I knew that the golf pro at Coventry Golf Club was from Staffs but I didn't know that there was a walk named after him!
Buttercups seem to be the most common crop in Staffs - there are meadows full of them.
The low cloud over the moors at the start of the day.Saturday started with heavy rain which eventually subsided to a drizzle in the afternoon. This meant that I needed waterproofs all day. I was on the Staffs Way most of the day - navigation was fairly easy except for one place where a farmer luckily came to my rescue. He gave me a lift back to the place where I had gone wrong and explained the correct route. He couldn't understand my reluctance to accept a lift directly to the correct route.
Robina told me off on Friday for not mentioning that I was taking Ibuprofen as one of the reasons why my shins have improved. I now confess this! In any event the shins have continued to improve even though I was wearing heavier walking boots on Saturday rather than trainers. I must now try not to get too optimistic and return to the more intensive regime that caused the problem in the first place.
I have now walked a total of 383 miles. Tomorrow I walk through Congleton towards Warrington.
Today is a rest day - part of the new regime of a rest day every 6 days.
We stayed with Gill and Mario last night in Denbigh, which required a 1.75 hour drive from Rudyard where I finished the walk yesterday. I will not however be counting Denbighshire in my list of counties. Tonight we are staying in a pub in Northwich.
Today's KBW's are-
Gill and Mario - Services to food, accommodation and wonderful hospitality.
Hilary and Ceidiog - Services to communications (ie allowing me use of their wifi to send this blog)
"Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger which in Texas is called walking." - George W Bush.
Cheers
Keith
