The Facts

We had planned to wild camp most of the route, although we new that this may not be possible in places, so we will use official camping sites. we needed to average 14 miles a day to complete this challenge in 14 days. Some days were going to be longer, anything up to 22 miles so that we can either finish Early or have a rest day mid walk. This has been a lifetime wish of mine, ever since i read " A walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. We had no idea if we could complete this as so many factors come into play, my fitness being one but the weather can also play a big part in dashing our hopes of finishing. All i know is that I believe this will be my only chance to attempt this (not getting any younger), also it would not be fair on my lovely wife Michelle to expect her to put up with me gallivanting out for weeks on end in the countryside, while she is stuck at home. Sadly due to a Fall i had and a suspected Cracked rib, we had to end our attempt at Richmond. we do plan to finish it off though.

Monday 22 April 2013

Say bye bye to the lakes. We finally leave the lake district, this has been a very hard day for both me and James. My knees have taken a battering going over and descending Kidsty pike. The wind was so strong it at one point lifted me of the ground, thats 251 pounds in total, ( I will let you guess how much I was carrying and how much was me).The wind caught James of guard and he took a fall, cuttings his fingers. First aid provided and he's ok. We are both totally worn out with 5 miles to Shap, our resting town for tonight.

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