This is really quite exciting! The envelope arrived a few days ago, containing a couple of proof copies of my book – the first time I’d ever seen it as

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Throughout my book, I mention The Plan. This was the output of the software I wrote, forming the basis of where I was going to start and stop each day.

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Last week we were on holiday in Bude, Cornwall. It was a family holiday, but I took the opportunity to poke around on the Coast Path in both directions to

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted here – work’s been a bit busy! But I have been thinking, planning and tinkering with kit over the time. This weekend just

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I’m writing this a good 4 months after we actually went camping, but it was an important moment in the planning towards my plodding so I’ve added some words about

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Well, now I’ve gone and done it. I bought myself a bivvy bag. Thoughts… When I first thought about the SWCP Plod, the little voices in my head started going…

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I haven’t made any more significant plans for the path walk over the last week or two, so nothing major to report there. I’ve got a few comments on training,

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I’ve been meaning to try out the bits and pieces I have for sleeping – tent, mat, pillow, sleeping bag etc, but keep putting it off for one reason or

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I’ve spent a while looking through a mix of various SWCP GPS tracks from various sources and now have a fairly complete single track which has the complete route. I

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