Saturday dawned clear and sunny – Jocky picked us up bright and early before 8.00 am (actually 7.00 am as the clocks had gone forward overnight) but thoughtfully provided us with coffee to wake us up. Just the three of us today – Steve, Jocky and Susan - until after lunch when we were joined by Diane and Andy from the opposition, as well as Gill from the running club that Andy is a member of.
This time we followed the Wherryman’s Way from Reedham Ferry back to Norwich, walking alongside water all day. The paths were surrounded by daffodils, violets and hedges in bud, and it certainly felt like spring is well and truly here. We did miss talking about PINK things though!
http://www.wherrymansway.net/wherrymansmap.pdf
The first seventeen miles were done at a steady pace – with a lunch stop at the Beauchamp Arms at Claxton – there have been plenty of riverside pubs today, although Jocky would only let us stop in one! As payback though, we wouldn’t let him stop long enough for apple crumble and custard – ha!
After lunch, the pace picked up considerably and made for pretty uncomfortable walking – well, for some of us anyway! A valuable lesson learnt, walk at your own teams pace……Diane, Andy and Gill seemed to be on a mission and boy did we suffer for it in the later miles. (Plus we intend to do the whole 35 miles in May, so lesson learnt)
Forgetting the suffering we experienced, the walk itself was just what was needed, we did 28 miles in all our longest walk so far, taking 9hrs 30 mins, so as far as the training is going we are right where we need to be……
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