Tent replacement

A new tent was needed and the Vango banshee 200 has many good reviews so i ordered one and will see how it compares with the Coleman x1 that finally broke after great service. The instructions were as brief as seems to be normal but figuring it out was no great problem, this tent assembles flysheet first and then [...]

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Sheltered life

Grimston to Hunstanton (4/5 June) , 21.1 miles, windy. After an ashes to ashes event i had some time to explore before a welcome lift home, so set of east from a relatives in Grimston along the road towards Massingham, the day was pleasantly warm with sunshine and clouds making the quiet road through farmland perfectly pleasant. At Stonepit hills [...]

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Lowestoft (May 28)

18.8 miles (Total for the hike = 440.6 miles). cloudy, breezy, some sunshine. That must have been a comfortable pitch as i slept like a log to be woken by the dawn chorus and on the the trail at six fifteen, walked into Bungay to find no where open. I took the cycle route out of town and [...]

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Bungay (May 27)

26.3 miles. Cloud, showers, improved later. I was very pleased to wake and find the wonky tent had stayed up through the night and the winds had eased. Breakfast was soup and bread for a change, coffee, then pack and back on the Angles way by six. This is a super path, fen, river bank, woodland, [...]

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Thelnetham (May 26)

19.2 miles. Cloudy, windy, showers. After a great night spent with Andy and Ledog, its back on the trail often sheltering from showers which probably made progress slow. Brandon seems to have all services and i quite liked the town. I crossed Thetford forest diagonally shadowing the road, and what a great forest with extensive paths [...]

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