From: Chippenham, UK
Started: 20071020
Finished: 20081228
The aim of our journey was to accompany my father-in-law John Greenwood whilst he aimed to complete the walk in his 75th year. Due to his age and ability, we restricted our stages to around 8 miles each time, culminating where possible in a late pub lunch!! Each stage was walked by a minimum of 4, with the final leg being walked by 10 of us on the last Sunday of 2008. Each stage was achieved by the use of at least 2 cars, always leaving one at the end before we started! Pubs were selected using online guides for a) the availability of a late(!) lunch, subject to our progress and b) the availability of real ale! We were often joined for lunch by non walking members of the group. In general, the weather was very good for walking throughout the year, with only a couple of spells necessitating full waterproofs, though gloves and hats were a regular need. Members of the group completing every stage were: John Greenwood (he achieved his ambition), Ian Gill and Simon Fisher (who insisted on having his photo taken on top of EVERY trig point we passed!)