Another day another city! It is certainly the biggest town/city sign yet. I didn't meet Dr Johnson - perhaps I will see him tomorrow.
As mentioned yesterday Martin again joined me - this time in walking from Kingsbury Water Park to Lichfield. I was very pleasantly surprised that the walk was one of the best days so far. The day started by walking about 5 miles along the Birmingham and Fazeley canal towpath with the Water Park on one side. After a few miles on yet another Roman road (Watling Street) we walked on paths through pleasant fields until reaching Lichfield.
We had lunch in what we thought was a quiet part of a farm field on the Heart of England Way. Our peace was however broken by the farmer arriving on a tractor, stopping for a chat. It turned out that he was in fact waiting for a delivery of a lorry load of fertiliser, which duly arrived whilst we were eating lunch! In an amazing coincidence the farmer said that a chap had walked through the farm yesterday who was also walking from Lands End to John O'Groats. The farmer said that he was a younger chap (cheek!) who was walking 20 miles a day and was backpacking - some effort!
The shins are still sore but I took some pain killers/anti inflammatories this afternoon and this seemed to make things easier. I had a consultation with Norman and he was pleased with how my shins are progressing. I really do hope that he is correct and that the shins behave themselves from now on.
Tomorrow I leave Lichfield and head towards Uttoxeter. From now on I will not be returning home until the walk ends. I hope that the communication gremlins that I suffered from, before I returned home, have been rectified so that I will be able to update the blog together with photos.
Today's KBW's are -
Martin - Gold award for walking and photography.
Shayne - Most qualified support driver.
Martin and Shayne - Knowledge of the cast of Crossroads!
Norman - Comfort to my growing concerns
"Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticise them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes." - Jack Handey
Cheers
Keith
