Well after hobbling round for the past week with a suspected broken/dislocated toe - stubbed it on the kitchen table leg after returning from the 5 day attempt! yeowww!!! - I then put my back out... so what with one thing and another I've been trying to take it steady! Hopefully back will be right for the drive up to Blackpool on Sunday,
meanwhile I've been going over the 176 video clips of the last attempt...
Friday 20 August 2010
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Well that went well..not
Such a feeling of disappointment - with just 38m left to go!!!
I'd tended the blisters at Shap, (lovely Shap - with newsagent's, open toilets with hot water and a bus shelter out of the rain) to press on for Patterdale though down on schedule there was still a good chance of getting to St Bees within the 5 day time frame but the first Lakeland hills took their toll and I didn't make into Patterdale until 5pm. After refuelling at the shop there I set off renewed but with very sore feet and took two whole hours to get up to Grisedale Tarn (8.00pm) where I had to make the decision to either press on or put down. At this point I calculated that a 5day plus was still a possibility with a good early start and set the alarm for 4.15am. With a high pitch (1800ft) for the tarp tent wind took much of the warmth from the sleeping bag and with only 2 dry tops left I spent a shivering night with little sleep not helped with throbbing feet...
I'd tended the blisters at Shap, (lovely Shap - with newsagent's, open toilets with hot water and a bus shelter out of the rain) to press on for Patterdale though down on schedule there was still a good chance of getting to St Bees within the 5 day time frame but the first Lakeland hills took their toll and I didn't make into Patterdale until 5pm. After refuelling at the shop there I set off renewed but with very sore feet and took two whole hours to get up to Grisedale Tarn (8.00pm) where I had to make the decision to either press on or put down. At this point I calculated that a 5day plus was still a possibility with a good early start and set the alarm for 4.15am. With a high pitch (1800ft) for the tarp tent wind took much of the warmth from the sleeping bag and with only 2 dry tops left I spent a shivering night with little sleep not helped with throbbing feet...
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