July 2007
Monthly Archive
Just one day to go…
Posted by dave on 26 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: General
I’m writing this on the eve of departure! We will be leaving early tomorrow morning to catch a plane at Bristol airport bound for Geneva. The nerves are starting to jangle a little bit, but mostly we’re just really, really excited!
We’ve got no accomodation pre-booked at all, so it will be a case of getting off the plane, jumping on a train and making our way across the border into France and heading for our start point of Les Houches. There we’re going to have to find somewhere to bed down for the night (probably under a tree on a campsite watching the stars!) before heading straight off on our walk in the morning.
The bags are all packed and now we are just drumming our fingers impatiently. Gaëlle even found time to test the weight of her bag before work this morning. Check out the picture below…
Surf’s Up!
Posted by dave on 09 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Training
Training took a bit of a different turn this weekend… As a birthday treat for Gaëlle, and as a general fitness and confidence boosting session, I booked us for a surfing lesson at Polzeath on Saturday - and the weather brightened especially for the occasion! The sun was shining, the sea was warm and the surf was perfect. We all had a fantastic time (Étienne included), and we could feel the effects of the exercise in our muscles the next day.
As the date of departure gets closer and closer, it’s becoming more and more important to get our confidence and motivation up as well as our general level of fitness. As it is, I think we’re succeeding - we’re both just desperate to get the trip underway, the excitement is becoming too much to bear.
Wet ‘N Wild
Posted by dave on 09 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Training
Last weekend saw us finally getting fed up with the bad weather and heading off into the elements for a big walk anyway. We left straight out of the front door and along the South West Coast Path from Downderry to the far end of Whitsand Bay and then back along the same route. It was 12 miles of walking through driving rain, fog and a biting wind - but the view was dramatic and beautiful and we both really enjoyed ourselves; because, rather than in spite of, the weather. We even shrugged off the cold and stopped for an ice cream at the half way point!