It's a very long way

With the complexities for the permits for the walk and notifications to local authorities we decided that Bank Holiday Monday was not the day to sleep off the Easter Eggs but to not only finalise the route but to actually make sure it existed, just in case there were any uncharted rivers or canyons on the way south.

So armed with copious amounts of sandwiches drinks and sweets we set off in the car to drive the route. Suzanne and Caity were also armed with notepad and were busily noting down every pub, major business or factory (and roundabout?) we passed with the corresponding distance logged for reference, however, due to the few wrong turns these got less and less accurate.

The exercise was worthwhile as it flagged up some interesting facts...

1. It's a very long way
2. Remember not to follow road signs and walk around ring roads go through the towns
3. It's a very very long way
4. The road to Bourne is very very hilly, poor calf muscles
5. It's a very very very long way
6. Disturbing lack of footpaths on fast roads
7. It's a bleedin' long way!
8. The Sunday of the walk (Father's Day) is the longest leg at 28miles and by far the most boring, apologies if you live in that area!
9. Driving the route was exhausting, let alone walking it.
10. What have we let ourselves in for!

All joking aside it was nice to get out and experience the route, and a lot of the info we gathered can be used to fine tune the route and ensure we get into the right parts of the towns we pass through. Wrong turns in the car are a LOT less hassle that when walking!