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The Poppy Diaries
Many thanks to Felix for recording and transcribing the thoughts of Poppy throughout the walk, and of course to Poppy herself for generously allowing us to publish her diary of the opening walk of The Games Way. Coincidentally this is … Continue reading
Posted in Felix's posts, Reflection, Uncategorized
Tagged camping, corfe castle, Felicity Ford, hodge, london, london2012, Lulworth Cove, Mark Stanley, new forest, olympics, poppy, thames, the games way, walk, walk2012, walking
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What a fantastic 12 days of walking!
We did it! In all I reckon there was around 50 different walkers who took park in the opening walk. Ages ranged from 8 years old to over 70. Women massively outnumbered the men, which I think proves what a … Continue reading
Posted in Reflection, Stan's posts, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, camping, corfe castle, durdle door, Felicity Ford, guildford, inspire, LOCOG, london, london2012, lulworth, Mark Stanley, new forest, olympics, portland, putney, richmond, ringwood, romsey, south west coast path, stadium, stratford, thames, the games way, walk, walk2012, walking, wareham, weybridge, weymouth
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The Games Way opening walk – start times and places
Here is the itinerary for the opening walk of The Games Way. If everything goes to plan (…and what could possibly go wrong?!), this is where we will be walking each day. If you are on Twitter, you may want … Continue reading
Posted in Stan's posts
Tagged bentley, bishops sutton, durdle door, farnham, guildford, london, london2012, lulworth, new forest, olympics, putney, puttenham, ringwood, romsey, stratford, the games way, walk, walk2012, wareham, weybridge, weymouth, wimborne, winchester
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After 2 years of walking and blogging, the start is in sight
Are these boots worn-in enough? Is my rucksack going to squeak again? Why did I stay for that last pint at the party? Did I pack the sunscreen? …well, we can hope! Just a few of the questions that will … Continue reading
Posted in Reflection, Stan's posts, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, camping, london2012, Mark Stanley, olympics, party, portland, start, the games way, walk, walk2012, weymouth
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Butterflies, bugs and debugging the Games Way
In the course of writing up The Games Way walking guide (available from all good olympic themed walking blogs) I realised there were one or two wrinkles in the walk that needed ironing out. I have been knocking these off … Continue reading
Posted in Stan's posts, Uncategorized, Walking journal
Tagged 2012, bentley, bishops sutton, camping, Felicity Ford, london2012, Mark Stanley, olympics, ship inn, star inn, the games way, walk, walk2012, walking, wild camping
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New Forest to Romsey – all creatures great and small
Yesterday I walked from Linwood in the New Forest to Romsey – it is the 5th stage of The Games Way and the last stage I need to record walking instructions for. With Felix in Estonia and other walking friends … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, Ringwood to Romsey, Stan's posts, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, a36, fritham, furzely, linwood, LOCOG, london2012, Mark Stanley, new forest, olympics, plaitford common, romsey, sounds, the games way, walk, walk2012, walking
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On the Olympics, a sense of community, and other baggage
The London 2012 Olympic Games are getting close now, aren’t they? About 10 weeks to go until the opening ceremony, and then we will be opening The Games Way and starting our 200 mile walk from the Olympic sailing events … Continue reading
Posted in Stan's posts, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, 5 rings, anish kapoor, anthony mccall, back, baggage, battle for the winds, column, driver, fracture, inspire, LOCOG, london, london2012, Mark Stanley, olympics, the games way, the orbit, van, vertebrae, walk, walk2012, walking, weymouth
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Fixing Romsey
Several months ago I produced a couple of prototype walking guide cards. Colleen, Anne, Latimer and Suzie were trusting enough to try out the final leg and give me some very helpful feedback which I am incorporating into the official … Continue reading
Posted in Romsey to Winchester, Stan's posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Felicity Ford, hursley, knapp, london2012, Mark Stanley, olympics, romsey, the games way, walk, walk2012, walking, winchester
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The photo I can’t show you…
…and a few that I can. Are you loving the sunshine we’re getting? Wasn’t last weekend gorgeous? What fantastic weather to be out and about walking. As luck would have it, this weekend we ended up walking from Wimborne into … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, Stan's posts, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, ashley heath, canford magna, castlemans trailway, Felicity Ford, ferndown, linwood, london2012, Mark Stanley, new forest, olympics, red shoot, ringwood, the games way, verwood, walk, walk2012, walking, west moors, wimborne
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