No pain No gain!! Today was a really hard day.
Raining when we woke, heavy drizzle when I left Great Eccleston ( see photo above) and absolutely chucking it down before I had walked the first mile, what a surprise! At least the weather has been consistent!
Peter, being the star that he is, kept driving back to me to check I was okay. I had started the day in a Hi-Viz jacket but quickly had to change into pink gortex when the rain got too bad. Now bright pink gortex may not necessarily have been a good choice as no one could miss it and I was targeted with increasing accuracy by several extremely large lorries and totally drenched with spray. One of those days when I just hate having to wear glasses!
By the time I reached the A6 the sun came out at last but just before walking into Garstang, I felt the first ominous prickle of a blister - wet socks I'm afraid. Peter had arrived in Garstang first and met up with 2 friends from home, Paddy & Colin, who had driven up to meet me. When I arrived, looking very much like a drowned rat, I got a fantastic and noisy welcome from Paddy so that within thirty seconds everybody within a radius of five miles knew what I was doing!
I changed my socks, dressed the blister (in the ladies loo, not the public bar in case you are wondering - there are limits!) and eventually set off again in the direction of the B & B at Forton.
Earlier, I had decided to walk a little further than planned today, to shorten tomorrow's final walk into Lancaster. I did this, but it became increasingly hard as my foot was causing problems again. However, I had no intention of wimping out but to say that I was pleased to see Peter at the rendezvous point where the photo above was taken was an understatement!
A hot shower, a cup of tea, and having operated on my foot again I felt a lot better, and I'm now looking forward to Lancaster tomorrow!!!!
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