Hadrian's Mark

Day3 by Richard

Steel Rigg – East Wallhouses (21 Miles)

The intrepid explorers plodded on into the sunshine with the faithful westerly on their backs all day.

Once again it has been a day of dicsovery for one and all:

- After 2 early starts, Day 3 proved to be ‘the wall’ and none of us wanted to get out of bed, but Richard ensured we were on the road by 7.20am.  Breakfast?  Too early for YHA so a scone and a bit of cheeses had to do.

- This trip has been thwarted as far as food and drink go: more pubs either closed or not serving food and even the ‘Tea Van’ had shut by the time we got there.

- If you push yourself hard in the morning, you can allow yourself more leisurely breaks later on.  Still reached East wallhouses by 5.30pm.

As for the team, we discovered:

- DC is still a walking machine even if he was rather grumpy for the fisrt hour today.

- Alastair (sorry not to mention you yesterday) had an endless supply of home made flapjack and biscuits and was even seen wearing his sunglasses over his sun hat.

- John’s good night sleep set him up for another solid day’s walking and he is surprised to discover just how wet from sweat your feet get.  He confessed to wearing the same pair of socks for all three days so far as he did not want to risk changing them in case he got blisters from another, untried (clean?) pair!

- Richard once again lead with fortitude, skill, rigour and determination.

- Paul continues to consume vast quantities of fluids via his neat ‘Rehydration system’ built into his rucksack.  All I can say is ’What goes in most come out’.

All now set for the final push to the end of the Wall.

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