Monday August 27, 2007
Up at 0800 and it was decided that, where possible, we would take short cuts….the plan was to get to Manningtree - Harwich was out of the question.
Eye inspection was the first on the agenda:
I was beggining to get worried about my eyes....were mine there?
The day started cooler and the knowledge that a shower was only a few hours away spurred us on. The pain was really kicking in. However, the pain we were suffering never came at the same time….when I was crying for my Mum, Nance would be jumping stiles, running and generally talking faster than I can listen. When Nance was in pain (not talking) I took refuge and savoured the quiet time - occasionally chuckling about the 'smoking dogs on leads' joke. We are both very competitive…..we knew when the other was down and made them suffer more! Nancy was having muscle spasms in her leg which caused her to unintentionally 'high kick'.....this was almost as funny as the smoking dog jokes!!
In some of my lowest moments, Nancy decided to sing - just to rub in how bad things were!
Another amusing sign...i know what it means, but have no idea why.....
Over the A12, into Dedham and tea and cakes at the local church.
On a high point near Lawford, we could see the sea (well, the river Stour). This, in my eyes, was the coast and the fact that we would be 13 miles short of our goal, we had still walked from Epping to the coast.
We heard the Manningtree railway crossing signal and attempted to speed up to make the train. We eneded up catching a later one! A chance to sit down….but not for long as we walked to the bus stop and home.
The 'Pain Relief' section in Sainsbury's was a wonderful sight!
Injury count - Blisters, tendonitis and spasms.....oh, and lots of general pain.
Wild animal count – no new ones.
Fruit stolen - none
Text messages - Clearly i was the winner and we stopped counting!!!
Mileage - 13 (67 total, 13 to go...another adventure at a later date)
- Posted by thestowe on 02/09/2007.
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