A lovely start to our journey. Joan dropped us off at Overton hill about 11 and as we walked through the beautiful undulating chalk downs we were accompanied all the way by skylarks hovering and singing their hearts out. Good walking weather and apart from some very hostile bikers, it was all very peaceful.
The path is pretty poor in places - churned up by motorbikes and 4x4s so we had to be careful not to trip, but the views over yellow and green fields were stunning. No bluebells yet, but lots of cowslips at Barbury Castle. We walked just over 10miles which was quite strenuous and proved that we should have trained a bit harder. BUT we did it, and after a shower and a good meal I am pleasantly sleepy.
Longer day tomorrow - about 13 miles I think - but we'll take it steadily with plenty of stops to 'admire the view.'
No blisters yet.
And so basically it's all good.
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