Training has started

Jenny and I (Heather), have taken part in a number of walks and our biggest challenge was the Coast to Coast in June 2008.

We have both wanted to do Hadrian's Wall for a long time, but somehow we never got round to it. With nothing major in our diaries for 2009 we decided the time had come to walk the wall.

Many days were spent in class reading and learning about Hadrian and his wall, at the time it all seemed so unreal and just something in the dusty history books that we had to learn. Now as an adult history is something to be enjoyed rather than endured.

Jenny's sister Brenda is joining us for the walk and Jenny's friend Brenda.... no relation!!! (Sorry I couldn't resist it), is also going to do some of the walk with us, she is also going to be our driver, transporting the bags and other paraphernalia from B&B to B&B. We have our passports.... and that's not a joke, the Hadrian's Wall information Line provide them so that you can get them stamped as you visit different parts of the walk.

We are planning to have a day's break in the middle of the walk, so that we can enjoy some of the local towns and villages, something we didn't plan in on the Coast to Coast and have regretted it ever since.

Jenny and I are starting our training on 25th February, with a few shortish walks to begin with and then working up to a 12 or 15 mile walk on two consecutive days. Jenny is also going to do a bit of training with her sister, (she will be super fit and put the rest of us to shame!).

I have just moved house and need to locate my boots, stick, waterproofs and rucksack..... it's here somewhere. Just the chore of moving boxes should help my fitness improve, there are millions of them, I'm sure that they are breeding in the garage.

As and when we walk, I shall update this blog and hopefully put up a few images to make it appear a bit interesting.

Our training blog for the Coast to Coast is http://walking4mattandtim.blogspot.com/ and the web page detailing the walk is http://famousfivegrannies.walkingplaces.co.uk/. Do take a look if you are interested in walking.