Training walk #4 - 24mile circular walk from Michelmersh
Training walk #4 - a 24mile loop from Michelmersh nr Romsey
With our last training walk (not counting the short Test Way trip - here) on the Oxdrove Way totalling just over 20 miles (view the post here) the plan for training walk #3 was to increase the distance by around 5 miles and, if possible, maintain of improve on the average speed.
Deciding on a route for this walk presented a few challenges as my parents were, again, looking after Isabelle which meant that my initial route 25 mile along the Itchen Way from Fair Oak to Hinton Ampner had to be put to one side as logistically it wouldn't work.
As mentioned in a previous post I now use View Ranger for my online route planning (backed up by a good old OS map spread out on the table!) and have moved from Trail Zilla for 2 main reasons;
the map tiles downloaded to both phone (GS5 and Nexus 5) and tablet (Nexus 7) are full resolution OS maps of both 1:25k and 1:50k and give a great visual aid for quick, spot navigation - this also al…
With our last training walk (not counting the short Test Way trip - here) on the Oxdrove Way totalling just over 20 miles (view the post here) the plan for training walk #3 was to increase the distance by around 5 miles and, if possible, maintain of improve on the average speed.
Deciding on a route for this walk presented a few challenges as my parents were, again, looking after Isabelle which meant that my initial route 25 mile along the Itchen Way from Fair Oak to Hinton Ampner had to be put to one side as logistically it wouldn't work.
As mentioned in a previous post I now use View Ranger for my online route planning (backed up by a good old OS map spread out on the table!) and have moved from Trail Zilla for 2 main reasons;
the map tiles downloaded to both phone (GS5 and Nexus 5) and tablet (Nexus 7) are full resolution OS maps of both 1:25k and 1:50k and give a great visual aid for quick, spot navigation - this also al…
