Ogbourne St. George ~ Uffington 12 miles
Set off in the heavy rain this morning so Boss Woman put my raincoat on, the one that Pets at Home donated me when I walked the West Highland Way last year. Walked uphill out of Ogbourne St. George, through some trees and on an interesting ancient sunken path and then still walking uphill to Round Hill, then over the M4 motorway to Fox Hill and then on to Charlbury Hill (where there is supposed to be a famous crop circle, but we never saw it). We almost got run over by 2 idiotic men on bikes, who came down the hill so fast that they almost skidded into us. Boss Woman called them stupid idiots. I climbed on the burial mound at Wayland Smithy and had a good sniffy walk around but didn't find any bones or see any ghosts, luckily. A nice level walk then on to White Horse Hill at Uffington where Fenella met us in her car to take us to her very nice comfortable B & B in Uffington village. Got to go to the Fox and Hounds pub for tea and shared Boss Woman's chicken and bacon dinner and some of Big Guy's ham egg and chips. Mmm very tasty it was as well.

East Hendred ~ Nuffield 18 miles
A very nice walk with lovely views and a nice wide grassy path. Walked through a tunnel under the A34 where some morons had scrawled scruffy graffitti over a beautifully painted mural depicting local scenes. There was a stinking midden in a field that we could smell half a mile away. Met Daisy and Jess, 2 labradors, one of which was a Rescue dog like me. Downhill past a dismantled railway, on an ancient sunken path then climbed steeply uphill, then down again. Stopped for lunch in a lovely meadow and saw some white butterflies with orange wing tips, which I enjoyed chasing but I didn't catch any though. Walked further on and then over a bridge into Streatley where Boss Woman bought some sun glasses because she had very sore eyes with sunburn ~ she didn't bring hers because she didn't expect it to be so hot and sunny. THEY bought an ice cream but didn't share it with me, all I got was a stale doggie biscuit and a shrare of their sandwich. Walked on the Thames path up to Goring and South Stoke. My back foot got really sore and cut from the very sharp flint path we have been walking on so Boss Woman put some Tea Tree ointment on a a baby sock to pad it ... not very fashionable but it DID stop it hurting. I saw (and chased) loads of squirrels, but they ran up the trees where I couldn't reach and we walked on another ancient sunken path called Grimms Dyke. When we got to North Stoke, Eric the young Border Terrier kept following us so his Boss Woman came and picked him up and took him home. Stayed at Diana's lovely Bed and Breakfast which was nice and clean and welcoming. I was glad when we got there because it was a long walk today and I was very tired.

Nuffield ~ Chinnor 11 miles
A very nice walk, starting off uphill through a field of oil seed rape and past Ewelme Park where I saw a Peacock. It was stood on the hedge looking down on me making a horrible loud noise. Stupid bird. Walked through some woods where I saw some more squirrels to chase. I had a play with a big black Labrador and a Spaniel. The path here was very slippy and stoney so Boss Woman and Big Guy had to be careful walking down. I was okay, I just ran down as fast as I could to show them how to do it. Further on at the side of the path we saw a gypsy caravan and some horses, so I went to have a sniffy sniffy with one of the horses. It was MASSIVE. The path itself was a bit uneven where it had been worn away by hundreds of feet and paws walking on it over many years. Further on we all had a quick nap on the grass before we walked past the chalk quarry, down into Chinnor and on to Henton where we stayed the night. On the way down, Big Guy fell off the very narrow pavement. He CAN be a bit clumsy sometimes ... Went to Peacock pub for tea, where I got to share Big Guy's dinner and everyone made a big fuss of me. The Bed and Breakfast where we stayed was a really old house. I thought it might have been haunted but I didn't see any ghosts, maybe because I fell asleep straight away so I probably missed them.

Wendover ~ Ivinghoe Beacon 11 miles
Nice and warm and sunny today. Caught the train back to Wendover this morning and continued the walk. On the way from the train station there was a squirrel on the path and it was in such a hurry to get away from me that it ran up a tree and fell off again, right in front of me on the path. Fortunately for the squirrel I was on lead so I wasn't able to chase it ... Next time .. The path here was very pleasant, through some woods and then walked on another leafy ancient sunken path. The path was nice and soft of my feet, which made a change after the hard flint path we had previously been walking on and the woods had plenty of nice interesting things to smell. We walked through a field of nosey cows that looked like they were going to come and say hello. I was carrying a stick in my mouth and couldn't be bothered chasing them so Big Guy let me stay off lead. The guy called Andy caught us up again and walked with us for a while. Walked across the A41 bridge, round the back of Tring Station and back on the grassy path. Bit of a climb up towards Beacon Hill and there were some guys taking advantage of the windy exposure on the hill by flying model gliders. In fact one crashed so I think the guy needs a more practise! I sat on the top of the Trig Point for a photo. It was really windy and nearly blew my ears off. Just another little bit to walk on then we got to the end BEACON HILL and the end of the walk. From Beacon Hill we could see a white chalk lion cut into the Hillside. On all of the walk, we have seen a few white horses cut into the chalky hillside, which Boss Woman found interesting but I didn't think they were .. just a white blob thing on the grass as far as I am concerned.

TOTAL RAISED £240