Today went very much as planned. I have reached just past Liskeard after walking for just over 20 miles today, making about 80 so far - and still I am still in Cornwall. I looked at the atlas tonight and 80 miles looks a long way! Have a look.
Yesterday I coined the phrase "magic miles" for travelling in Cornwall. This was because the mileage indicated by the few direction signs seem to be a work of fiction. This results in some frustration when for example you pass a sign showing say 5 miles to your destination, then walk 2 miles, only to find that the next sign shows that you still have 4 miles to go. On the walk today another reason occurred to me - the Pythagoras theorem (remember maths from school?). As there are so many hills a lot of time is spent going up or down hills, and the theorem is that this increases the distance walked. It also slows the walking speed as well. The photo shows the sign in Herodsfoot at the bottom of a hill that I had to ascend after having walked 15 miles today. Not a very welcome sign.
Julie has returned home today after spending 4 days with us doing an invaluable job keeping our spirits up. Thanks very much Julie. Steve and Terry have joined us and they are going to walk with me over the next 2 days. Good luck chaps. The plan for tomorrow is to walk to Tavistock so that we are in place to cross Dartmoor on Monday.
The best plans! I carefully chose to do the walk from South to North because the prevailing wind is from the west. However so far the wind has been exactly the opposite ie from the North-East, so that today I spent the whole day with a cold wind in my face. Still I am sure that it is good for the soul.
The Support team visited Polperro, home of Jonathan Crouch and Angela Brazil (whoever they are - look them up if you are interested). They tell me the sandwiches at The Blue Peter look amazing - I am sure that they spend all day thinking about food!
Today's KBW's:-
Heather and Adrian - Catering and washing up Award
I understand that there is some difficulty in making comments on this blog. Neil is looking into this and hopefully will be able to solve the problem.
"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day" - Henry David Thoreau.
Cheers
Keith
