Day 101 of the End to End in 2019 began with me getting soaked in heavy rain on the Kessock Bridge as I crossed from Inverness to the Black Isle. It was the record for the fastest soaking on the whole LEJOG. I got changed in the lay by after the bridge where Bob was waiting for me.
One year later two things were similar: rain and blue trousers. It rained today on our first day of the TPT east walk which began at Wombwell. I was wearing the blue trousers I usually wear on rainy walking days. There was some rain but not as much as we’d thought and the blue trousers didn’t get too wet.
My hair has got quite long during lockdown, but it was quite long a year ago. Getting wet hair on a windy day means it blows about a lot. But hey, even these hairs have all been numbered, so wet hair is just a minor matter on the head front. I saw some of my favourite stripy caterpillars early on, and I noticed even they had head hairs.
There were lots of great wildflowers, much as I remember from the Black Isle last year. It was good to be walking again. We’ve opted for a Travelodge in South Yorkshire for a few nights this week to do this section of the TPT.
From the remembered gospel: Jesus said ‘God has even counted the hairs on your head’.
Hair counter, you astonish me:
Each creature has its own head hairs,
Even plants have hairy parts.
On another day walking,
Even though wet and windy,
My heart begins to sing again
Of the Way through the green.
JAL 27.07.2020 TPT East, Wombwell to Denaby Ings.