Captains Log

Captains Log
16 Jan 2007
Days to 4 Inns competition: 66

We Rock! We walked 20 miles today over difficult terrain in the black mountains in 7 and a half hours. I of course lead by example, forgot my waterproof trousers (thank god it didn’t rain), insufficient food (thank god Sue’s rucsac is actually a tardis and a franchise of the energy bar section of tesco), no map (well that was cool as 1st Mate Soozie was in charge of navigation today) and no head torch! Oops but I did have the team bothy which thankfully we didn’t need.

The route was spectacular, the pace up hill was the best we’d done yet, we only stopped once for 10 mins and pretty much ate on the hoof. Even over difficult bits we were managing our top speed of 3.7 mph and dawn only had to stop for a wee twice! 20 miles feels like a real milestone, its a big day walk and makes the 4 inns seem almost possible. We all need a load more fuel though, both Sue and Dawn had the stumbling dropseys at one point. Sue goes white as a sheet and the three of us quickly shove Gillian mackeath at her (that’s a chewy bar, we don’t carry our own team nutritionalist with us!). Dawn had to have an emergency sandwich having started tripping over her own poles. Even Paula stopped dead at one point and demanded a twix!

We finished in the dark, happy and slightly delirious. Sue screamed out as we approached the car “My boots open”, The poor woman who’s car it was jumped out of her skin and nearly dropped her thermos of tea. Sue’s car was still safely parked up a little further on.

I am chuffed to bits with today, so is the team…. Feels like we’re going to make it (to quote a song)

Captain K