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The walking fool: Day 1: Nihonbashi - Minami-Koshigaya
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014. Day 1: Nihonbashi - Minami-Koshigaya. Distance covered: 25.5km. Weather: Cool and cloudy with long periods of drizzle. As for my backpack, I'd done absolutely no training with it on, and only minutes ago I'd shouldered it in earnest for the first time since walking the Koshu Kaido four years earlier. Already it was feeling uncomfortable, and I was beginning to worry about what shape I'd be in at the end of the day, let alone after a week of walking. At around the 10km mark, sh...
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The walking fool: Day 6: Utsunomiya - Imaichi
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Monday, 20 October 2014. Day 6: Utsunomiya - Imaichi. Distance covered: 27.2 km. Weather: Fine then cloudy then rain. Things got off to a bad start on day 6. As I queued for breakfast, the old man just ahead of me fumbled his tray and almost dropped it, spilling miso soup all over the floor. He was gutted, and I felt so sorry for him as he apologised to all and sundry. But worse was to come! Normal toast bread." As I feared, the pink swirls tasted of strawberry. Yuk! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The walking fool: July 2011
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Thursday, 28 July 2011. Order No. XXX-831-4257162061. 23 Jul 2011 (02:48:31). By (author) Haruki Murakami. Item status: Awaiting publication. Links to this post. Friday, 22 July 2011. The opening paragraph of the long-awaited English translation of Murakami Haruki's latest novel, 1Q84. On 25 October 2011). The taxi’s radio was tuned to a classical FM broadcast. Janáček’s. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. The Nakasendo Diary (2007). The Tokaido Diary (2009).
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The walking fool: April 2012
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Sunday, 1 April 2012. The Naked Rambler (update). I first wrote about Stephen Gough (aka the Naked Rambler) nearly five years ago. In fact, I mentioned him in my very first post. S Neil Forsyth puts it, "he's effectively been in custody for nearly six years for refusing to get dressed.". You can read the article here. Links to this post. Labels: the naked rambler. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. The Nakasendo Diary (2007). Go straight to my diary of the Nakasendo walk.
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The walking fool: Day 2: Minami-Koshigaya - Satte
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Thursday, 16 October 2014. Day 2: Minami-Koshigaya - Satte. Distance covered: 23.7km. Weather: Cloudy then fine then cloudy again. Breakfast at the otherwise unprepossessing Hotel Sun Oak was a delight: a beautifully presented tray of tasty Japanese fare (including a couple of meat dishes, which, being a pescatarian, I didn't touch), augmented in my case by a couple of slices of non-traditional toast and jam and a cup of coffee. Thankfully, there. Passing Sugito, I came across this. And a glass of beer),...
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The walking fool: Day 3: Satte - Koga
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Friday, 17 October 2014. Day 3: Satte - Koga. Distance covered: 16.5km. Weather: Fine and cool then warm. Breakfast this morning was in the hotel lobby. It was Japanese style, but nothing like yesterday's feast. Instead, a simple buffet with rice, miso soup, salad and not much else. The attendant, perhaps seeing the look of disappointment on my face, approached me and asked if I wanted some toast. "Yes please! Post marking the spot where the Nikko Kaido and Tsukuba-do converge. The levee was built during...
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The walking fool: Day 5: Oyama - Utsunomiya
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Sunday, 19 October 2014. Day 5: Oyama - Utsunomiya. Distance covered: 29.8km. Aware that today was going to be my longest day, I set off early (7.30 am) and at a fast pace, determined to knock off as much distance as possible while it was still relatively cool. I covered 5km in each of the first two hours, slightly less in the third. The scenery was noticeably more rural than yesterday, but once again I spent most of the time on the. Familiar - and busy - Route 4. To be in a relatively large. Wander arou...
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The walking fool: May 2011
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Thursday, 26 May 2011. Kunzru on Herzog and Haneke. In two separate pieces for the Guardian (one a couple of years old), one of my favourite novelists, Hari Kunzru, assesses the films of two of my favourite directors: Werner Herzog. Links to this post. Thursday, 19 May 2011. The night after seeing the near-naked runner on Curletts Road I dreamed I was running effortlessly over rolling fields of grass, and I was barefoot. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Flaming Thunderbolt of Wisdom: The Sound of Silence
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Flaming Thunderbolt of Wisdom. Monday, February 14, 2011. The Sound of Silence. America is silent - some hollowness in city building walls, something lost with the mufflers on car engines. When I flew in the sun was still hidden but the horizon leaked colors like a lover's bruise, red, yellow, green, aquamarine, blue. When the plane wheels hit, my stomach fell through and I just felt like something was gone. February 14, 2011 at 3:08 PM. This has been completely fantastic. Thank you for writing it.
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The walking fool: August 2011
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Saturday, 27 August 2011. Jazz musician plays burning piano. Links to this post. Labels: how they suffer for their art. Tuesday, 2 August 2011. All my life I've dreamed of being the best in the world at something. Now I've done it! I have just been informed that this page. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Walked the Nakasendo in 2007 as part of the Kisokaido Project. Walked the Tokaido in May-June 2009. Walked the Koshu Kaido in September 2010. View my complete profile. DIARY OF A MADMAN.
