DAY SIX

Today we walked from Basingstoke to Guildford. 

It was definitely the furthest we have walked in one day. Considering it was raining much of the day, it was quite an achievement. Even more of an achievement too, that we ended the day with high spirits. 

We estimate that we walked about 28 miles today - that's two miles more than a marathon!

Another milestone, which may have contributed to the high spirits, is that we made it into Surrey. This means that the next county we'll enter is Kent, and we'll be so so so much closer to home. 

We've got to admit, in the beginning, we weren't sure we'd actually make it home (by foot). Each day we surprise ourselves. Now, we're fairly certain that we're going to make it and we're excited! 

Before talking about today, we have to begin with a thank you - again! 

Today we're thanking one of the kindest men we've ever met. His generosity shocked and amazed us. His name is Paul, and he is the owner of Copper Beeches Hotel. This lovely man put us all up in his hotel, and fed us in the morning FOR FREE! 

Thank you Paul, and all of the staff at the Copper Beeches Hotel. 

Our monotonous journey was broken up today - in a good and bad way. The bad way is that we were redirected off of our route by a police officer and had a couple of miles added onto our day . The good way is that it saved us from walking on a dangerous road. 

As usual too, the day was broken up with some fun and things to laugh at. 

While walking in the rain Charlie was wearing his waterproof high-vis coat, provided by Dairy Crest, the company he works for. Another fellow milkman saw Charlie in the coat and pulled over to ask him if his own milk float had broken down. 

The other way in which the day was broken up was with the Mad Cafe photo challenge, now in its third day. 

Today's challenge was to do the 'Mobot' (the celebration pose used by Mo Farah) with a crowd. We completed this challenge in the Wetherspoons in Guildford, with a great crowd of people. 


More to come...

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