I had the epidural steroid shot in the middle of May as a Hail Mary attempt at healing in time. I was already getting gradually better, but slowly enough that the summer travels still seemed under threat. The injection set me back for a few days, but aside from new vicious pins and needles below…
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Along with all this trip planning, we have also moved, selling our home of 22 years and downsizing. We moved into in-town rented accommodation in early March specifically so we could live a more walkable lifestyle. Alas, moving did not settle well with my 50+ year old body, and I’ve been battling severe hip pain…
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The last post details the reasoning behind a change of plan from doing the entire South West Coast Path to doing just the Cornwall part, followed by the Tour du Mont Blanc. In an irritating-but-maybe-predictable plot twist, our daughter’s graduation was pushed to a week earlier, so we didn’t need to postpone departure after all….
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Status of the trip as of Jul 13th 2017: After pouring over maps and guide books, we had an outline of next summer’s walk: 63 days to cover the 630 miles, with average 12 daily miles and plenty of rest days. Then, luckily, our daughter happened to mention that the college she is most likely…
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I would happily just keep trekking back and forth across the narrow part of the UK, but friends and family are balking at that plan, so we’re thinking about/actively planning other C2C trips, specifically…. Chamonix-Chamonix. Better known as the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) and more accurately Les Houches-Les Houches. L2L. Cornwall-Cornwall: Better known at…
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