The family and I were joined by seven members of Cranfield University's walking club for a hot 11.6 km walk from Newport Pagnell out to the Ruined church of St Peters. Lunch was taken at the Black Horse Great Linford.
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Category Archives: Exercise
Exercise that burns calories
Walkies again
I am slowly getting back into my commute walks. We have had a hiatus due to health issues in the family that are slowly resolving.
I am horrified how fast the weight came back on once the exercise regime came to a stop at the end of 2012. Shifting 2000 kCal a day 3-4 days a … Continue Reading ››
4/4/2012 Long walk via Chicheley & North Crawley
Ever present signs of spring on one of my longer commute walks. It feels good to be using the longer days to get bigger amounts of exercise in.
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3rd April 2012
Spring is really tearing along now. The oilseed rape is growing 6 inches a week and beginning to flower. Some of the sprouting crop was sold to the oriental markets in Luton and will recover well enough to yield albeit a bit later. We have had a wonderful warm spell and now the weather is … Continue Reading ››
Challenge Walk:
On Saturday I managed it in about 5 hrs 15 with a brief stop at a shop for a paper. I left around 4:30 am having had a broken night. It was a damp muddy walk, but spring is creeping in now with buds on the hedges, lambs with the sheep and new calves with … Continue Reading ››
Commuting Cycles
I’ve been exploring routes that take me towards Olney and beyond. This morning it was my longest 23.2 miles; Newport Pagnell, Lathbury, Gayhurst, Stoke Goldington, Ravenstone, Weston Underwood, Olney, Cold Brayfield, Turvey, Newton Blossomville, Astwood, Boure End, Campus. I did it in about 1 hr 40 mins which is 13.7 mph average. I managed the … Continue Reading ››
Project 2: Walkies boy! Walking= OK + Fit + Fun
Over the five summer months since late April I done 400 miles of my 10 mile daily commute on foot walking cross country between my home in Newport Pagnell and my work here.
I started 2011 with a real age 10 years old than my true age (RealAge.com). I was nearly 26 stone (165 kg). I … Continue Reading ››
1795 kCal 3hr walk to work via Sherrington
I remain determine to push up my fitness in these autumnal days. I was out the house at 6:30 and headed out via the cemetery at first light to Sherrington. It took an hour to get above Sherrington and cross the main road on a foot bridge before descending into bedlam hamlet then Chicheley before … Continue Reading ››
Cycle to Wrest Park
2hrs m40 to do the 36 miles
1600 kCal: The long walk to work
Today I got up early, woken by Little S sneaking into Bed. I managed to use that time to get ready for a walk into work that I’ve long thought possible, but never done. What a glorious walk. I started at very first light and slowly saw the trees and animals emerge from dark into … Continue Reading ››