Author Archives: Peter Ball

Today we didn’t start with too much of a plan, other than a visit to the catacombs. The Catacombs of San Sebastián site was fairly quiet at 10 a.m. We enjoyed a breakfast coffee then a relaxed tour of the catacombs which included a visit to the church to view the obligatory relics and theContinue reading “7th March”

today is started with a walk of about an hour into the city principally downhill. So easy on the legs. Currently we seem to be walking around the edge of Vatican city. So we seem to have arrived in St. Peter’s Square is it? we spotted Romulus and Remus on the way to the castleContinue reading “6th March”

We are now at our hotel after a tiring day. Having a beer

Our Jet2 plane landed at 12.20 and we thought it would be an easy transition through the airport…. Wrong!! We were subject to the new machines that have popped up all over the EU. It took us an hour and a half to clear security and collect our cases. Getting out of the airport wasContinue reading “The arrival in Rome”

Today was a bit of a wandering around sort of day and we did 6.5miles (just under 11Km). I didn’t feel great and I’m hoping I’ll feel more energetic when we arrive in Rome

Check out this Flyover of our hike today on Strava: https://strava.app.link/EnXxUoRkb1b 10km A big thank you go to Val’s cousin Nancy in the USA, Alison Elliott from Easton College, Chris and Anne in Cornwall, Tim Jones in Cambridge, Roberta, Serena and Sophia in Costessey, Susan and Steve in the USA; Chris and Alice in Norwich;Continue reading “Today’s walk”

Yesterday we started walking to fulfill our commitment to raise money for Wateraid. Despite recovering from a nasty virus we walked 7km in the city and we’ll be walking today