Virtual Spine Day 7

Distance Covered Today – 10.60 miles

Total Distance covered – 79.41 miles

Virtual

Extremely cold this morning at -5 degrees to start and very foggy

Today starts in the Aire Gap, the lowlands which form a geographical corridor between the South Pennines and Yorkshire Dales, or between millstone grit moors and limestone. The Romans built a road through it, but Bronze Age traders had long since used the route to travel between Ireland and Scandinavia. Elsewhere it’s rolling pastures and flat riverside walking as I pass through a number of villages. Its a lot of zigzagging through undulating fields where the path can be vague, so it’s a fiddly day for path-finding. However, it’s close to home for me so I’m more than able to find my way. The end of the day is a real treat reaching Malham, a fine place to end the day.

Reality

A real sharp wake up this morning with the temperature at -5 and freezing fog.

Walk 5.33miles – Incredibly cold start to the walk but by halfway it had warmed up to be comfortable. Its a boring route with far too much traffic despite the Lockdown Stay At Home message but it’s challenging underfoot so keeping m,e on my toes. My music again was my favourite SKA compilation.

Walk 5.27 miles – Back home on the ‘Boring’ route but at least this time I didn’t trip over any obstacles. Managed a good 16 min mile pace all the way in the misty rain, although it changed to light snow just before I reached home.

 

                                 

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider sponsoring me for this mammoth challenge, it’s for an incredible cause and inspired by an incredible person in Laura Nuttall 🙂

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/gd20in20

My motivation for this has come from a very special person called Laura Nuttall who in late 2018, was diagnosed with terminal multiple brain tumours at the young age of 18. Her determination and positive attitude to not only live her life to the full but also to help others as an ambassador for the charity is just incredible and I’m proud to join the fight in whatever way I can. You can read Laura’s story at the following link. Please be generous and help this great charity to raise much-needed funds for researching a cure.

https://www.facebook.com/DoingItForLaura/

The Brain Tumour Charity is the world’s leading brain tumour charity and the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally. Committed to saving and improving lives, we’re moving further, faster to help every single person affected by a brain tumour. We’re set on finding new treatments, offering the highest level of support and driving urgent change. And were doing it right now. Because we understand that when you, or someone you love, is diagnosed with a brain tumour a cure really can’t wait.