Sorry John hasn't been able to update this blog en route as planned. Phone reception has been rubbish, and then today his phone ran out of battery. The back up charger has failed, and he didnt take the mains one with him to use at camp sites so he's currently incommunicado. He did manage to take a step back in time and use one of those strange boxes at the side of the road (used to have A and B buttons and you used them to make phone calls in the days before mobiles, some of us even used to spend hours in them phoning dial a disc - 16 if I remember rightly) to make contact today though....am pleased to report that he has arrived at Osmotherley this afternoon, which is - trumpet fanfare - a quarter of the way, so thats a pretty big achievement.
The good news is that Pete Walden will be walking with John on Friday so he can go loaded with razors and a phone charger, which means you'll get a much better standard of blog from then on, as opposed to my inane ramblings.
More good news: the only injuries to report so far are a bit of a shredded face from taking the wrong make of disposable razors with him and a minor...er...rash that any of you blokes who take a lot of exercise would understand better than I ever could. You've done a great job Norman, as the knees, groin and back are all holding up really well.
The weather hasn't been great, it was so windy that John had to weigh down the tent with some rocks to stop it blowing away a couple of nights ago. Well, at least that's what he said, but those of us who know him might find it hard to believe that additional ballast was required. He's going to kill me when he reads that.
Right, I'm off to my comfy warm bed with its snuggly quilt....warning soppy bit coming up here...and thinking of John lying on a mattress no thicker than a Walkers crisp in his sleeping bag and wearing a woolly hat to keep warm, with the wind and rain howling round his tiny tent, it makes me realise that however much he is enjoying the challenge, its a bloody hard slog, and we're all really proud of him.
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