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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 5 – Sandstone Trail & Eddisbury WayMarch 7, 2021
  This walk on a lovely sunny August day was the other half to walk 1, repeating the connecting path. This time I met with the awesome Sarah Williams of Tough Girl Challenges, we parked our cars and, without our usual greeting of a hug, we set off. The Sandstone trail is well trodden and with… Continue reading Cheshire Challenge walk 5 – Sandstone Trail & Eddisbury Way
• Cheshire Challenge walk 4 – Weaver WayNovember 24, 2020
  It has been a long, long time since I walked 20 km.  Mentally this seemed like a huge challenge, although lockdown had meant I walked almost daily I had no idea if I could walk 20km in one go.  I decided to do a solo linear walk with my husband dropping me off and collecting… Continue reading Cheshire Challenge walk 4 – Weaver Way

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