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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DAY FIVE

Today we walked from Newbury to Basingstoke. 

It's impossible I think, to have a journey that long without seeing and doing some funny and strange things. Some days, of course, are a bit boring. That's to be expected when you're trekking through long roads endlessly without much to see, but if we don't find entertainment in the day we'd probably go insane.

It has to be said though, that some of the entertainment has come from ourselves - from the braincells we appear to be losing along the way causing us to say the silliest of things. 

One of the ways we have found entertainment, and something we are very grateful for as a way of lifting our spirits, is the Mad Cafe photo challenge. 

The photo challenge was an idea conceived and begun yesterday, on Day Four. 

Each day the people of Mad Cafe are setting us a new pose to photograph ourselves in. Yesterday we had to photograph ourselves 'planking', and today our challenge was to do the Usain Bolt pose with a crowd! 

So here's some of our silliness for you to laugh at, as we did: 

- Halfway down the road from Newbury, Jess "I'm bored".

- Shelby: "I love any sausage" (was eating breakfast at the time this was said).

- Charlie: "Today we've got to get a crowd to do the Bolt pose... or do it with some cows".

Teresa/Mum: "How's a cow gonna do that? ... the Hose-an Belt?" (She still seems to think Usain's surname is Belt...)

- Jess: "Where are my glasses? ... I did think it was fuzzy but I thought it was the rain or summink!"

- A bee flew through the car window and tried to land on Charlie's nose. 

As well as all of that we saw some interesting sights. One of which was Charlie's ex-boss, Peter Cowdrew, pulling up beside the pair as they walked, much to the surprise of both Charlie and Peter. 

We also discovered America on the side of the road. Okay, so not literally America. It was an American style cafe, Nelson's, based mainly around Elvis Presley, and they served amazing milkshakes. 

More to come...

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