Coastal road

Coastal road

Walk route...

Walk route...
Anti- clock wise from Bournemouth.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Welcome back sunshine....

Lymington to Cowes, Isle of Wight.


         What a different world it is when it's sunny...everyone smiles and the miles seem to roll by so much faster. Think you can see what is important to the long-distance road walker. Rolling and attractive countryside. Observed a warning to motorist to avoid crossing sea otters.
         The holiday crowds have not yet arrived here yet, or the mid week sailing types in their multi- million pound boats. Fine with me.
Hampered by a late start this morning...it was either that or miss a full size English breakfast. Would like to aim for that 10 before 10. That is, 10 kms before 10.00am. Seems like a great formula to break the back of a days walking while one is still bright eyed and optimistic and before the leg muscles start to stiffen.
26 Kms. walked today per pedometer: Cumulative kms covered: 59
Hours of walking today including rest stops: 7.00
Type of accommodation:  Restaurant/ plus B& B operation.
Cost of bed & breakfast: Pounds.  25.00

2 comments:

  1. Hey chris,not quite up on the numbers here, 40.3 plus 26 equals 66 not 59, but anyway, I see you are following the north side of the IoW, been a long time I been there but I see in my minds eye now thats better from the standpoint of roads. The south has a glorious clifftop path, but hilly, and boy its been 40 years since I did it.

    Honestly I can see why you would want to get Bournmouth, Christchurch and all that out of the way in a hurry, but pace yourself, enjoy the scenery, I want you to make money for the health care Center thing, not end up in it!
    Hope the weather and the knees keep up, especially pounding the backtop.

    All the best

    Ratdog

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  2. Hope thursdays walk went well and that the snow didnt hit your area!

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