Dear All,
Day 3 is over and WE ARE PAST HALF WAY!
The weather has again been good today and John and I set out from Tower Tye after a very fine breakfast at the Twice Brewed.
The first leg was a straight 7.5 miles to Housesteads, which we reached at about 12.30. After a very good little show we pushed on to Steel Rigg. All six of us went on this 3.1 mile leg, and we were joined by Dawn's parents and my own. It was really nice but very rugged terrain, and we were a bit slow in getting to Steel Rigg where we jumped into the cars and shot off down to Vindolanda.
Unfortunately we arrived about an hour later than intended, and so only stayed for an hour. For anyone who was expecting us but had to leave before we got there, we apologise and plead sore feet as an excuse. Still, those who stayed were rewarded by a good scrap between John and I, and we thank you very much for hanging around to wait for us. After we left Vindolanda John and I went back to Steel Rigg to begin today's last leg - Steel Rigg to Carvoran, six miles.
If we thought the 3 miles between Housesteads and Steel Rigg had been rugged, this last leg was a beast. What made it worse was that we were against the clock, as we only had three hours to complete it before the Twice Brewed stopped serving dinner at 8.00pm. We left Steel Rigg at 5.20, and damn me we got to Carvoran at 7.45!
It was a hard last leg due to the pace, but we got back for dinner - to the victor the spoils!
After 3 days we're all feeling it, sore feet all round now, but the best bit was that Kev was up to doing some of the walking today, and should be ok to do some of tomorrow's legs.
Tomorrow we're starting at Carvoran and ending in Carlisle, with shows at Carvoran and Birdoswald.
Very nearly reached our £1000.00 target online - which makes the sore feet worth it after all!
Blister count update:
Kev - many but slowly improving.
Stuart - None but feet hurt tonight!
John - None yet.
Ed - Three but very mild.
List of people / places to thank today:
The Twice Brewed Inn for being brilliant and giving us excellent food - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Vindolanda Trust for letting us display there today.
The English Heritage staff at Housesteads for throwing themselves behind us and being very supportive.
The many people we met today who gave us donations as we walked by - thanks to you all.
All the Best,
Stu, Kev, John, Dawn, Ed & Catriona,
Hadrian's help for Heroes.
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Impressive blister Kev, i have a good bruise to show you when you get home!!! good luck with end of walk at last nearly there!!! love Anna xxx
ReplyDeleteI would like to thank my brother and his family alone for his very generous donation of £100 which is a big benefit of you nearly reaching your target! Thanks Steve, Mary, Thomas and Will Brining x
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