August 2025 - The TWIST!!!!
It's not long till my 12th 100 Mile Walk in Wales where I'll complete the Gower Pilgrimage Way plus 2 linear walks and 3 circular walks (which add up to my 100 Mile target).
As training for my annual
walks I am part of a WRACA Walking Group based in Herefordshire &
Worcestershire. We generally walk around 6 miles on a Monday and I usually plan
& lead the walks while another member usually books the pub/cafe where we
stop for lunch. They are all well aware that I like to do my 100 Mile
Challenges alone as it takes a certain mind-set to complete day after day.
A few years ago one of the group
sent me a link to a Pilgrimage saying, “Here you go Marg – how about this one?”
I duly replied with, “I will
if you will!!”
So the banter went back & fore over the intervening years. This year I’ve called her bluff!
Ali greeting me at Stratford
at the end of my 2017 Walk
The person in question is
someone who has supported and encouraged my fundraising efforts from the
get-go. A few years ago, when trying to raise the profile of female veterans
and the WRACA, she ‘used’ (her word not mine) various people to publicise the
Association.
The thing I liked and
respected was that she always checked that I was comfortable with whatever
scheme she had in mind. This year’s walk is no exception; she has checked with
me that I am happy to continue doing this as a joint walk. Whether we’ll still be
talking to each other after 8 days of fairly arduous walking remains to be
seen.
So, Colonel (Retired) Ali
Brown, OBE, I hope you know what you’ve let yourself in for. That’ll teach you
to set me a challenge! Ali sent me the link to the Gower Pilgrimage but its
only 48.5 miles long. I’ve had to add some more days of walks to make it up to
the 100 miles. This will be the only time that I will complete a full 100 mile
walk in company.
I have, previously, done a day within the 100 miles with someone else but never the whole trip. This should be interesting!!
