Brecon Beacons Agony...

Well it's three days later and my legs still feel it. Nothing really prepared me for how hard this was going to be - I really didn't approach it with the right mental attitude and it was a great wake up call about just how difficult the real thing is going to be.

We walked 12 miles, climbed around 3,000ft in just over 6.5 hours. So it was a little bit further than Ben Nevis but the clibing was the same..... Oh dear......

There was me thinking it would be gravel tracks, maybe a few steps, but no - at one point we were scrabbling up a near vertical face at the top of Pen Y Fan. I was so tired and there was lots of time for soul-searching. Can I actually do this? I decided that yes I probably could but only if I knuckled down and started taking it a bit more seriously....

9 miles on my bike yesterday around Whitley Common / Mousehill felt good - loosened up the legs nicely and I even managed to keep up with Chris so all this is doing me some good!

On to Butser Hill tonight...

Somewhere in Wales!!

Well I thought it was time that I posted a Blog, and there's no better time to sit down when you have no feeling whatsoever in your legs. It was a cracking walk, well done Will yet again Will pulled the most amazing walk out of the bag. We ended up somewhere in Wales, the walk was about 150 miles, and took just over 25 hours. Well that's what my legs feel like, walking up the escalator this morning was hell, then I realised that if you stop walking it actually moves for you!! Anyway we did a 12 . something miler that took in some fantastic sights and some lovely sheep too!! and when on the ridge waling towards the next steep climb the summer breeze took hold.
This walk was a sudden wake-up call and the first 20 mins just about bought home the fact the this 3 peaks thing is going to be bloody hard!

Bring on July.................

And then there were 21....

It is with regret that we found out this last couple of weeks that both Matthew Mayatt and Margi Yelland have had to drop out from the squad.

Although this will mean the mini-buses will be a little more comfortable.....