Today marks the third anniversary of starting my End to End. Three years ago today I was standing at Land’s End, a rather overweight 60 year old woman not certain I could walk a day let alone 117 days.
With a lot of help, support and encouragement, particularly from Bob, I got there ‘Come wind and weather‘. That’s the title of my book of pilgrim resources developed from the End to End that I hope will be published in 2023. It will be the 20th anniversary of Bob’s first End to End in 2003 just as this year is the 10th anniversary of Hannah’s End to End in 2012.
As a family we’ve stood at Land’s End for this epic adventure a few times now. Obviously that was more difficult since the Covid pandemic started and I’m ever grateful that I walked mine in 2019. Since then Bob and I have been joining up dots, a whole pattern of walks across Britain linking with each other and with walk we’d done in the past. This has involved several routes from West to East and quite a few round Derbyshire nearer home.
Three years later, lots of fish and chips and ice cream consumed, in less than 3 weeks we being our next big adventure: a walk to London and back. This was due to take place in 2020 and had to be postponed. It is the brain child of Bob and will take us to London via canals and back by some of the route of the great Central Railway. It should take us about 48 days.
I’m calling it the Grand Walk Out #GrandWalkOut and the Great Way Back #GreatWayBack and you will be able to follow us on Twitter. Do let one of us know if you’d like to join us somewhere on the route.
Remembered bible: It’s the narrow route that leads to life.
Lead us…
Janet Lees in Longdendale on the 3rd anniversary of the End to End, 2nd April 2022.