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Day 10 on the Thames Path - Chertsey to Staines

With the glorious weather we have been having in London I knew I had to get out on the Thames Path.  And what a walk it turned out to be!   I am so lucky staying in SE London as I can connect to anywhere in southern England via Clapham Junction (Britain's busiest rail station) which is just three stops away on the train.  And believe me when I say my seniors rail card is the "bomb" - it is saving me so much money.  Why didn't I do this before? (slaps side of head...hard!)   Anyway on the morning of Friday April 20th I was off to Chertsey.  The journey took me about 90 minutes in all.  The crazy part is that I passed through Staines which was my destination!   I was the only one left in the train carriage!!  As I was walking through the town centre I noticed a woman waiting for a bus - turns out the bus was due in ten minutes and it was going to Chertsey Bridge where my walk would begin.  Yay!  I remembered that long walk to the train station when I

Three months on the road (well, almost)

Yes it's been nearly three months and I must say I am starting to feel it.  Despite taking rest days my health hasn't been the best on this trip though for an "almost" 66 year old gal I think I am doing pretty darn good!! I have a cold that has decided it likes traveling with me - just when I think it goes away it comes back.  Hmmm...kind of like the winter that never leaves that my home province of Saskatchewan is having. (sorry guys - but so glad I am not there!) So let's pretend it's April 10th okay.  I have a table here, unlimited coffee and tea (and I've got the wine bit covered as well)  and awesome wi-fi so I am trying to get lots of writing done. So what's been happening the last month? Places I visited London - I spent nearly half the month there Liverpool - awesome day trip Guernsey and Herm in the Channel Islands Rottingdean, E. Sussex  Budapest where I am now Beds slept in 5  The highs, lows and everything in b