Past Challenges
This list is happily growing… and if you could see my ‘bucket list’. Well now, that is a whole new story!
2011
South West Coast Path; longest National Trail (630 miles) – solo hike
2012
Wales Coast Path (870 miles) first woman to walk the WCP
Hall of Fame: https://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/latest-news/hall-of-fame/zoe-wathen/?lang=en
2013
Offa’s Dyke Path; National Trail (177 miles) – solo hike
Old railway lines from Chepstow, Monmouthshire – Draycott, Somerset – solo hike
2014
West Mendip Way (30 miles) – solo hike
2016
Camino de Santiago; Camino Frances (500 miles) – just married: our honeywalk!
2017
‘Ooop North Triple Crown’
Pennine Way; National Trail (268 miles)
Hadrian’s Wall Path; National Trail (84 miles) – solo
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast (192 miles) – postponed
East Mendip Way and West Mendip Way (49 miles) – between Christmas and New Year
2018
100 Mappy Days (#100MappyDays) – multiple distances and walks, all using a map or app
2019
100 Mappy Days continued
La Plagne; French Alps – ski school for a complete novice skier!
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast (192 miles)
100 Scary Days (#100ScaryDays) – 100 consecutive days of doing scary stuff
2020
The Southern Upland Way (215 miles) – postponed until 2022
The Virtual Southern Upland Way (#virtualSUW) – climbing the equivalent ascent of 8450 metres for the Southern Upland Way, using my back garden steps
2021
The Mon & Brec Bridge-Bagging Challenge (3412 miles) – THE biggest challenge yet. In some ways, so simple… in others, it will take a huge amount of endurance. A ‘lockdown-proof’ challenge, walking from the same point each time, to a different bridge and back again. How to make a 35-miles stretch of canal extend to over 3000 miles!