The feet.....After Shot

Sorry I was slightly incoherent yesterday evening but after about ten hours sleep I'm feeling much better. I'm still stiff and will no doubt be making liberal use of massage and ice packs for a day or two.

 

These two faithful puppies were severely mistreated over the last two days but thanks to the most amazing Red Cross staff and sports therapy students from various universities we were all patched up and pummelled to the finish line. My special thanks to Linda, we kept each other going and crossed the line together.

Was it with it? Well every painful km was worth about £7 for the Albert Kennedy Trust (sponsorship is still open for a month or to, go on you know you want to) which means that over the course of 100k that's just less than 50 nights I've helped keep someone off the streets. I'm sure there are more reflections to come and I will update you. Now I'm going back to sleep then a warm bath. Ahh! 

Halfway there...

Not a line from a Bon Jovi song but accompanied by a Bon Jovi fan (the wonderful Michael Fowler Personal Trainer) today was the final long walk. 7.30 am through to 5.30 pm, or there abouts. 

Approx 27 miles non stop. Well, we had 20 minutes for lunch. Meols Cop, round Churchtown, coast road out to Formby Point back via Ainsdale and Birkdale. 

The last mile was kicker as we passed a shop selling recliners at that point. I have one blister! (Sorry to the squeamish to impose that on you) 

Today I covered over 40 km. that's damn near half what I'll have to do in ten days or so. Tonight is a warm bath, some food and a small glass of red.

A million thanks for the sponsorship. I have beaten my £400 target but don't let that stop you! 

Rivington Pike

Not an elegant climb in the snow at the top but wow! It was a great day out with Linda and the ex marines we hired to push us.....and they did push us. (Check them out at Monkey Boy Self Defence Boot Camp they are guns for hire and pleasant on the eye and mind....)
A gentle stroll past the Yarrow reservoir,across the tussocks of grass and up the snow face to the top of Winter Hill the hard way. Lunch. We'd been going three hours by now.
Back down via the cairns and, of course, the tower on Rivington Pike. Thought the secret gardens, round the old workhouse and the 7 arch bridge to the car and a warm down.
Five and a bit hours. Three hundred or so feet up. Warm bath and pasta on arrival home. TransPennine Challenge? Bring it on!