I also have been sad to see so little activity on the forum, though I can't complain as I haven't posted much in the last few years. I didn't realize that no new members could join, and that is definitely a factor. That's really too bad. I also wonder if broader cultural/technological trends, e.g., the rise of Facebook and other social media sites, are partly responsible for less traffic on discussion forums generally? Just wondering...
I'll try to post occasionally, though we probably won't get back to England until 2018: our 20th anniversary and my 50th birthday year. We've gotten the bug for doing long, meandering walks in the past——20 days on roughly the route of the C2C in 2008; 40 days from Barnstaple to Dover in 2013. So for my 50th, perhaps a day for each year? We'll have to see...
In the meantime, I do hope all of you are well and enjoy many great walks this year as the weather gets warmer.
Ken
Ken