From 5th April 2010, Phil and Alex (and my dog) will be walking the 177 mile Offa's Dyke path to raise money for The Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS) - read more about our challenge

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Salcey Forest Woodpecker Trail (slightly extended)

Small path and little bridge over a steam in Salcey Forest

As it was such a beautiful day on Sunday, I decided to walk the Woodpecker Trail in Salcey Forest – a 6 (ish) mile walk that circles the whole forest.

Salcey Forest is a remnant of a medieval royal hunting forest situated near the village of Hartwell in Northamptonshire, between Northampton and Milton Keynes.

The walk was less of a training walk for the Offa’s Dyke 4 MS challenge and more a chance to give the dog a nice long walk. That said I tried to keep up a good pace to build up some stamina on what is a fairly unchallenging walk. I also wanted to play around more with Viewranger – especially with the integration with my phone’s camera (most of these photos were taken on my N95 phone via Viewranger).…

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What a great start

What a great start. It has been two days since I “officially” launched my challenge to walk Offa’s Dyke next year for Multiple Sclerosis and the response has been brilliant.…

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Walking Offa’s Dyke for MS

A section of Offa's DykeNext year my dog and I are going to walk Offa’s Dyke to raise money for The Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS) – all 177 miles….. phew, there I said it.

This will be a massive physical challenge for me – 12 days walking carrying full kit and camping every night!

I committed to this plan about week ago on twitter (view the tweet), but it has been an idea building for quite a few years.…

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