Another day, 6 walkers still prepared to walk a second day across the Staffordshire Countryside in preparation for the charity event. With 24 miles already under our belts, we all met up on Cannock Chase for the drive back up to Rocester and the start of another walk. Comparison of aches and pain was like an exercise in oneupmanship, but despite this, we were all prepared to put our bodies through a second day of stiles (over 100 according to Paul), farmers fields, tracks and footpaths.
We started out in glorious sunshine and were again blessed with good weather throughout the walk (it's got to rain sometime - let's just hope it isn't at the end of May). We had the obligatory welsh sheepdog join us for part of the walk. We went the wrong way, again obligatory. Ross tried to share his blisters with us - no, please no! There was malt loaf, Kendal mint cake and jelly babies. How would we complete these walks without them?
So almost 50 miles was completed by each walker over the weekend. I am now sitting in front of the computer, my feet ache but the pain is dull compared to the shin splints in my left leg, excruciating. The things we do in the name of charity.
Most of all, what this means is that we have proved to ourselves that we can walk long distances on consecutive days. Three months ago we targeted this weekend for selection of the team for the charity walk. In the end everyone who walked over the weekend, Paul, Dan, Rachel, Bryn, Ross and Graham, will be part of the team for the charity event. Thanks to everyone that helped by ferrying us to Leek and Rocester.
The title of this post reflects the number of steps the team will take to have any chance of completing the challenge.
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