Friday 2 May - OK, so Lav has a little confession to make... When planning the route and booking our overnight stays, she had tried to break the walking into relatively even, manageable chunks. However, when Steve came to look at today's walk, he became somewhat alarmed to find the route traversing about 3 sides of Ordnance Survey map. It transpired that a slight miscalculation over distances had resulted in a surprisingly 'short' walk of 11 miles yesterday, and a surprisingly 'very long' walk of 23 miles today (Oooppss!). One wonders what further surprises lay in store as the itinerary unfolds... In itself, 23 miles is not unreasonable, but once you factor in the countless muddy valleys to climb into and out of, the endless stiles to mount, the frequent fords to cross, and the numerous
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