The next stop for Simon and I was to checkpoint 10 at Ide Hill Village Hall.
That’s not a bad view from a checkpoint with the lake in the distance.
Simon and Ken were safely inside and were both looking in good shape whilst being supported by the quite marvellous team of volunteers.
We walked back a little way along the route and Bailey was excited to see Jane and Hilary.
Helen looked in fine form as she strode in and Jane pondered whether to look at her feet (her own feet I mean, not Helen’s). Helen has been involved with creating this route and so she knew what was coming and that seemed to involve a lot of hills.
Simon and I enjoyed a trifle whilst waiting for the next group as all this being supportive is really quite exhausting.
And in comes the really rather heroic Jayne.
This checkpoint was at the seventy mile mark and so although there was a long way still left, entrants could start to feel that they’d broken the back of the walk (as long as they hadn’t done any breaking to bits of their own body). The sun was out, but it wasn’t overly hot and so the walking conditions had improved. There was still some damage done from the heat and humidity of the previous day and night, but at least the second night would be more comfortable for the entrants.