Still smiling after 18 miles - Ian, Keith and Ken.
Yesterday was something of a special day! Gill and Mario had arranged a celebration for my walk at one of their care homes. When I entered the Cymau Male Voice Choir was singing "You'll never walk alone" - which was a wonderful experience. After a few more songs there was a photo session with a professional photographer - I will put some of these on the blog once they are emailed to me and I have had the opportunity to censor them. Enough to say that one shows3 nurses tending to me! That certainly made me feel better! Thanks to all the staff at Pendine Park and Coxeys who joined in with the fun.
Today I reached just west of Northwich, Cheshire. Tomorrow I hope to reach Warrington - this doesn't sound too romantic especially as the forecast is for rain. Still, I have got Wigan to look forward to on Wednesday!
To celebrate reaching 400 miles today I thought that you might like some other numbers, mainly to do with the adventure so far:-
11 Counties
78 Bird species
6 Wild mammal species
10 Different beds slept in
9 People walked with me
401 Miles walked
42 Percentage of journey completed
4,265 Cash raised for the BHF so far
10 Number of support cars which have assisted
24 Ordnance Survey maps used
1,156 Miles travelled by our car
1 Penalties missed by England
1 New Coventry City FC manager
4 Other current end to enders that I have heard of
Today's KBW's -
Ian and Ken - Services to walking and map reading
Gill and Mario - For not doing anything by half
"Never criticise a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins." - Ancient Indian proverb
Cheers
Keith
