A Land's End to John O'Groats Charity Walk

Well today was our final day with Nat and Parf and therefore our final day with daysacks! It will be hard to get back to trudging along with our big sacks on again, and sleeping in a tent every night...and eating army rations again!

Oh well, today was lovely. A really really enjoyable day. Ridge walking is always the best, but especially in good weather. Ok the weather wasn't great - not beach weather, but then we weren't on a beach. For the majority of the day it was perfect walking weather - overcast, slight breeze, a little sun and not much rain. It did rain, but not that much and the views from the top were amazing. Spectacular views all around, the Black Mountains and the Breacon Beacons to the West, the flat midlands to the east.

All in all today was one of the best so far, beautiful! So tomorrow we're off into Herefordshire and on towards Craven Arms.

Well, another nice easy day - relatively. Daysacks on Carlie, Parf and I, headed off from Monmouth on the Offa's Dyke Path once again. Carlie's Nan dropped us off and Nat picked us up at the end of the day, so thank you once again to you all for your help and support over the past few days.

The weather started out quite overcast, with a few drops of rain. Soon this totally changed to beautiful sunshine...out with the suncream again! The walk itself was fairly low level, lots of styles and certainly at the start of the walk lots of mud too! The rain overnight had left the path particularly wet in places.

Thankfully, yet another short day, only a 17 miler, which without pack we completed by about 1700.

Lovely weather, lovely views, great company....and back to a bed, food and shower! Lush!

Well, today was lovely! We really could enjoy walking as we only had daysacks on today. Being with Nat and Parf we didn't need to carry all our kit so we could enjoy the beautiful countryside from Chepstow to Monmouth.

Heading out this morning to Chepstow we set off on the Offa's Dyke Path to Monmouth. Nat came along with us today and Parf dropped us off and picked us up at the end of the day. The walk from Chepstow was a relatively easy one, and very picturesque, following the Wye Valley and the route of Offa's Dyke.

With only daysacks on the 18 miles flew by, and before long we were in Monmouth and now back with the Parfs for another night in a real bed! With a shower! And real food! Thank you very much Nat and Parf!

Well we've got here, since the start of our walk we've been looking forward to getting to Chepstow, the quarter mark of our walk, and a rest day with Carlie's Aunt and Uncle. The past few days have been a real slog, the weather changed as we left Bridgwater tipping down with rain as we crossed the M5 and headed on towards Cheddar.

Not only was the weather against us, but the scenery wasn't so spectacular either. On the plus side it was flat, so it was easier to get the mileage up. We picked our way through Somerset over the M5 about five times and right by the side of it to cross the Avon and by the M48 to finally cross over into Chepstow. Before we even walked into the centre Nat (Carlie's Aunt) was there waiting for us to. I really want to thank Nat and Parf for their kindness, already they've been so good to us really making us feel welcome and helping us rest and recuperate. It’s been lovely to see all Carlie’s family too especially Carlie's youngest sister, Evey, who I’d not seen for some time. Shame you're not about Rachel but thanks for the support and comments.

So what's next for us? We're planning to have a couple of days walking with only day sacks on, while we're still close enough to come back to Carlie's aunt and uncle's in the evenings. This will give us time to heal and sort some of our aches and pains out before we head on to the Pennine Way - I'm starting to get blisters on the new skin where a blister has already been!!! Not good!