There are many heroic people in the LDWA and here’s Richard. Many thanks for his driving me to checkpoints along the route and for also willingly taking part in the one mile history walk at one of the villages, I’m pleased to say that he remained strong and confident at the end of that expedition and no medical assistance was required.
Richard was surprised rather than delighted at the chicken pies at the event, which more suited my advanced palate. He was mostly quite calm about the lack of an English breakfast, it’s that sort of bravery that we saw from the entrants as well during this challenging event. Some people walked 100 miles and Richard faced a morning without sausages. Courage takes many forms.
I was pleased with the pies, working my way through a number of the chicken and steak pies, making it exciting by sometimes having mushy peas and sometimes having gravy. That is a proper balanced diet, covering several of the major food groups that are pastry, meat, peas and optimism.
Many thanks to all the catering staff at the event, and yes, chicken pie for breakfast is acceptable, as I discovered twice during the event in the interests of research. And the fruit salad was also delicious and I’m prepared to admit trying it.