Blog - Day 4

3 May 2007 (very late!)

Was a good afternoon which merged into the evening at the final pub - yet again the locals did us proud with a whip round for the charity.

what a night though - shaun h is feeling the burn and regailed us with his karate stories which have resulted in 23 broken bones! Even more impressive is his dom jolly impression - the man shouting into the big phone - we all know far more than we need about shaun's business operations now !

Flash has just been for a completely unncessary shower which has left everyone questioning his already shaky masculinity.

Tomorrow is looking somewhere between agony and hospitalisation but we crack on.
Today was an 8 out of 10

nigel

3 May 2007 (PM) Guest Blog

Started with 6 more relentlessly flat, boring, cycle path miles - everyone with heads down, and grinding the miles out.  After turning inland, Nige was given charge of the map (whilst Shaun K visited the bushes)...a big mistake!  Within 30 seconds the group was off course. 

Back on track, we found ourselves in the middle of a horse field - one of the horses took a shine to Nige - top prancing!...the horse was pretty athletic as well!

Lunch in Dyserth and then uphill, uphill and uphill!  Moral boosted by 2 milestones...passed the halfway point today and left the North Wales Path to start Offa's Dyke.  We discovered a new source of pain today - downhill!  This afternoons small comedy event - Nige and me having a Laurel and Hardy moment trying to avoid some traffic!

Shaun K

3 May 2007 (PM)

Another 18 miles means we now rest at the end of day 4 at 69 miles. We took the prestatyn ringroad and now find ourselves in the smithy arms in rhuallt.

Its good to be back in the hills after our coast walking - no offense north wales but your coast is extremely dull to walk along. We walked past about 3 miles of caravan's in the golden sands caravan park - the only golden sands i saw were in the fire bucket by the toilets . maybe trading standards are a bit more relaxed west of chester !

As a point of order i should explain what happened with 'that horse'. Its true the horse ran at me but i simply slipped and lurched forward about 10 paces. It may have looked like a sprint for the hills but it was involuntary. Case closed.

More later perhaps.
Nigel

After his revelation that he had always wanted to ride a horse bare back, Steven tempts a suitable partner

3 May 2007 (AM)

We spent the evening watching the football and comparing injuries. We now have a clear leader in mark who's feet are looking bad. thankfully today is mainly flat so that should help everyone.

Yesterday's revelation that my green line was actually just a big green cycle path will be tested today as we head inland. Such little faith from the troops about my meticulous planning!

Hopefully We'll get some fun today to rival shaun h's talking dog and mark's schoolboy error of having his sunglasses on all day in the sun - he did look quite amusing with his big panda eyes though!

shaun k is today's guest Blogger - he's promised us he won't abuse the privilige by documenting his 5 best outdoor poo's and 10 things you never knew about fish list. I'm not overly confident though ...

Nigel

3 May 2007 (AM) Guest Blog

"If Carlsberg made guest houses...." after a hearty Indian, a couple of pints and another pleasing football result, we had a proper early night (all without setting foot out of our digs).

Embarking on any lengthy outdoor activity after a curry may seem brave or even foolhardy...we'll see!

Coastal path this morning.

Shaun K

 

Day 7 - Blog : THE LAST DAY

Day 6 - Blog : 2 days to go!

Day 5 - Blog : Another tough day...

 

Day 4 - Blog : Passing the midway point!

Day 3 - Blog : Walk On...Walk On...With Hope in Your Hearts...

PHOTOS in the Liverpool Echo
1 - Shaun Kearon, Ian Rush and Mark Cameron
2 - At a jaunty angle!

Day 2 - Blog : An early start, but lots of hills today.

Day 1 - Blog : The first 15 miles and some dodgy map reading.

Day 0 - Blog : Welsh beef - karaoke and team bonding!

Pre-Walk - Blog : Money is rolling in, weather forecast is crap!

Do you think Flash looks like Bernie Clifton?