Current sat on the train heading to Barrow-in-Furness then I’ll change trains to head to St.Bees. Really excited for the journey I have ahead of me now and feeling good.
Packed and unpacked my bag many times over the past 24hrs and in the end my base weight with food, poles and no water is 11KG. After eating some of the food and using my poles I’ll be looking about 10KG so not too bad. Need to get used to the bag though as admittedly do feel the weight but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
An update to my schedule is now I’m meeting a FB friend in St.Bees tonight and she’s joining me for the first few days until we reach Shap. It’ll be great to have some company at the start as for me although I love being solo this challenge is all about the experience and meeting new people. Good conversations and making memories is what it’s all about and this will be a great start to the walk through the Lakes District.
I’ll update this mini blog as I go each day so please check in for updates in the Post section of this site
Thank you for everyone who has bought me a beer so far. I’m already taken back with the donations and especially the kind words. I won’t let you all down and will make sure whatever it takes I hit my goal.