Hi Everyone,
Well at last I arived somewhere I can post to the blog. I am under pressure though as there is someone waiting to use the computer.
This last three days has seen me climb and descend about 6 mountains. The first was the hardest and I nearly gave up not long after starting. But I pushed on and reached my destination for that day. I dont have time to post pictures,but I will. It is an amazing experience walking and climbing,when thats all you can think about..well actually putting one foot in front of the other is all I can think of sometimes. We climb in all sorts of weather and while it might be warm,even early in the morning when starting you can find yourself in the freezing mist when you reach the top of the mountain. I nearly got lost in the mist,just once mind you,but knew I had gone wrong and turned back.
Coming down the mountain is the worst,especially with the gammy leg. I was so bad today that when I got to the last mountain which had a sheer drop nearly, on the descent into the town we were going to, I just physically could not do it.....so I got a taxi for the remaining 4 KLMS...but that was after been up and down three other mountains today alone.
I will try to write more often..tomorrow I walk to Pamplona 20 Kilometres from where we are..
Talk soon
Jo
Well at last I arived somewhere I can post to the blog. I am under pressure though as there is someone waiting to use the computer.
This last three days has seen me climb and descend about 6 mountains. The first was the hardest and I nearly gave up not long after starting. But I pushed on and reached my destination for that day. I dont have time to post pictures,but I will. It is an amazing experience walking and climbing,when thats all you can think about..well actually putting one foot in front of the other is all I can think of sometimes. We climb in all sorts of weather and while it might be warm,even early in the morning when starting you can find yourself in the freezing mist when you reach the top of the mountain. I nearly got lost in the mist,just once mind you,but knew I had gone wrong and turned back.
Coming down the mountain is the worst,especially with the gammy leg. I was so bad today that when I got to the last mountain which had a sheer drop nearly, on the descent into the town we were going to, I just physically could not do it.....so I got a taxi for the remaining 4 KLMS...but that was after been up and down three other mountains today alone.
I will try to write more often..tomorrow I walk to Pamplona 20 Kilometres from where we are..
Talk soon
Jo
Good going Jo! Had a good laugh about the taxi bit. But probably would have done the same myself and waaay before you! Lol! You said it was downhill after the first weekend, so the worst is over now. Keep going only thousands of miles left....hahaha! Keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteWell today Tuesday,I hobbled into Pampalona....in one piece. I found a way of sending on my pack to the next stopover,which meant I only had to carry the bare essentials, Water etc... Since most of the walking buddies had gone ahead I spent a lot of this stage walking alone. It was up yet another couple of mountains,and this time there was very little shade from the 33 degrees sun! It was tough going,again with the downhill difficulty, tomorrow the mountain is quite high with a vertical descent on the other side. I think I might carry up a tobaggon so I can skid down that slope. In fact I am going to stay here in Pampalona for another night to prepare. The place I am staying in is cool,it is one of those japanese pod type hostels,I will try to post a photo. And just in case you are wondering I am not the only one suffering,this place is like a geriatric home we are all having difficulty handling the four stairs leading to the pods!!! Catherine and Marie take note; train on Bray head or more accurately Croagh Patrick,forget about walking jaunts, thats the easy part.
ReplyDeleteI have developed a rather fetching gait to help me as I go along. I call it the Papillon gait. Its the description of Papillons journey through the forest with his Indian friend who showed him how to run over long distance,at least thats what I was thinking about as I was going over the second mountain. Well thats all for now. Yours Truly
Julie Andrews!!!!!!!