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Bit of a melodramatic title. It’s either one of those comedies along the lines of Monte Carlo or Bust or a real life drama in which a bloke attempts to get to Burton Waters against all the odds.
Reality is it was just one of my 10 mile training walks in preparation for the Coast to Coast. I’m assuming that the more of them I do the easier they will become. My feet have been getting quite sore so this morning I dropped by Bob the Chiropodist for a consultation. In the first instance he said that at the age of 54 I might expect to have sore feet at the end of a long walk.
In the second instance he observed that I had a slightly protruding metatarsal joint in the foot, the left being slightly worse than the right. It’s my left foot that’s been getting particularly sore. The solution, if there is one, was to provide me with an insole with more padding.
I continued on my walk. The feet still hurt by the end but your mind does play tricks and you imagine all sorts of situations going on down there. I think the new insole has worked but it effectively means I have to wear in the boot again so it will be a few trips before I really find out. Have a new blister so this is definitely the case.
In Burton I passed the infamous yew hedge that made the national news because it’s owner had been served with a writ to cut it right back. You could spot the bits that had been trimmed as a compromise. It’s in the album here.
Made it home via Blacks Outdoors shop at the bottom of Steep Hill. Went in to buy a mat to use for sitting on wet grass whilst hiking. Came out with a micro towel and a pair of binoculars! The binocs were half price 🙂 I already have a micro towel that doesn’t get used but hey…
Pleasant enough walk back from Burton Waters along the towpath. Wind behind and occasionally sunny. Pretty cold day though. Northish wind. Met a Community Support officer patrolling the towpath. Only a few people there though until you got to the built up area coming in to Lincoln. Han’t realised there were so many houses down there. It was the old GEC site.
Saw a rat running across from Carholme Golf Club to the water’s edge. First I’ve seen on all the walks this year. Ideal conditions in the ditch along the side of the course.
Now I’m back, cup of tea in hand and waiting for the bathwater to heat up. The more of these walks I do the quicker the recovery time I’m sure.