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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; So as a group of men with many various health issues we intend to do just that and prove that men do actually talk about their health issues and concerns.
Following the Covid lockdowns we have expanded to include other friends and neighbours and also friends of friends from the Wincanton, Bruton & Castle Cary area. We have been nicknamed 'The Walking Dead' by one of the groups children.
We try to get out most Saturdays for heathy walks at different locations within 30 minutes travelling time. On average we walk around 4 miles with a good bit of light hearted banter, culminating with a well earned breakfast.
Read the tales of the walks, with accompanying photos and route map and make sure you revisit for weekly updates.
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Snowdrops and chips
10th January DH, PCL, DL, JB, CH, Ralph & Albus After storm Goretti passed us by without too many problems, the skies were clear with the sun just cresting the trees as we met at the Charlton Musgrove church of St Stephen, having picked up Ralph from his home just up the road. As we waited by the church for Phil to arrive, we managed to spot a couple of patches of the first snowdrops of the year just emerging at the base of a large hedge, hopefully It’s a good sign that spri
David Hill
Jan 105 min read
Steady start to 2026
Saturday 3rd January. DH, DL, JB, CH & Albus For the first walk of the year I decided that we would take a later start and stay local as no doubt we have all eaten too much over Christmas and if like me, been a bit sedate on the sofa for the last couple of weeks. Added to that, my feet have been a bit tender so a walk around the roads in trainers was certainly going to be a better option that putting on boots and walking over uneven ground. The day started with a heavy frost
David Hill
Jan 34 min read
Mist tree tour
Sat 15 Nov ‘25. DH, PCL, DL, JB, JS & Ralph Thankfully Storm Claudia passed through the area twenty four hours previous to todays walk, so assuming all the ground would be pretty sodden I opted for a walk predominantly on good hard tracks and roads this week. Having already selected the Old Red Lion as our breakfast location, the obvious choice was to repeat a walk we last completed well before most of todays walkers had even joined this illustrious group. The morning starte
David Hill
Nov 15, 20255 min read
Them shoes aren’t made for walking
Sat 25 Oct ‘25. DH, RW, TO, JB, CH, JS, Scrumpy & Maisie Having ventured further afield and with just small numbers in the last few weeks, it was good to be more local again and with a solid group of six of us ready and raring to go. My usual, method of sorting out each weeks walk these days is to find the cafe first and then sort out a route. I keep a list of dates we have visited tall the fifty plus cafes we have used to date but am always on the look out for a new venue t
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Oct 26, 20255 min read
All’s well that ends in Wells
Sat 18 Oct 25. DH, RW, AC, DL, JB, RC & Scrumpy It was yet another week of low numbers with only three from Wincanton and just Richard from the Northern group today, so I opted for another new walking area on the edge of our self imposed time radius. Having deciphered an early morning pleas for back bags, we picked up Rich & Scrumpy up at 08.15 and had a good run across from Bruton arriving in Wells less than thirty minutes later. I had mentioned on the way over we would be m
David Hill
Oct 18, 20255 min read
Albus smells the bacon
Sat 11 Oct ‘25. DH, DL, JB, JS & Albus Another week of just four Wincanton walkers so we headed a little bit further south west than previously to the village of Norton-sub-Hamdon, which sits about half a mile below and to the west of Ham Hill Country Park. We parked up in the village hall and primary school car park and once ready to go headed off onto the open fields by the village hall. Todays route would be a clockwise loop out to the Chisleborough ridge, an area I have p
David Hill
Oct 12, 20256 min read
You take the high road ….
Sat 30 Aug ‘25. D&DH, R&SW, P&CCl, A&RC, D&ML, J&AB, C&DH, J&JS, Scrumy & Albus It only seems a few weeks ago that we walked with our...
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Aug 31, 20256 min read
The wrong trousers
Sat 9 Aug ‘25. DH, RW, TO, CH, JB Scrumpy & Maisie There were only five available today so I opted for a return walk to the west of East...
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Aug 20, 20255 min read
Short summer solstice stroll
Sat 21 June ‘25. DH, DL, JS & Albus The sun had risen over Stonehenge a few hours earlier and was climbing into the mid summers morning...
David Hill
Jun 21, 20254 min read
Short and steep, between the churches.
Sat 14 Jun ‘25. DH, TO, DL, Albus & Maisie We all have the great pleasure of being fathers and for some even grandfathers, so it’s no...
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Jun 15, 20256 min read
Low flying swans
Sat 7 Jun ‘25. DH, RW, PCL, DL, JB, JS & Scrumpy With a yellow weather warning for the day, I did wonder if we would even get to the...
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Jun 7, 20256 min read
Carymoor Nature Reserve
Sat 31 May 25. DH, TO, PCL, PC, DL, JB, JS, Albus & Maisie Following a very poor attendance (nil) the previous week, (well it was a sunny...
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May 31, 20256 min read
With our ladies on top of the Mendips
Sat 26 Apr ‘25. DH, RW, PCL, AC, DL, CH, DH, SW, CCL, RC, ML, DH & Scrumpy Three times a year we invite our good ladies to join us for a...
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Apr 27, 20258 min read
Another new breakfast cafe
Sat 12 Apr ‘25. DH, TO, DL, JB, CH, Albus & Maisie With the Easter school holidays already half way through numbers we’re a bit down this...
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Apr 18, 20255 min read
On the levels
Sat 8 Mar ‘25 DH, RW, PCL, DL, JS Following the last couple of weeks walks which have been being quite undulating I thought it only right...
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Mar 8, 20255 min read
Shaftesbury’s Wooded Escarpment
Sat 22 Feb ‘25. DH, RW, TO, PCL, DL, CH, Srumpy & Maisie After a wet week the forecast looked good for us this morning, with the prospect...
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Feb 22, 20258 min read
Misty morning
8th Feb ‘25. DH, PCL, AC, DL, CH, JB, JS, Ralph & Albus We’re into February already but there’s no sign of the cold, damp, grey days...
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Feb 8, 20255 min read
Avoiding the mud
Saturday 30th November ‘24. DH, RW, AC, PC, TO, DL, Scrumpy, Albus & Maisie It had been a week of some recovery following the snow and...
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Nov 30, 20245 min read
Bert breaks Brutonians but boobies breakfast best!
Saturday 23rd November’24. DH, DL, JB & CH. RW, PCL & TO Breakfast only The forecast for this week was absolutely awful with storm Bert...
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Nov 23, 20244 min read
Two plus two equals four
Saturday 16th November, DL & CH and DH & AC It’s been two weeks now since a severe pain in my back put me in to the delightful surrounds...
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Nov 16, 20246 min read
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