SPRING NEWSLETTER 2009-04-17
RECENT WALK
Feeling tired and a sense of relief having completed another thousand-mile hike, (5,000 over the last calendar year) this time along the Mediterranean coast, I made my way back to Plymouth in time for Easter.
It had been a challenging journey posing different tests compared to recent ones over the last year. Reaching great cities such as Sevilla meant retreating along the river bank in order to find a pedestrian crossing into the place as all else carried motorway instructions. After another week in the mountains and a hazardous entry into Malaga, I concluded my best option was to hug the coastline using the most amenable access. This provided some formidable walking/climbing, which was at times hazardous with no facilities to offer comfort. The road at its best offered rewarding vista as it spiralled round the mountains of Caboneras, one of many National Park areas that provide interesting sites and points of interest.
Camping throughout the greater part of the journey left me feeling a bit jaded through lack of sleep and managing on snack food for most of the time. The weather was kind and so were the people who always seemed happy to help me.
It had been a memorable journey as I had endeavoured to walk 5,000 miles in one calendar year, and on finishing, I retired to The Pilgrim’s best-known ‘Habitacion’ at the Pension ‘Rua del Villa’in Santiago where Maria made me welcome, providing a comfortable stay before I returned home.
In the last twelve months I have walked around the North Island in New Zealand, Portugal, Spain as far as the province of Valencia, and crossed all the Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles (including Isle of Man) during The Barmy Army Cricket Road Show 2008.
WALKING PORTFOLIO
AROUND THE BRITISH ISLES (Circling the whole kingdom)– 12,000 miles
AROUND EUROPE (France, Cataluna, Spain, Portugal) – 5,000 miles
AUSTRALASIA (New Zealand) – 3,000 miles
SOUTH AFRICA (Coast-to-Coast) – 1,000 miles
PUBLICATIONS 2009
THE ROBIN MOORE GREAT BRITAIN WALK (Vol 1).
WALKING THE GARDEN ROUTE (South Africa)
THE PORTUGUESE CAMINO (Portugal/Spain)
These publications are available for sale: the first 2 were launched from Oundle School Bookshop in February: The Portuguese Camino will also be launched with a book-signing day in May.
Cornish Bookshops in Truro, Penzance, Newquay are among many places were these publications can be purchased. For more information contact 01209 821 025.or 07706197209.
For Oundle correspondence phone: 07906705088 (calls only – text messaging unavailable).
Mobile:07706197209.
Email: robin-moore@hotmail.co.uk
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS
THE BARMY ARMY WALK is still scheduled for the ‘ASHES SHOWDOWN’ and will be available on our winter tour in South Africa.
There is a possibility of a further two books reaching the shelf before the end of the year. And we hope to reactivate our online publishing service which is both low cost and innovative.
FUNDRAISING WALK
A fundraising walk of the south west in aid of supporting our children’s hospice in Cornwall is the focus of our charity work this year and a number of sub-challenges/ events are already in place. I will endeavour to provide fundraising support and media attention for Cancer Research UK where I hope our local inns/businesses in Oundle will rise to our challenge.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING AN INTEREST
