I recently obtained the North Telford Coronation walks booklet and I am hoping to tick off all the walks before the end of 2025.

I started with one of my local walks where I could walk from home. I started the walk from the pedestrian crossing rather than Leegomery Community Centre. Along the way I detoured taking in Apley pool and Leegomery pools extending my walk to around 4 miles.

Some special moments and memories from 2022, one from each month of the year. The photographs are taken from a calendar that I created for myself and due to the printing deadline, December’s photograph is also from November.

1. The Inclined Plane, Coalport, 2. Lichfield Cathedral, 3. Local Pathway, 4. Llangollen Canal Nr Chirk Aqueduct, 5. violet’s Tea Room Bridgnorth, 6. Waddesden Manor, 7. Tewkesbury, 8. Sandringham Church, 9. Attingham Park, 10. The Long Walk, Windsor, 11. The Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon, 12. Stratford-upon-Avon

I chose a local route to complete my memorial walk in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II.  The walk was perfect with both sunshine and showers.

I will now retrace my steps on my virtual route from London back to Windsor (just under 29 miles), concluding with a ‘real’ walk along the ‘Long Walk’ from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue of King George III.

Click on the links below to view the original photographs:

1. Bridleway – January 2021, 2. Bridleway – February 2021, 3. Bridleway – March 2021, 4. Bridleway – April 2021, 5. Bridleway – May 2021, 6. Bridleway – June 2021, 7. Bridleway – July 2021, 8. Bridleway – August 2021, 9. Bridleway – September 2021, 10. Bridleway – October 2021, 11. Bridleway – November 2021, 12. Bridlway – December 2021

With just half a mile to go I made sure I went for a quick walk before an emergency food shopping trip to pick up a missing ingredient for our evening meal with a friend. Before dining we enjoyed playing Wingspan, a board game that I purchased at the beginning of our first lockdown to keep us entertained.

I walked a local route that gave me the opportunity to take a December photograph for my bridleway project, completing two challenges in one walk.

The booking arrangements had changed since my previous visit (four years ago) and the letter with directions was confusing.

I walked through the hospital grounds to find the testing unit in the same place it has always been so I continued my walk, exiting onto the Silkin Way and Apley Woods beyond. I chose the woodland walks rather than walking around the pool.

The woods are so pretty at this time of year.