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Viking Way adventure

I walked the full length Viking Way in the summer of 1998 following the waymarks and map reading. It took me around 10 days. I stayed in Bed and Breakfast places en-route my partner (now my wife) met me at some of the stopping stages. It was a fantastic experience meeting lots of different people including school children on an organised walk, motorcycle enthusiasts who were going to ride around Cadwell park, and the Belvoir hunt exercising their hounds on the Belvoir Castle to RAF Cottesmore section. I dipped my toe in the Humber at the start of the walk and again in Rutland water before walking into Oakham and finishing at the library, where my wife Odette was waiting. I raised nearly £500 for charity. It was a fantastic experience which took me completely out of my comfort zone

Viking Way memory from 1977

As a new Police Cadet, I was part of a team that entered a 'uniformed services' challenge to mark the opening of the southern section in 1977.The below article and photo taken from the Lincolnshire Police 'ALERT' magazine.

My walk along the Viking Way (on behalf of Malcolm)

In 2018 I lost my Chocolate Labrador, Denver. I struggled deeply with his loss, and over the following year my grief became overwhelming. At 58, I felt as though my life had come to a halt. Denver and I had spent many years walking in the Wolds, so in June 2019 I decided to walk the entire Viking Way over 12 consecutive days—coinciding with Storm Miguel hitting the UK.Although the guidebook listed the route as 147 miles, the journey ended up being 165 miles due to getting lost at times and staying overnight off the trail. Completing the walk became…