Welcome to the newest entry for our brand new baby - the Barefoot Nordic Walking Club. Which does sound a bit like we are all hobbits with big hairy feet ...well, maybe some of us may have big hairy feet, but we will be keeping them very firmly in our nordic walking shoes, thankyou very much.
Rapidly acquiring 21 members, our inaugural walk was up PenyFan and back on Sunday 18th May 2008. Paula did raise her eyebrows when Karen and I scampered excitedly back from our meeting and announced the FIRST WALK. Hmm she said. Nothing like easing everyone into it, she said.
Her misgivings turned out to be not without foundation when she and I reccied the walk a few weeks ago. Ok, I said, maybe we just need to...tweak it a bit....make it..less steep......and shorter......?
Retiring to the Mountain Centre at Libanus, spreading the maps all over the tables with coffee and cake, we decided to use the yak trail to go up and back, thus reducing wear and tear on knees, reducing the climb severity, whilst retaining the flavour of the walk.
I still went back the following week and did a Plan B walk, which was lovely, starting at the Mountain Centre. Scribble was impressed too, but mainly with the quantity of sheep on the route...
As it turned out, my fears of howling rain, fog, snow, hailstones,tornadoes or worse, the sudden heatwave we experienced a few days before, were all dispelled when the day dawned, bright, sunny, with a nice breeze. Perfect conditions!
Stopping here- read next post for The Walk!
Sue
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