I am the proud owner of four pairs of walking/mountaineering boots. Let’s call them 1, 2, 3 and 4. Choosing the right boots for my trip is of the utmost importance as damaged feet will soon put a stop to any forward progress and as I have some long days ahead of me I am…

From the various threads on the Pilgrim Forum, which is a wonderful source of information, I understand that your backpack should not exceed ten percent of your body-weight. Now I like to be comfortable and all these things add weight to the rucksack but I have a cunning plan and am eating like a man…

One of the things that I have enjoyed over the years is planning holidays and, believe me, nothing is left to chance. Since I have started planning this walk I have become less and less inclined to plan in detail, particularly when I see people on the Pilgrim Forum putting themselves under stress worrying about…

Welcome to The Sixwheeler Chronicles, a blog that I have set up to post pictures and text about the pilgrimage walk that I am about to undertake. My name is Richard and I live in Bath in the south west of the United Kingdom; I have been tweeting as Sixwheeler for some years now and…