goal of 40km, or even better 42.2km to make a marathon distance.  Well we smashed that!  53km.  Fifty-three.  Fifty blumin’ three!  … Continue reading Cheshire Challenge walk 21 – Wirral Circular Trail

(*I was – and still am – a big Bananaman fan…)