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Day 28 - Bovisand Beach to Plymouth
Day 28 – Bovisand Beach to Plymouth
It was meant to be sunny when we woke up but it was still very much wet and windy. Thanks, Met Office. I think we can safely ignore the weather forecast as we move closer to Cornish territory, though obviously we’ll still check it obsessively. We were only nine miles from Plymouth and it shouldn’t be the most hideous nine miles we’ve ever done but the sky was determined to make it as miserable as…
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Allie Bailey - Ultra runner, Running 1,000+ miles from Lands End to John O’Groats in 35-days
Allie spent a lot of her life seeking approval from people she thought were cool, believing that in order to be successful, you had to act a certain way. For her, success is seeing someone who doesn't believe they can do something transform into someone who does.
After working for major record labels for 12 years, Allie realised that music, which she had once loved, was slowly killing her. Her dream career had turned her into a nightmare, and she was completely lost. Allie has struggled to find her place and suffers from depressive demons, anxiety, and existential misery.
After taking part in the inaugural Rat Race Test Pilot trip to Mongolia in 2018, she realised it was the first time she had truly had time to stop, think, and be completely at peace. Fast forward, after three and a half years, numerous journeys, a pandemic, some questionable decisions, and a lot of planning and running, Allie is now coaching other people to do amazing things.
Allie holds several world firsts to her name, including running across Mongolia's Lake Khovsgol and crossing the Namib Desert twice. Allie is the first woman to run the entire length of the Panama Canal. She has also run the length of the Outer Hebrides, crossed Scotland on packraft and foot several times, and completed over 100 marathons and 60-70 ultramarathons, including nine 100-mile plus races.
Allie started running 10 years ago and have only being doing the ultra thing for 6 years, but she absolutely love it. It's a game changer. Allie believes that it is something that anyone of any age and from any background can participate in.
Allie has been extremely lucky to have discovered something she truly enjoys doing, and her favorite thing in the entire world is seeing people achieve things they never thought were possible
"There's nobody funner than an Ultrarunner" - Allie Bailey
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* We have previously spoken with Allie on 18th Dec 2018 - Listen here
FYI marked as *Explicit - as there are a few little swear words!
Show Notes
Who is Allie Bailey
Meeting her dogs!
Why ultra running and why she loves it
Writing her book
How running helps with her mental health
Being able to process her thoughts
Going more into adventure running
Her favourite distance to run…
Liking 100 mile races
LEJOG - Lands End to John O’Groats
The ultimate dream
Working with Rat Race
Starting on the 1st June 2022
Running on average 35 miles a day
The hardest part of the LEJOG challenge
The mental side of the challenge
The challenges of being away from home
What a typical day looked like
Starting with the South West Coast Path
Running 44 miles into Bristol over 12 hrs
Chocolate milk
Being in bed asleep by 8pm
Snacking all day
Having a rest day once a week
Staying injury free throughout the journey
Wanting to finish the run
Voltarol gel to help with the pain
Using bonjela to numb blisters
Wearing Inov-8 Parkclaw G280 - for 750 miles (then wearing a second pair for the final 250 miles) - “the greatest shoe of all time”
The ultra playlist on Spotify - The Bailey Ultra Sound System
Getting to Scotland and the final few days
Spending time by herself towards the end
Getting to John O’Groats and doing the final mile
Feeling underwhelmed with what she had achieved
What she would have done differently
Wishing she had done more strength training before she left
Costs of taking on a challenge like this
RAT RACE: RUN BRITANNIA
Dragons Back Race, Wales
Getting timed out on day 2
Why it was the most intense thing she’s ever done
Feeling like a fraud
Taking herself out of the situation
The lessons learned from the experience
Wanting to go back in 2024 and try again
Blog Post - FAILING WHILE DARING GREATLY - THE REAL REASONS THAT DRAGONS BACK RACE IS THE TOUGHEST MOUNTAIN RACE IN THE WORLD.
Not being kind to herself
Being able to reframe the situation
Time off in 2023…..
Planning to do her first 200 miler and wanting to run all the Wainwrights in a year
Taking 10 days off running!!!
How you can connect with Allie
Final words of wisdom and advice for women who want to get into running and take it to the next level
Finding your people, find your tribe, find your people
Ultra Awesome FB Group
Social Media
Website www.alliebailey.co.uk
Instagram @ab_runs
Twitter @AllieBailey
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/user/alliehbailey
Check out this episode!
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Beyond Impossible- Mimi Anderson’s Story
I recently read Mimi Anderson’s fascinating and inspiring account of her ultramarathon achievements. The story is told in an interesting flashback fashion: The main narrative is recounting the 12 plus days of her attempt to set the Women’s world record for running the length of Great Britain from north to south, from John O’Groats in Scotland to Land’s end in England, which goes by the acronym JOGLE. If you go south to north it’s LEJOG. It’s quite a “jog” of 1407 km. In the midst of the JOGLE story she occasionally takes us back in time to earlier events in her life.
She had been anorexic earlier in life, largely due to physical and mental abuse she’d received from a nanny (unbeknownst to her parents). She did not remember this trauma, having buried it in her subconscious. It did not come out until years later when she was undergoing therapy that eventually cured her of anorexia. I don’t want to spoil the story by going into more detail, but suffice it to say that recovering from her eating disorder took heroic effort.
Mimi discovered running later in life, after becoming a mom. First it was just to get in shape and socializing, and she didn’t particularly like the activity. This changed when she worked up to running a half-marathon (21 km). Many of us, when we discover the joy of running, and have accomplished a satisfying challenge like running 21K, are inspired to look for another challenge, like 30K maybe, or a full marathon? But in Mimi’s case she jumps from half marathon to the Marathon des Sables (MDS), a legendary multi-day ultramarathon in the Sahara dessert in Morocco!
After reading about her completing this, it finally sunk in to me that I was not reading the story of a typical mom, or human, but an athlete who, though humble, has elite talent. Again I won’t spoil the story by telling how the MDS run or JOGLE turned out, but will just list a few of her accomplishments:
Himalyan 100, A 100 mile stage race at high altitude.
Badwater and Double Badwater. The latter doesn’t just go through summer dessert from Death Valley to Whitney Portal, but throws in a jaunt to the top of Mt Whitney.
World record time for running the lenght of Great Britain (John O’Groats Land’s end)
My favorite inspirational moment came after she complete the JOGLE record, and something happened which destroys any remaining possibility of anorexia. People with eating disorders often have dysmorphia,, which means they see their bodies in a distorted way (often fatter than it really is, even though to everyone else they may look painfully thin). In Mimi’s case, she had always had a desire to have thin legs. During the 12 day grueling run, Mimi lost a stone (14 lbs or 6.4 Kg). Much of this was muscle as she had problems taking in enough calories (not because of eating disorder, but stomach issues). She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror and noticed she had the thin legs she had always dreamed of. But now they looked terrible to her! She wanted back the powerful athletic legs that had carried her to all her accomplishments. This exciting insight made her realize any dysmorphia was gone, and she was readily able to eat heartily to take in the calories over the next couple weeks to put the muscle back on.
Beyond Impossible- Mimi Anderson’s Story published first on https://steroidsca.tumblr.com/
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ANGLIE A SKOTSKO 2019
MYŠLENKA PROJET ANGLII A SKOTSKO, ZDOLAT LEJOG (LANDS END TO JOHN O’GROATS) VE MĚ ZRÁLA NĚKOLIK LET. TU ZHRUBA PATNÁCTIDENNÍ CESTU NA KOLE JSEM POPRVÉ VIDĚL V PODÁNÍ BROOKS A JEJICH KRÁTKÉHO VIDEA. UŽ PÁR LET ZPÁTKY JSME PŘEMÝŠLELI ŽE BYCHOM JI PROJELI NA BROMPTONECH, ALE NAKONEC Z TĚCHTO NÁPADŮ SEŠLO.
AŽ VLONI JSME NABALILI AUTO, PROJELI PŮLKU EVROPY A DORAZILI NA JIH ANGLIE KDE MĚL BÝT START NAŠÍ CESTY. MÍSTO V LANDS END JSME ALE ZAČALI V PORTSMOUTH, KDE JSME MOHLI BEZPEČNĚ NECHAT U KAMARÁDŮ AUTO A VYUŽÍT JEJICH BYT JAKO ÚTOČIŠTĚ PŘED CESTOU.
PLNÍ NEJISTOTY A BEZ JAKÝCHKOLIV PŘEDCHOZÍCH ZKUŠENOSTÍ BIKE-PACKINGU JSME VYRAZILI NA ANGLICKÉ CESTY, NA KTERÝCH SE JEZDÍ PO ŠPATNÉ STRANĚ A PŘES KRUHOVÉ OBJEZDY NA KTERÝCH SE JEZDÍ VE SMĚRU HODINOVÝCH RUČIČEK. NAŠI NEJISTOTU UMOCŇOVAL I FAKT, ŽE COLIN, CYKLISTA KTERÝ PROJEL FRANCII KŘÍŽEM KRÁŽEM A U KTERÉHO JSME MĚLI TENTO DEN PŘESPAT BYL SKEPTICKÝ K NAŠEMU PLÁNU DOJET PRVNÍ DEN Z PORTSMOUTH AŽ K NĚMU DOMŮ, NĚCO MÁLO PŘES 100 KM. KDYŽ JSME V PODVEČER DORAZILI, SPADLY Z NÁS VEŠKERÉ OBAVY - POTVRDILI JSME SI, ŽE 100 KM DENNĚ DOKÁŽEME UJET A ŽE LIDÉ Z KOMUNITY WARMSHOWERS JSOU HROZNĚ MILÍ A PŘESNĚ VÍ CO POTŘEBUJE CYKLISTA NA CESTÁCH. “I THOUGHT THAT EITHER YOU’RE GREENS OR PROFESSIONALS, AND YOU’RE THE SECOND ONES”, ŘEKL NÁM KDYŽ SE S NÁMA LOUČIL. DODAL JEŠTĚ ŽE ZA CELOU DOBU NEPOTKAL NIKOHO KDO BY MĚL TAK MÁLO ZAVAZADEL, POPŘÁL NÁM HODNĚ ŠTĚSTÍ A VYPROVODIL NÁS NA SVÉM KOLE Z MĚSTA.
DEN TŘETÍ - HLEDÁNÍ ITALSKÉHO ESPRESSA V ANGLII
KDYŽ UŽ JSME SE NABAŽILI ANGLICKÉHO VENKOVA A TYPICKÝCH STATKŮ A HRADŮ JAKO Z POHÁDKY, BYLO NA ČASE ZAMĚŘIT SE NA JÍDLO A PITÍ. NEDOŠLO NÁM ŽE V ZEMI “ČAJ O PÁTÉ” BUDE PROBLÉM NAJÍT MÍSTO KDE NÁM NASERVÍRUJÍ ITALSKÉ ESPRESSO. STAČILO KDYŽ SE SERVÍRKA ZEPTALA “BLACK OR WHITE COFFEE?” A BYLO VYMALOVÁNO. NAŠTĚSTÍ S JÍDLEM TO BYLO LEPŠÍ, HLAVNĚ DÍKY TOMU ŽE JSME PO TOM CO JSME POCHOPILI MAPU ANGLIE MUSELI PŘEPLÁNOVAT CELOU TRASU. PLÁNOVALI JSME PAK TAK, ABYSME MĚLI ZHRUBA V PŮLCE CESTY VEGANSKOU RESTAURACI... TAHLE JÍZDA BYLA HLAVNĚ O JÍDLE. DEN TŘETÍ JSME ZAKONČILI U TOMA Z WARMSHOWERS, KTERÝ NÁS DALŠÍ DEN RÁNO CESTOU DO PRÁCE NA KOLE VYPROVODIL PŘES PANSKÉ STATKY AŽ NA KRAJ OBCE.
DEN PÁTÝ - POVODNĚ A NEJISTÝ DOJEZD DO PRESTONU
DEN ZAČAL HEZKY, SLUNEČNÉ POČASÍ VŠAK BRZO VYSTŘÍDALY VYDATNÉ DEŠTĚ. VE ZPRÁVÁCH ČETLI NAŠI RODIČE MOŽNOST ROZTRŽENÍ HRÁZE POBLÍŽ MÍSTA KTERÝM JSME PROJÍŽDĚLI A MY JSME CELÝ DEN HLEDALI MÍSTO KDE BUDEME MOCI PŘESPAT. PO PÁR TELEFONÁTECH DO HOTELŮ SE NÁS UJAL PÁR Z AIRBNB, KAM JSME CELÍ PROMOČENÍ DORAZILI KOLEM 7 HODIN VEČER. CÍL BYL JEDNODUCHÝ, DO RÁNA USUŠIT CO NEJVÍCE OBLEČENÍ ABYCHOM SE MOHLI VYDAT DÁL NA CESTU.
DEN ŠESTÝ, SEDMÝ A PRVNÍ DEN VOLNA
TOTÁLNÍ PROMĚNA KRAJINY. CESTY VEDOU HLUBOKÝMI LESY A JSOU LEMOVÁNY KAMENNÝMI ZÍDKAMI. VESNIČKY NA KOPCÍCH JSOU JAKO ZE SKANZENU A JÁ KONEČNĚ NACHÁZÍM MALÉ ITALSKÉ ESPRESSO. DOJELI JSME DO LAKE DISTRICT, PŘESNĚJI YORKSHIRE DALE, KDE JSME SI NA NAŠE PÁTÉ VÝROČÍ SVATBY DALI DEN VOLNA, NAVŠTÍVILI KENDAL, NÁHODOU NATREFILI NA PÁNA SE SBÍRKOU ŽELEZNÝCH RÁMŮ KTERÉ SÁM PŘED 20 LETY SVAŘOVAL A PRODÁVAL. NĚKDY JE ZVLÁŠTNÍ, ŽE NARAZÍTE NA ÚPLNĚ CIZÍ LIDI KTEŘÍ VÁM BĚHEM JÍZDY AUTOBUSEM VYLÍČÍ JEJICH OSUD. JE DOST TĚŽKÉ V TĚCHTO SITUACÍCH SPRÁVNĚ ZAREAGOVAT, NAPŘÍKLAD KDYŽ NÁM PANÍ VYKLÁDALA JAK JI VYHOŘEL DŮM A CELOU DOBU SE NÁS SNAŽILA PŘESVĚDČIT ŽE NÁŠ HOTEL JE HROZNĚ DRAHÝ A ŽE BYCHOM SI MĚLI NAJÍT NĚCO JINÉHO. HOTEL BYL ASI DRAŽŠÍ, ALE TA ANGLICKÁ VEGANSKÁ SNÍDANĚ ZA TO STÁLA!
DEN OSMÝ, DEVÁTÝ A DEN VOLNA V EDINBURGHU
PO DNI VOLNA JSME BYLI CELÍ NATĚŠENÍ NA DALŠÍ CESTU A ZJISTILI JSME ŽE BY BYLO LEPŠÍ SI PAUZU NEDÁVAT - ZAČALY NÁS BOLET NOHY A ZADEK A ZAČÍT ŠLAPAT BYLO TAK NĚJAK TĚŽŠÍ. NAŠTĚSTÍ NAŠE CESTA VEDLA NÁDHERNOU KRAJINOU KTERÁ UŽ TAK NĚJAK PŘIPOMÍNALA SKOTSKO. PO CESTĚ JSME SE DALI DO ŘEČI S MÍSTNÍMI CYKLISTY, KTEŘÍ SI VYJELI NA KOLE NA OBĚD. NEDOŠLO NÁM ŽE JEDEME DO STEJNÉ RESTAURACE, AKORÁT MY JSME TO DÍKY NE ÚPLNĚ DOBRÉMU PLÁNOVÁNÍ VZALI TOU DELŠÍ CESTOU.. ONI NÁM JEŠTĚ PŘED ODJEZDEM KOUPILI VEGANSKÉ SUŠENKY A BROWNIES A MY JSME BYLI PŘIPRAVENI POKRAČOVAT NA SEVER.
PRVNÍ NOC VE STANU NÁS ASI NĚJAK ZOTUŽILA, PROTOŽE JSME SE RÁNO ROZHODLI, ŽE TRASU KTEROU MÁME NAPLÁNOVANOU NA DVA DNY DÁME ZA JEDEN A ZŮSTANEME DEN U ZNÁMÝCH V EDINBURGHU. PRO VERČU NEJDELŠÍ VYJÍŽĎKA VŮBEC, 169 KM. MOŽNÁ TO NEBYLO ZOCELENÍ PO NOCI VE STANU, ALE VIDINA POHODLNÉ POSTELE A SPRCHY. V EDINBURGHU POKRAČOVAL NÁŠ HON ZA DOBROU KÁVOU A JÍDLEM, NARAZILI JSME NA SKVĚLOU CYKLODÍLNU S KAVÁRNOU KTEROU BYCH CHTĚL MÍT NĚKDE POBLÍŽ A PROŠLI MĚSTO PLNÉ KOMEDIANTŮ.
DEN JEDENÁCTÝ
POČASÍ SE NÁM DOST ZHORŠILO, TENTO DEN BY SE DAL CHARAKTERIZOVAT JAKO DEN KÁVY. TAK NĚJAK CHYBÍ MOTIVACE, KDYŽ ČLOVĚK NAJDE VE VESNICI KDE NIC NEČEKÁ ÚŽASNOU KAVÁRNU, VENKU PRŠÍ A VÍ ŽE HO ČEKÁ NOC VE STANU. DOJÍŽDÍME AŽ SKORO ZA TMY, DEN JE KRATŠÍ A KRATŠÍ A MY VYBALUJEM STAN V PITLOCHRY, VEČEŘÍME A SNÍDÁME TOASTY A TORTILLY ZE SUPERMARKETU A DOUFÁME ŽE NEZMRZNEM.
DEN DVANÁCTÝ A DEN D
VE STANU MINIMALISTŮ JE ZIMA. OBLEČENI DO VŠEHO CO MÁME TAK NĚJAK NEMŮŽEM USNOUT, MOŽNÁ JSME SI MÍSTO LETNÍCH SPACÁKŮ DO DVANÁCTI STUPŇŮ MĚLI VZÍT TŘÍSEZÓNNÍ. DALŠÍ NOC VE STANU A MY NA ZBYTEK CESTY REZERVUJEME HOTELY. DALŠÍ DEN VYJÍŽDÍME V ŠEST RÁNO, SNÍDÁME V AUTOBUSOVÉ BUDCE A ČEKÁME NEŽ NÁM OTEVŘE NĚJAKÁ KAVÁRNA KDE BYSME SE OHŘÁLI A TROCHU USUŠILI. PANÍ DOMÁCÍ VYKOUZLÍ VEGANSKÉ PALAČINKY, ŘÍKÁ ŽE TO BUDE TAKOVÝ EXPERIMENT A JSOU ÚŽASNÉ. POSILNĚNI VYRÁŽÍME NA CESTU DEŠTĚM A JÁ ZAČÍNÁM CÍTIT KOLENO. ASI V TOM POČASÍ PROCHLADLO. CHTĚLO BY TO DEN VOLNA, ALE NA TO NEMÁME ČAS A TAK ŠLAPEME DEŠTĚM DÁL NA SEVER K INVERNESS. V NEJVYŠŠÍM BODĚ UKAZUJE TEPLOMĚR ČTYŘI STUPNĚ A DÉŠŤ SE MĚNÍ V NĚCO JAKO SNÍH. PODESÁTÉ SPRAVUJEME NEDRŽÍCÍ BLATNÍKY KTERÉ JSOU ALE NAŠI JEDINOU ZÁCHRANOU. DOJÍŽDÍME DO INVERNESS ZE KTERÉHO TO MÁME JEŠTĚ ASI DVACET KILOMETRŮ. SEDLI JSME SI DO CYKLISTICKÉ KAVÁRNY PODOBNÉ BAJKAZYLU A JÁ VĚDĚL ŽE TO BUDE KONEC NAŠEHO PUTOVÁNÍ NA SEVER, KOLENO STÁLE BOLELO A TAK JSEM REZIGNOVAL. ZRUŠILI JSME VŠECHNY UBYTOVÁNÍ CO JSME DEN PŘEDTÍM REZERVOVALI A MÍSTO TOHO ZAREZERVOVALI JEDNO V INVERNESS. NEMÍT PEVNÉ DATUM CESTY ZPÁTKY NA JIH TAK BYSME TO ASI DOJELI, ALE BOHUŽEL JSME NEMĚLI ANI DEN NAVÍC.
CESTA ZPÁTKY NA JIH, LONDÝN, G!RO CAFÉ
Z INVERNESS JSME SE DOSTALI ZPÁTKY NA JIH NOČNÍM VLAKEM, VYSTOUPILI JSME V CENTRU LONDÝNA A PŘESUNULI SE ZA DEŠTĚ DO LOOK MUM NO HANDS, NAŠI OBLÍBENÉ CYKLISTICKÉ KAVÁRNY. PO VYDATNÉ SNÍDANI VYRÁŽÍME LONDÝNEM NA JIH, ČEKÁ NÁS CCA 150 KM. PO CESTĚ SE JEŠTĚ MÁME ZASTAVIT V KAVÁRNĚ G!RO V ESHERU, KDE ZA SPLNĚNÍ JÍZDY Z LOOK MUM NO HANDS DO G!RO DOSTÁVÁME ČEPIČKU. DÉŠŤ SE ZMĚNIL V PRŮTRŽ A MY MÍSTO DALŠÍCH CCA STO KILOMETRŮ SEDÁME NA VLAK KTERÝ NÁS DOVEZL ZA NECELOU HODINU AŽ DO PORTSMOUTH.
NĚKDO BY SI ŘEKL ŽE TA CESTA SE VLASTNĚ NEPOVEDLA, NA SEVER JSME NEDOJELI A Z LONDÝNA DO PORTSMOUTH TAKY NE. TAHLE CESTA BYLA ALE HLAVNĚ O POZNÁVÁNÍ NOVÝCH LIDÍ A SEBE SAMÝCH. O HLEDÁNÍ LIMITŮ A ZKOUŠENÍ NĚČEHO NOVÉHO. KDYŽ JSME ZNÁMÝM ŘÍKALI CO CHCEME PODNIKNOUT NEVĚŘILI ŽE JE TO VŮBEC MOŽNÉ. MY JSME SI OVĚŘILI ŽE TO MOŽNÉ JE A ŽE TO VLASTNĚ NEBYLO ANI MOC SLOŽITÉ. MÁME POCIT ŽE JINAK NEŽ NA KOLE UŽ CESTOVAT NECHCEME, ČLOVĚK VNÍMÁ TU KRAJINU TAK NĚJAK JINAK, DOST ČASTO JE CENTREM POZORNOSTI A TAK SE S NÍM DÁVAJÍ LIDI DO ŘEČI. JE SVOBODNÝ, JEN ON A KOLO.
NAŠE CESTA MĚLA 1271 KM, DENNĚ JSME NASTOUPALI CCA 1000 METRŮ A UJELI PLUS MÍNUS 100 KM.
V ANGLII SE DÁ ROZUMNĚ STRAVOVAT V MARKS SPENCER.
ALE KDYŽ JSME NAŠLI KAVÁRNU TAK JSME TOHO MUSELI VYUŽÍT.
ZA MOSTEM ZA EDINBURGHEM JSME SI DALI NA SNÍDANI VEGANSKÉ PANCAKES. POTKALI JSME TAM DÁMY PŘES 60 KTERÉ PŘIJELY NA SILNIČKÁCH NĚKDE ZE SEVERU PODÍVAT SE NA KOMEDIANTY V EDINBURGHU.
RESTAURACE HERBARIUM, ASI NEJLEPŠÍ JÍDLO NA CESTĚ.
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Day 90 - Bodfari to Prestatyn
Day 90 – Bodfari to Prestatyn
The original plan was to get to Prestatyn around 3pm, check into our hotel for showers and to abandon our backpacks then finish the trail bagless and in flip flops and ready to pour obnoxious quantities of prosecco into our chops. However, this would mean tackling various hills in heat unbefitting of North Wales so we figured we’d just get there as soon as we could.
Off we fuck then.
The alarm…
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Day 89 - Llandegla to Bodfari
Day 89 – Llandegla to Bodfari
The alarm went off at 4.30 this morning, before the bastard rooster even had a chance to wake us up. There’d been a lot of roosters recently, sleep had generally been forcibly ended early for the last few days but today it was necessary on account of the fact it was forecast to be hotter than the devil’s arsehole.
Please do not.
We managed to get our shit together and get going by 5.45 and…
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Day 88 - Llangollen to Llandegla
Day 88 – Llangollen to Llandegla
Today was actually quite enjoyable for a few reasons. Firstly, the variety. We started off with the classic, lush, green Welsh hills, then it suddenly got wilder with scree covered slopes rising up above us up the right and sweeping down to the left. Lovely, but the path was very narrow and slightly terrifying, the drop to the left just a little too droppy for my liking.
One of the less…
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Day 87 - Selattyn to Llangollen
Day 87 – Selattyn to Llangollen
It was already too hot by 8am today and we had many hills to get up. I could solve world drought with the amount of fluid pouring from my face. We’d had a lovely horsefly free day yesterday but they were back today with a vengeance, taking chunks out of both of us. I’m going to be a scabby pool of pus and sweat by the time we get to Prestatyn.
It was the farmland plod we’d come to associate with…
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Day 86 - Buttington to Selattyn
Day 86 – Buttington to Selattyn
I’m not going to lie, we skipped 6¼ miles of the Offa’s Dyke Path today and I regret nothing. I’d read in a Facebook group that this section was full of feisty bullocks head butting and trying to mount each other. Even people who weren’t usually bothered by the bovine threat were avoiding that section in favour of the canal towpath, and loads of people jumped on the comment thread saying that it…
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Day 85 - Brompton Crossroads to Buttington
Day 85 – Brompton Crossroads to Buttington
Just a nice, short day today. An uneventful jaunt across a lot of farmland with pretty hills in the background. It was largely flat for the first part too, aside from one surprise hill which annihilated my poor, abused calf muscles which still hadn’t forgiven me for yesterday, then a couple of big inclines at the end before the descent into Buttington.
Please enjoy these poppies. I do love a…
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Day 84 - Knighton to Brompton Crossroads
Day 84 – Knighton to Brompton Crossroads
We knew today was generally accepted to be most difficult section of the Offa’s Dyke Path and we thought we were ready for it. Dear reader, we were not. It did not fuck about, the minute we left our campsite we were faced with the first utterly brutal ascent of the day. Oh my poor calf muscles! They’ve not had to deal with this manner of gradient for a while.
Bye bye, Knighton. Also, knees. Bye…
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Day 83 - Kington to Knighton
Day 83 – Kington to Knighton
As soon as we left Kington we were waking up a right bastard of a relentless hill. You know those ones that aren’t too steep but they just don’t give up? Yeah. That. The eyehole fodder was very much worth the slog though and was, as always, the perfect excuse to stop and turn around whilst trying to convince your heart not to break a rib.
That lumpy bit to the left. That’s the dyke.
We saw a…
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Day 82 - Hay-On-Wye to Kington
Day 82 – Hay-On-Wye to Kington
Oh dear gosh, today was difficult. I didn’t feel too bad at first but you know how sometimes a hangover creeps slowly in like little tendrils of doom across your brain? Pretty much that. There weren’t many hills and they weren’t particularly brutal but the ones we did encounter nearly bloody killed me. I swear I was sweating rum.
We didn’t particularly enjoy the first part of the day and I don’t…
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Day 81 - Rest Day, Hay-on-Wye
Day 81 – Rest Day, Hay-on-Wye
I dozed off and on this morning waiting for a break in the rain so I could make a break for the toilets but I swear, every time I thought it had stopped and sat up it resumed pattering down onto the tent. It’s quite nice though, lying in the tent as gentle rain cascades down, knowing you don’t have to be anywhere for a while. It’d almost be romantic if I wasn’t absolutely dying for a…
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Day 80 - Pandy to Hay-On-Wye
Day 80 – Pandy to Hay-On-Wye
We’d asked Mary if we could have breakfast at 7.30am and she delivered. We walked downstairs and she was in the process of drowning various parts of a dead pig in oil for us. My arteries hardened just watching it. She made me a tea and made Tarrant make her own coffee because she “hates the stuff!”
Us with the inimitable Mary.
She sat us at the table with the cereal, unsure what else to feed…
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