Today we held a photoshoot for pictures to go along with a press release I’m putting together for the Dales Walk (go here if you don’t know what I’m talking about).
The turnout was fairly impressive. It’s pretty hard to get ten people with busy schedules all to be in the same place at the [...] Read more »
Posts under ‘The Dales Walk’
Sausage sandwich at the start and bacon butty at the finish
Funds
This is Oli. He likes cake.
There are many ways that Oli is my superior. He understands how to use his camera flash, has 448 friends on facebook, and has an extensive knowledge of marine biology. And if that all weren’t enough he also has marginally more hair than me. Marginally.
When the whole [...] Read more »
On Wagons: falling off and getting back on
According to the mighty wikipedia a bandwagon is quite literally a wagon that carries a band in a parade, circus, or other entertainment. The phrase “jump on the bandwagon” comes from the 1848 American presidential campaign when Dan Rice, a professional circus clown, used his bandwagon to promote Zachary Taylor’s bid for the Whitehouse. [...] Read more »
An Appeal
It is this blog’s birthday today, and to mark the occasion I am publishing probably the most important post that it will ever see.
As many of you already know, this July I will be walking the the 78 mile long Dales Way footpath. Yes, 78 miles. In six days. And what’s more it [...] Read more »
Fat Dan’s grand slam
As you probably know, this summer I and a group of my friends are going to walk the 78 mile long Dales Way footpath in aid of the Joseph Salmon Trust. As you also probably know I am possibly the most unfit man on the face of the planet. These two facts are [...] Read more »
An amble along the canal side: an annotated photo
Notice I am wearing my Boston Red Sox T-shirt that was most generously sent me by Dan Leone, a god among men. He informs me that they were the winners of the 2007 World Series. It’s strange, but I don’t recall the United Kingdom having an entry in this international tournament. Perhaps we [...] Read more »
Walk(ie) the talk(ie)
So I bought myself a walkie-talkie. And because as we all know one walkie-talkie is neither use nor ornament I bought another one too. And then I bought another one, and then another. Yes I have four walkie-talkies. Living the dream man, living the dream.
The justification for this rather extravagant purchase [...] Read more »
A report from our man in Grassington
Today I’ve been trying to make some headway into finding us somewhere to stay on our first night. What I really need is a accommodation booklet published by the Dales Way Society which is only available from tourist information centers in the Dales themselves. You can actually get it through mail order too, [...] Read more »
The magnificent thirteen
We now have the final lineup for our 78 mile sponsored walk in aid of the Joseph Salmon Trust.
Quite how I managed to persuade all these people to participate is beyond me. I suspect however it has great deal to do with the fact that my friends are a bunch of jolly good eggs.
Craig, [...] Read more »
If you would care to direct your attention elsewhere
There are some people who will tell you there is a big list of essential equipment necessary for long distance walking. Maps, hiking boots, emergency rations, waterproof clothing; the list goes on and on. To those so called experts I say pish, piddle and balderdash. What do they know about walking? Oh sure they may [...] Read more »
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