Blogs from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

4 September 2019, Wednesday Day 3 of Thames path, Crichlade to Lechlade. Day 19 of travel. After a good dinner and night's rest at the Red Lion Inn, we set out about 0945, from Crichlade, only to have a gent on his way to Bergen, Norway, correct our errant way. Michael Queen, from Houston, has joined our band of four for this day. Michael is following the Thames Path via an app on his iPhone so he is sort of leading us on our way. We pass houses with beautiful flowers in their gardens. Today is sunny with billowy clouds as we trek across the fields. Now the Thames river is beginning to show the flow of the water. We pass a field of corn along the banks of the Thames and many unusual flowers growing ... read more

A continuation to my travel blog, although not world travel, I did travel to Cirencester, within our very own beautiful Cotswolds. The airfield is just south of this at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks, 29 rgt J.A.M.C. Home of the Silver Stars Parachute Display Team. The Red Devils also travelled here to take part on behalf of all the various charities. What an amazing experience, I am so thrilled to have had the opportunity to do this skydive, tandem, with the famous Red Devils, (not to be confused with Red Arrows) and at the same time sponsor the RNLI (A Key emergency service, in my opinion). THANK YOU TO ALL, for your encouragement, especially those of you who have sponsored me. The money collected is to go specifically to the Bude, beach lifeguards. The main man ... read more