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Appalling diet
The human body is incredible. It’s just absolutely mind boggling what it’s capable of. The last couple of weeks my diet has mainly consisted of, noodles, supermarket sandwiches, crisps, nutty bar type things, and chocolate. Oh, and that toastie I had yesterday and...
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I’m really glad that I write about my walks. Sometimes, when I’m tired at the end of the day, and all I want to do is rest and do nothing, it’s a bit of a pain. But I do like looking back on what I’ve written and I feel very lucky that I’ve got a record of what I’ve...
No time for long goodbyes
I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. Finishing one trail and then immediately starting another. Normally I like to hang around a bit to celebrate. Maybe treat myself to some chicken nuggets or even a glass of wine. After going without for a few days it’s always...
Eau de sock
I had to look up the literal translation of eau de toilette. It basically means ‘water of the toilet’, or ‘toilet water’. I wanted to check if my joke worked. And it sort of does. I don’t think anyone would buy sock water. Not if it was made from my socks anyway....
Getting better at the pole vault
I was nearing the end of my walking day - which, by the way is preferable to a working day - and I saw on the map that the path went one way around a hill, and the road went around the other. Now, I’ve been caught out a number of times by the ‘paths’ that make up the...
Always check your settings
I’m not sure when it happened exactly, but I do know it was around the time that I’d been defeated by another boggy path. This one had shown so much promise as well. It was really well made, very solid under foot, incredible views. It was like a special corridor...
Day of the Triffids
When I was young I used to go to the cubs. It was like scouts but for the younger kids. Beavers - for the even younger kids - hadn’t been invented yet. Yes, I’m that old. Anyway, there are two main things I remember from my time at cubs. The first was that the jumper...
Cutting corners
Based on the conditions yesterday I was fairly confident I would be taking a different route up through the islands. I didn’t think it would be any longer or shorter, I imagined roughly the same, but would cut out some of the climbs where the paths had become water...
Too early for doubts
I suppose I thought, because there had already been a few issues in even getting up to Scotland and with my health, that once I started my walk everything would fall nicely into place and things would go smoothly. I was slightly disappointed when the weather forecast...