Report on Walk of 15/02/09
We wanted to walk in the rain this weekend to try out our wet weather gear. So the day was of course very hot, humid and practically rainless! We parked the car at Kingscliff beach and decided to walk 2 hours then turn around.Started out very chipper, congratulated ourselves on the lightness of our packs the comfort of our boots and our general all round cleverness.
Ambled along at a casual pace, worked up a thirst so reached for the drink bottle. Problem, that handy little side pocket on our pack that holds a water bottle is impossible to reach when the pack is on. Kinda like a dog chasing its tail! Some team work required to access each others bottles.Not to worry - they were soon empty and we were looking for a shop!
Very sticky day - decided that walking in Spain in the summer would be a real slog. Our cleverness has us walking in the early Spring which should be glorious (or not!)
Ok, 2 hours past time to turn around and head back to the car. You know how return journeys always seem shorter? Well not today, kept imagining a mirage of the car up ahead. Kingscliff is such a long beach - who knew?
The closer we got to the end of our walk the heavier our packs felt. Did a mental inventory and really couldn't think of a non essential item that I could ditch. Michele could do without the 4 tins of dogfood in her pack. (thanks Noel!)
A learning experience to be sure. Was quietly horrified to find my expensive socks with silver and enough high tech features to fly the space shuttle have given me a nasty rash. Great - I get to do the rounds of Katmandu, Anaconda etc. again!!!!!!!!!