On July 24th Jess and Charlie headed to Wales with their car team, and the next morning they were delivered to the Welsh side of the Severn Bridge where they began their journey.
The pair both thought that in theory the first day would be the easiest, they were wrong.
Despite the fact the pair had both trained before beginning the long walk, their bodies need time to adjust. They were keen to get on, but their bodies were not. Not only did the amount they were walking hurt their legs and feet, but the heat they had to walk in made the task harder too.
Both Jess and Charlie were wearing hats and sun cream but at the end of the day both were burnt and Charlie went to bed early through feeling unwell.
So it wasn't the best of starts, but it can only get better (we hope).
You learn from your mistakes and this whole journey is a massive learning curve for us all.
Let's add some colour to the day...
It wasn't all doom and gloom. On Day One we met some interesting and lovely characters and saw some peculiar sights:
- Jess and Charlie skipped hand-in-hand across the halfway mark of the Severn Bridge.
- I (Shelby) walked from Wales to England.
- Spoke to friendly Welsh workmen either side of the Severn bridge.
- Jess and Charlie saw Christmas.
- Charlie thought the hallucinations had started early when he told Jess he'd seen a little girl, but the girl in question had dived into a bush, leading Charlie to briefly question what was left of his sanity.
- Jess got stared at by a cow and said to Charlie "That cow wants me".
- Charlie said to a man that they passed "Are we going the right way?" And the man said "Where are you going?"
"Kent."
Man: "Kent? As in Kent Kent?"
- Charlie ate a Manwich.
- Jess and Charlie saw a rabbit that was everywhere for a mile (in pieces).
- They walked the wrong way X3
- Charlie (about Jess) "Pocket-size gangsta".
More to come...
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