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Day 13 Eton to Runnymede The penultimate day, spent with delightful ZANE supporters. We discussed a range of subjects, including Brexit and the current political turmoil. We ended up in Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was signed. When they get their faces out of screens, I wonder if the young are taught the importance of…

Reports from the wonderful ZANE caring team on the ground in Zimbabwe show once again how great the need is, not only for actual aid but for the time the carers are able to spend with lonely, frightened elderly folk who are struggling to survive. Your help is what is keeping this work going even…

Day 10 Reading to Henley Queen Elizabeth is dead: Long live King Charles 111 Sad day and a great loss of a magnificent woman. The only time I met her was unfortunate. As a Scots Guards officer, I was asked to go to Dane in Holyrood to dance with Edinburgh maidens, Highland reels are a…

Day 7 Shillingford to Streatley Woke WorldNapoleon said that you should never disturb your enemy when he’s making a gross mistake. Why do our enemies, such as Jihadists, Putin and the man in North Korea with the funny haircut, bother to bomb or poison us in the UK when we are making such a good…

The elderly are so very grateful for the support that our ZANE teams provide. ZANE are their lifeline in a world that is getting harder to cope with in their older years. Mrs B I completed Mrs B’s aid renewal with her daughter, Alice. Mrs. B is now virtually bed ridden, leaving her bed on…

Day 4 Bablock Hythe to Port Meadow A jolly party consisting of two loyal friends – who deserve a gold medal for cheerfulness and endurance – and daughter Clare, the Chaplain of Christ Church in Oxford. She brought Layla with her, so she and our dog Moses palled up, and they ran all day. Moses…

Day 2 Lechlade to Buckland Marsh How stupid can you get! Fancy being daft enough to go walking in the UK without a waterproof! The Princess Royal says wisely that there is no such thing as bad weather, merely inappropriate clothing and, boy, did we prove that true today! There have only been a couple…

Tom and Jane Benyon are undertaking a new 2022 walk around parts of the United Kingdom. We hope you enjoy reading their adventures. AUG 30 The Day Before: Those Were the Days You may be wondering why we’ve called this year’s walk blog Don’t Take Care, Take a Risk!? Well, to start with, people telling…

With the Old Legs Skeleton Coast Tour over we first want to say congratulations to Eric and his marvellous team and to thank all the ZANE friends across the world for their enthusiastic support of this spectacular undertaking. Absolutely fantastic effort all participants and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the amazing…

I’ve been back from the Skeleton Coast Tour for 3 weeks and alas, I have a bad case of the Zimbabwe blues. This place can hurt your head, and worse. But the purpose of this blog is to uplift, not depress. So, thank God for schoolboy cricket. I enjoyed my finest moment as a cricketer…