Bright Eyes….

The climb to the top of Ladle Hill was challenging in what felt like gale force winds!! However the view, when we got there was most definitely worth it. Archaeologists believe that this Iron Age enclosure, built on the site of an earlier Bronze Age settlement was left unfinished and has been an invaluable site

Winchester

St. Catherine’s Hill, a place of ancient myths and legends, and there couldn’t be a better place from which to start the day. It’s many years since my friend, Lorrainne, and I met in Winchester and climbed to the top so it was really lovely that she was with me for this particular stage along

Meet Wilma….

I’d like to introduce you to Wilma, the new addition to the Butler Clan. Wilma is going to be my trusty travelling companion when I start to journey further away from home, over the coming months. And, just in case you’re wondering, it’s Wilma as in the Flintstones….ummm, don’t ask!!! Perhaps, subconsciously I see Steve

How am I honouring the trees?

“So, Gillian, how are you actually honouring the trees?” is a question I have been asked by a few people of late…can’t think why!! And it’s a good, valid question because that is what my journey is about – honouring the trees. We will all have our own ideas about how we honour these precious

And so it begins…my first steps…

Woohoo, Sunday 9th May 2021, the day for starting my adventure – my first steps to honour the trees. And sharing the day with me was the lovely Paula. Very first stop…Hill Head Beach, a shingle beach on the shores of the Solent, where at its western end is a small harbour located at the

Only 3 more sleeps….

Only 3 more sleeps before I take the first steps on my journey to honour and raise money for the Trees. Just a teeny bit excited, to say the least! I’m also feeling happy that I won’t be taking those first steps on my own as the lovely Paula will be with me. This first