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W elcome to the new Walking in my Shoes site. This site is dedicated to one man's mad idea to walk the length of the UK, more on which can be found on the About page of this site. The site will document everything from the preparation that went in...

N ow that the blog's fully up and running I guess I'd better start to document what I've been up to as far as preparing for this rather daunting task ahead of me? After having pottered around in the new boots for a bit, and wearing them for a...

S ince deciding I was going to walk the length of the UK one thing that crossed my mind, especially since I cut all my flowing locks off last year, was what was I going to do about getting a hair cut? Should I just not worry and see what happens?...

T oday's been pretty busy. Most of it was spent sat in front of the PC trying to source more items from the kit list, which I'm pleased to say is fast getting ticked off - hurrah! The list is now up to date as it stands today and any item on the...

A fter taking a few days out to celebrate my impending Birthday with friends and family, and catching up with everyone from work last week, the work on the preparation has started once again. I've been working on the beginnings of the route I think...

A nother Monday and another stroll in to Reading to do more shopping for bits and bobs for the walk and to have lunch with a good friend: Pret are getting some more money out of me after a break of a few months. The 13 mile walk went well although...

S eeing as it was my Birthday - 38 years young - I thought I'd mix up the training walk today and add in another of my favourite pastimes, drinking! The route for my Birthday stroll was a nice 9.8 miles around the local lanes, taking in six very...

A cutely aware of my pace issue I thought it would be a good idea to go nowhere, not very fast. I decided to spend some time walking on my treadmill to try and teach myself to walk at a more reasonable pace. So yesterday morning I put my boots on,...

A nother day, another training walk out in the rain and mud. This was a bit of a big one though, the longest one I've done yet and my feet and knees are complaining a little bit because of it. I strolled in to Reading to meet my friend Shelli for...

I f walking lots of miles wasn't enough to get me ready for this stroll across the UK, my next door neighbour - Vicky - convinced me to go along to a session at FastTrack Fit Camp this morning. No fancy equipment, no plush gym; an old barn, a few...

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B oy there's a lot to do in planning this walk, which has caused a change of plan! After spending my last, fantastic weekend with my little angels (going to miss them so much!) I've had to make the tough call to delay the start of the walk by a few...