Canal walks r us
Did a circular walk today with Stuart Heathershall. Stu is a bit of an expert at this kind of thing and I’m pretty sure would have done it faster without me. We did ten miles in four hours. two five minute stops and 20 mins for lunch meant that effectively we were doing 21 minute miles. Ideally I could do with building up to being a bit faster as on the coast to coast we will have some long days where we will need to cover a lot of miles.
Definitely improving though and not nearly as knackered after this one compared to when I walked to Wragby a week or two ago. Feet still giving gyp though so I’m booked in to see Rob the chiropodist next Monday. May be something as simple as a little support insert will do the job. It may also just be that I need to get a few more miles under my belt. V shall c.
One of the handy thing about walking with Stuart is that he he turns out to be an expert bird watcher. He could identify birds from their sounds and therefore knew when to stop and look. We saw quite a variety en route and in particular a number of woodpecker’s holes. Didn’t see a woodpecker but apparently we could hear them.
Back home now and typing away in the conservatory. Vegetarian shepherd’s pie for dinner apparently. Not sure shepherds are vegetarian but hey… I’ve built up an appetite and I’m sure it will go down well.
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