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So in summary, aged 60 years and eight months, I started the walk on 11 September and ended it on 10 November. 61 days in total, walking anti-clockwise from my home town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan and averaging 15 – 20 miles a day. Although I was a solitary walker for the vast majority of the time, I was joined at various stages by friends and ex colleagues who, in various permutations were witty, warm and (just occasionally and literally) wet companions. I am also hugely indebted to all those hospitality businesses which, on learning of my retirement from Visit Wales and plans to walk around Wales, were generous in their donation of free accommodation to support my chosen charity, Cancer Research Wales. As a way of raising awareness of the walk, the charity and last but not least the wonders of Wales, I posted daily updates on a Facebook page (FunnyWalks Wales) and via Twitter (FunnyWalksWales@swcwebb). Why FunnyWalks? Well, we all know a joke or two and I hoped to capture one or two of these from those I met on the journey. As it turned out though, capturing jokes from strangers wasn’t always as easy as I had imagined but...it was a great way to start a conversation!
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