You get to thinking you're a pretty cool hiker, and then someone says something which makes you realise you've a lot to be humble about. And we're not necessarily talking treks up Annapurna here. My friend Jen mentioned to me the other day she'd just walked 57 km at one go, and did it in ten hours! OK, she's half my age, and probably twice as fit, but crumbs... Respect, Jen!
Brendan Foster, Steve Cram and other athletics commentators often talk about 'running your own race', rather than worrying about the superior skills of others, so here I am, tottering on, stick, scarred knees, n'all. That's British track n'field for you...
To recap for recent fellow travellers on this actual and virtual pilgrimage, I'm walking to every(Anglican) church in the Diocese of Peterborough. For me it's a spiritual discipline and the excuse to write a snapshot of Northamptonshire life in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Oh, and a chance to sound off about stuff. My rules? Every walk is circular. Every walk has to touch the route of a previous one. If there's a message it's that if we have some kind of Christian faith, we're better together rather than locked up in ghettos of our own making. And for readers who don't share my or any faith perspective to suggest that people like me aren't necessarily weirdos. Well maybe we are, but by today's standards, just no more weird than anyone else. Hello, Boris. Hello, Jacob. Hello, Donald. Hello, Love Islanders.
In case you want to do a Jack Kerouac or Bill Bryson on a Shire County, here are the more recent walks. If you want to stay cool, then look back through my posts, and just read about 'em.
Road bridge near West Haddon
Dec. 3rd 2017: Walk 50: Canons Ashby - Adstone - Maidford - Farthingstone - Canons Ashby.
17 km.
Jan 13th 2018: Walk 51: Charwelton - Fawsley - Badby - Hellidon - Charwelton.
16.5 km.
March 22nd: Walk 52: Badby - Everdon - Newnham - Badby.
12.5 km.
April 17th: Walk 53: Hellidon - Badby - Staverton - Catesby - Hellidon.
15 km.
April 22nd: Walk 54: Everdon - Stowe Nine Churches - Weedon - Everdon.
15 km.
April 28th: Walk 55: Staverton - Daventry - Braunston - Staverton.
19 km.
May 7th: Walk 56: Weedon - Flore - Brockhall - Norton - Dodford - Weedon.
20 km.
May 14th: Walk 57: Braunston - Barby - Kilsby - Ashby St. Ledgers - Braunston.
22 km.
May 25th: Walk 58: Brockhall - Little Brington - Nobottle - Harlestone - Great Brington -
Whilton - Brockhall 22 km.
June 18th: Walk 59: Ashby St. Ledgers - Welton - Long Buckby - Watford -
Ashby St. Ledgers. 22 km.
June 22nd: Walk 60: Great Brington - East Haddon - Ravenstone - Teeton - Holdenby - Gt.
Brington 19 km.
June 29th: Walk 61: Watford - West Haddon - Winwick - Crick - Watford.
18 km.
July 8th: Walk 62: Crick - Lilbourne - Clay Coton - Yelvertoft - Crick.
19 km.
The title of today's post? From the lyric of Queen's 'One Vision' ( a recent Pointless answer!)
Freddie's version of 'One Church, One Faith, One Lord...'?
So far 1142 km ( 714 miles ). 228 churches. Back on the road, next week. Keep the faith!
Et in Arcadia ego...
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