practice walks for Dudley's Dawdle - January 2010

Practice walks for Dudley's Dawdle - January 2010

Friday 01-01-10 Tuckton Bridge, Wick Fields, the Run, Hengisbury Head, Southbourne, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks. Intended getting bus home but discovered that there are no buses on New years Day - ugh! Walked back - but at Southbourne cut through to Wick and had a coffee with Rex and Margaret.

Distance 30miles.

Monday 04-01-10 Tuckton Bridge, Wick Fields, the Run, Hengisbury Head, Southbourne, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks.

Distance 16.25miles

Tuesday 05-01-10 Avon Beach, Highcliffe, Barton on Sea, Milford on Sea, Keyhaven, Lymington Marshes to Lyminington and on to ferry terminal - checked times. back to bus station and bus home. Distance 19.5miles

Friday 08-01-10 Avon Beach, Highcliffe, Barton on Sea, Milford on sea, Keyhaven, Lymington and then to ferrty terminal and back same way to Avon Beach and home. Bought ticket with 20% discount. Distance 34.6miles

Monday 11-01-10 Avon Beach, Highcliffe, Chewton Bunny to road, Barton on Sea, Milford on Sea, Keyhaven, Lymington. icy and snowy underfoot and cold but I was warm. Caught ferry. From Yarmouth walked around to Hampstead Farm and Shalfleet and caught bus to Sandown.

Distance 23.5miles

Tuesday 12-01-10 Buses to Newport and then to Shalfleet. set out for Newtown then for Gurnard - snow underfoot made walking easier than might otherwise been due to waterlogged fields. Arrived in west Cowes. ferry to East Cowes, walked up main road and then followed coast path to Ryde. Decided to get bus to Sandown. Distance 20miles

Wednesday 13-01-10 Bus to Ryde. Ryde, Seaview, St Helens [fields waterlogged feet got soaked], the Duver, Bembridge, coast path diversion for over a mile due to cliffs being unstable, Culver down, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, and on to Niton - snow above Niton. Arrived Niton at 6p.m. - bus to Sandown. Distance 25.7miles

Thursday 14-01-10 Left Inglewood early to get bus for Niton. Out of Niton had to negotiate 5 foot snow drift - snow on ridge - Blackgang, Chale, Brook, Freshwater, Tennison Down, the needles, Totland, Yarmouth - arrived in yarmouth in dark but it had only just got fully dark. Bus to Sandown. Distance 24.8miles

Friday 15-01-10 bus to Yarmouth, ferry to Lymington. walked from Lymington, Kkeyhaven, Milford on Sea, Barton on Sea, Highcliffe, Avon beach and home. Distance 20miles

Saturday 16-01-10 Ended up in hospital in the afternoon after going into acute urinary retention. Any further walking was put on hold.

Saturday 23-01-10 went to hospital and tried me without a catheter but this was replaced as I was still in retention and would need a prostate operation. plan for walk up in air. Uncertainty about when the operation would be done.

Distance walked in January was 185miles