6th Trailwalker Training Walk - A walk of two halves

And so, having watched the majority of the Royal nuptials, at 12:05pm we set off on the first half of our 6th Training walk. Once again we were seemingly playing the role of the "Righteous Brothers", in as much as the sun supposedly always shines on the "righteous", and we haven't yet encountered rain on any of our training walks.

At the start, we were positive about the task ahead of us, and after the obligatory (3/4) team photo we set off.

12:06 - Friday 29th April 2011 - Ready (ish) for the off

Our initial pace was good, possibly too good...which ultimately possibly meant that it was too bad! (see later for further explanation)!

14:06 - 2 hrs & 12km in - Rudgwick

14:27

14:36 - 2hrs 30mins & 14km in - Baynards

16:45 & 26.5 km in - Bramley

From Southwater, through Christs Hospital, onto Slinfold, Rudgwick, Cranleigh and then to our first stop at, where we met up with Teresa & Charlotte who had brought us a picnic lunch.

It had taken us four hours 40 minutes to walk 17 miles, so just over 3.5 miles per hour.

After a half hour stop, we set off back towards Southwater. 

This was not so easy. We had stiffened up, but after a while got back into the swing again, but more slowly than on the way there.

However, the Downs Link is very stony and, sadly, once you get blisters, (and once those blisters "pop"), a stony surface is not at all pleasant.

The walk back to Slinfold - where we decided to stop due to thunder and lighting approaching - was slower and increasingly more painful. 

By 9pm we had managed 28 miles and called it a night.

The plan, is still to get up early tomorrow, and walk a further 30+ miles...but will we, will we really? 

More tomorrow...