Well 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.
I 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!!!!!!!
I 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!!!!!!!
Great stuff Josephine! I'm replying so you can post the next stage – haha. You’re doing a good job. I’m glad you’re scouting and giving us all the rundown, so we know what to expect when we’re all doing it next year. It’s good to know that we don’t have to carry our backpacks all the way, the gruesome pain we’ll be in (but we’ll be prepared for it), the vertigo we might have problems with, and all the Taxi ranks along The Way – haha. You can always slow down and take it easy, pretend it’s for dad as he’s walking beside you! And enjoy the experience. I’m praying for you every day. Love you! Nuala
ReplyDeletegood thing we can all sing too, those Von Trapps have got nothing on us! haha
ReplyDeletehahaha Love the reference mam! Never give up xxxx
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