Done and Dusted

The idea of a long walk and solo started to emerge in the head about 15 months ago. Was I completely crazy, I had just completed the first big walk through Ireland. Never again I said but today I will finish a walk across England and France. Never again I say.

I firstly must apologise that I have not kept up with the blog while on this walk but I have been posting on Facebook and home emails most days. After a full day there leaves very little time for much else except sleep and organising the next day. This walk was a mixture of walking, being a tourist and using some public transport when I felt it was required. I walked again for Cancer Queensland for the boys and have raised most of the promised amount. I will keep the Everydayhero site open for a few weeks in case someone has a sudden urge to add to it.

The body has decided it has finished and will rest up for a few days but this does not mean I will not walk during these few days, just without a backpack giving my shoulder some time to heal. I have thoroughly enjoyed this walk, very different to my Irish walk. I never realised how much I would miss hearing my native tongue spoken. I have decided that I will never again complete a long distance walk carrying a heavy backpack, it was reasonably light compared to other walkers backpacks. The French countryside is lovely and so different to what I see in Australia, the history in the buildings, small villages and scattered cemeteties, some very sad but interesting. The people in England and France that I met along the walk will be forever in my thoughts and I thank you for your friendship, guidance and help as I gradually made my way along two very ancient Pilgrim trails.

In the weeks to follow as I once again settle into home and a daily routine my thoughts will start to wander to another walk. Never again I say but we will see what ventures 2018 and 2019 bring.