Lee-Stuart Evans on the Greensand Way at Waverley Abbey Ruins Prior to this blog I had  run the entire North Downs Way ‘loop’ at the Kent end that takes in The White Cliffs of Dover and Canterbury Cathedral. This 2 day run was with both Claire and Dave (who I ran the whole Greensand Way with).  My blog about that run is here On Wednesday morning last week I hitched a lift with Dr G who works right next to Waverley Ruins in Farnham. I thought this would be a great ‘warm up’ at the Surrey end ready for ‘the main … Continue reading Running on the North Downs Way in Farnham to Guildford – Cistercian Ruins, Caves, A White Witch, Dragons Teeth and Towers

So last weekend I sat down to watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony with friends in Guildford. Despite me hating everything about the sponsors and IOC I loved the opening ceremony and have so far really enjoyed team GBs success, which I think has largely had nothing to do with any food they ate at a well know clown fast food chain, power from some company that messed me around twice with connections or any natural extract carbonated sugar beverage they probably don’t go near. Having left the car in Guildford and gone home drunk on the train (missing Brian May … Continue reading Phallic Towers , Ladygardens, Phallic Boats, Ruins, Sausages and loads more World War 2 stuff.

Reflection of lee in Hascombe Sometimes a simple trip to the Running Shop can be spiced up by taking a cross country run to get there instead of driving. My part of Surrey in the UK is unique in being criss crossed with some famous long trails including an old canal path that used to run to Brighton on the coast, an old railway line that also used to run to Brighton and a Greensand Way 108 mile trail that follows what was 100s of millions of years ago the sandy seabed in this area ! This sunday was a … Continue reading Wet Socks, Wind Socks, Tortoise and Hare