When we started this walk in 2015 we didn't have the intention of completing the whole walk but once you start its hard to stop! We have each had difficult times but nothing that stopped us wanting to continue. It is the most beautiful walk and we have been very lucky with the weather. It reminded me that Stuart Blaylock used to call me a weather witch as I almost always have good weather on my holidays. He would have loved doing this walk.
I have to thank Margaret for leading the walk (keep the sea on the right!) and planning where to stop on each day and keeping me going when the climbs got tough.
My task was to seek out and book B&Bs and train journeys and arrange for luggage transfer. Yes we did have our luggage transported but if you are going to do such a mammoth walk you might as well enjoy it!
Margaret adds her thanks to me for booking all the B&Bs and suggesting we started the walk in the first place. It was an amazing walk and a great achievement for both of us.
Our final journey home wasn't without incident as we had to set off very early to catch the Bournemouth bus as the ferry was still broken and the diversion took much longer. The train was then delayed at Wolverhampton as someone was taken ill and we had to wait for an ambulance. We arrived in Manchester at rush hour and were like sardines on the train between Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria and our bus in Bradford didn't turn up so we had to wait half an hour for the next one!
Some people keep asking me what's next? Well I can't speak for Margaret but I have decided to retire from day to day walking so no more long trails for me. You couldn't possible beat this one anyway so that's all folks!
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