A nice lunch time walk along the canal to Haigh Hall park and back, a bit overcast with sunny spells and quite warm.
Love these barges, once thought about living on one of these when I was in London but the rent and moorings fees were way too much for me at the time (30 odd years ago). Only thing about them is you have to be really organised as they are very narrow, but chugging up and down very slowly waking to a different view every day appeals.
With just under a year to go until the Cateran Yomp 2021 I will class this short walk as my first training walk. Actually did this to add a few kilometres on the #100for100 challenge. It is the 100 year anniversary of the Royal Signals this year and has all the phsyical get togethers, events, reunions etc have been cancelled due to Coronavirus there are a few virtual challenges and events running.
Metrics as recorded by Garmin Vivoactive 3, nice walk around the reservoir with a brief walk up to the cliffs above. Couple of breaks for water etc on the way around.
Page update December 2021.
After the 2020 event was cancelled due to the covid pandemic and deffering due to an heel injury for the 2021 event I am hopefully finally Going for Gold at the Cateran Yomp 2022, raising funds for ABF – The Soldiers’ Charity. If you stumble across this any support you may offer will be gratefully accepted. Or sign up yourself and come enjoy Scotland in June.
I did volunteer at the September 2021 event and despite spending 9 hours in a field in the middle of rural Scotland it was a really enjoyable event. Lots of tea and snacks made the time fly, The participant and volunteer numbers were well down on previous years but £400000 was raised for the charity which was great,
So time to dust off the boots and start training again.
Lucky old me won a pair of socks courtesy of Trail Walking magazine and Bridgedale.
https://events.soldierscharity.org/fundraisers/BrianPriestley/cateranyomp-22
Go with Brian 