Well we're now in the Yorkshire Dales doing some much needed training. The first three days have gone well, the weather has been kind, cold but dry.

We started from Hawes this morning where we bought a new flask (her of the pixie ears had forgotten ours) and asked a very nice lady in a nearby cafe to fill it for us.

All around Hawes were lots of very very very (mum - stop putting extra verys in) fit young men who were undertaking the Montane Spine challenge. The first part of this, the leg from Edale to Hawes (108 miles) has to be completed within 60hours. The winner completed it in 29 hours. The remainder of the race is across the rest of The Pennine Way finishing in Kirk Yeltholm. This, by the way, is merely a heat for a more serious effort elsewhere. WOW!!

Mum said she thought our 11 days to Hawes was much more sensible, but it does put it into perspective.

He let slip today, that on the Pennine Way, we climb approx. 36000 feet. It's news to us, but then the Coast to Coast was only supposed to be a walk to the beach.

We stopped for coffee, where a lady said "I've got a collie but MINE'S a sheep dog and stays on the farm. Dad was straight in. "She's a sheepdog too. She's on holiday training to walk from Lands End to John O Groats"................that shut her up!

I've been asked to do a video diary. Still struggling with the keyboard a bit for the blog,  but will try to master that too.

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Mx