Skip to main content

Day 18 Banwell to Chelvey

 

Garry walked directly from the cottage this morning to head to Yatton ( a planned 6.5 miles). Leaving Banwell, Garry saw this row of cottages and then a little later on he came across a church in Puxton.


Once Garry had set off, I left to drive to find somewhere to park in Yatton (the Co-op came up trumps) and me and Alfie walked to meet him. It was all going quite well as I followed the OS map route until I came to a field of young frisky bullocks. I decided not to go into that field for Alfie (and my) safety! We turned around and found a different path to meet on. Garry and I met from opposite  directions on the Strawberry line, a former railway line that used to carry its strawberry cargo through Somerset from Cheddar to Yatton.



We walked back to the Co-op parking spot and from there Garry decided to walk some of tomorrow's route. He walked an extra 4.5 miles and ended up in Chelvey. As he was walking the extra section, Alfie and I drove on and found a Garden Centre (Cleeve Nursery and garden centre) so Alfie and I called in for coffee and cake (obviously, Veg!)


We met again at the Church of St Bridget in Chelvey and headed back to the Airbnb in Banwell.

Garry walked 10.8 miles today.




I forgot to mention that a lady called Cathy who was waiting with me in a chip shop in Taunton generously gave me some money to add to our Cancer Research Fundraiser when we were talking about the walk and our respective families who have suffered from cancer. 

Tonight is the last night at the Airbnb and we'll be using home in Cheltenham as our base in for a while. Tomorrow's walk is from Chelvey to Gordano services, so still just in Somerset.




Comments

  1. Jacqui23 May 2025 at 14:32

    This is brilliant 🤩 hopefully the rain will stay away tomorrow, although it would calm down any more frisky cattle!! xx

    ReplyDelete
  2. Marie and Garry24 May 2025 at 07:22

    No frisky cattle planned tomorrow hopefully!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 86 Nybster to John o'Groats (The final day!)

                                                      Lands End to John o'Groats complete! Winding back to yesterday evening, Garry and I had a stroll around Wick harbour.        Much later in the evening, a surprise visitor, Will, arrived in Wick after 15 hours of train travel from London. I've never seen Garry so surprised! A later night than originally planned before the final walking day! This morning, I dropped Garry and Will at Nybster where they began walking northwards along the A99. Me and Alfie headed to park up at John o'Groats.       We met in John O'Groats village and walked together to Duncansby Head, which is the true north easterly point of mainland UK, with some incredible sea stacks. It was pretty windy there!        From Duncansby Head, we walked back towards John O'Groats vil...
2 comments
Read more

The day after...

     We started from Land’s End on May 3 rd 2025, full of enthusiasm and apprehension and finished at John o'Groats on August 9 th 2025, weathered, weary but full of pride. Garry has walked   1112 miles through trails, bogs, lanes, fields and roads. I’ve walked   nearly 38% of the miles, a total of 421 miles, largely walking small sections each day whilst being the support vehicle for collecting and dropping Garry at the start and end of the routes.   We have walked through 25 different counties and districts/burghs (a different system in Scotland). We have stayed in 28 different places, mostly Airbnbs, but also a hotel, a ‘micro-lodge’, at a family member’s house and home. 40 nights have been in Scotland and   60 nights have been in England. We’ve had 13 rest days and 86 walking days.     Thank you to the following people who have walked with us at some point along the journey; Craig, Paul and Anita, Isaac, Sarah (on 3 occasi...
2 comments
Read more

Getting ready.....

We have a complete route planned now! We aim  to set off from Land's End on 3rd May 2025. We have decided to take on the challenge of walking from Land's End to John o'Groats, starting in early May 2025. It is likely to take 3 months and cover 1200 miles so definitely a big undertaking. Whilst walking, we are taking the opportunity to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK. Many of us have either had cancer ourselves or have a family member who has been affected. Garry was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August 2023 and following a successful treatment is cancer free. Marie's brother Liam, sadly died in April 2024 following a diagnosis of oesophageal cancer. We have both had family members and friends who have not survived and others who have made successful recoveries with the amazing support of the NHS. If you are able to donate it may be your donation that funds the research that finds a cure. Whatever you are able to give, we truly appreciate it. Marie, Garry an...
Post a Comment
Read more