Day 16 and the weather and the scenery are improving. A very pleasant walk through the Cotswolds, very quiet and lovely sunshine all day - Jez had to apply the sun cream for the first time Jez has now passed the 400 mile mark and the last few days have been walked in dreadful weather with lots of pain from the blisters. 10 of the 18 clubs … [Read more...]

Day 15 - Jez struggled to get started with the blisters really causing a problem.  The paracetamol helped with the pain but Jez needed a dry day to allow them to recover.  Fortunately for him the walking gods were looking favourably at him and it stayed dry all day. After a slow start, the pace picked up and Jez knocked out another 12 miles … [Read more...]

Day 14 - a huge milestone - the half way point - "Its All downhill from here" said Jez (apart from the up and coming Chilterns). A miserable day with virtually constant rain meant wet shoes and socks and aggravated blisters that were really starting to be a problem. Jez was joined today by a number of the U's scholars who accompanied him on … [Read more...]

Day 13 and a difficult but interesting day that saw Jez being driven to the West Brom Ground on the day before he would arrive on foot.  The reason for the break in the walk was so that he could do an interview with the BBC.  So it was all stop, drive to the Hawthorns (whilst having legs iced and massaged), do the interview and then drive back to … [Read more...]

Day 12 and Jez is starting to feel the mental as well as the physical demands placed on his body by the walk.  It seems that sometimes the walking is the easy (if somewhat painful) part and that the,necessary, recovery processes at the hotel in the evening can be more of a pain. On the mental side Jez is starting to think about the long section … [Read more...]

Day 11 and Jez's blister is still causing a lot of pain.  Wet weather in the afternoon is only going to make it worse. After the delays of yesterday the team decided to complete a couple of extra miles to get them back on target and that meant a late finish and Jez feared that he may have overdone it - however the magic hands of the physio left … [Read more...]

Day 10 - 250 miles down and 7 clubs ticked off. It was a busy day, with visits to both Anfield and Goodison Park and then a car trip back to Manchester to meet Alex Williams MBE (Executive Manager of City in the Community)  at the Etihad Stadium. Jez was impressed with the work City were doing and, in his discussion with Alex, he expressed … [Read more...]