It is now official and I must walk in 2017.

My work leave has been approved and I have extended it to 6 weeks away - I can feel the aches, pains and sheer exhaustion already.

I have just booked my flight to London leaving in September 2017 and when I have sorted the last couple of weeks walking I will book the return flight, as I am flying FF with Qantas/Emirates I am flying the longer route via Perth but cannot complain. It will give me a chance to see family in Perth if they wish to have a cuppa with me in the middle of the night.

The walk has been extended into France so will finish the last 2 weeks on the continent before catching the Euro back to London or I may fly out of Paris depending on where I can get a FF flight from. These plans have not been finalised yet.

I have only been walking 3 mornings a week, about 20 - 25klms as the days are starting to heat up and much earlier in the day than a few weeks back. It is a lovely time of the year in Queensland with the ground covered in purple petals from the Jacaranda trees but unless we get some rain soon the green grounds will turn brown very quickly. Snakes are out showing their heads so walking on the tracks out through the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail can be a little scary, for the time I will stay with the walks around Ipswich and Brisbane.

 Jacaranda in flower in Ipswich

Spring has arrived