Hi All, I am on the blag!
My wife and a family friend are doing this 32 mile fundraising walk to support a charity that has and still are giving wonderful support to said friend’s son.
They do great work and if any of you reprobates fancy chipping in that would be great.
They did a 24 mile training walk yesterday so should make the distance. 
Any help is very much appreciated.
Chipped in.
Between pressures on NHS funding and recent increases in staff costs hospices are under a lot of financial stress at the moment. They need all the help they can get.
Good luck to Mrs Cosmo. The mountains of Norfolk shouldn’t be too bad, but 32 miles is still a loooong way in a day.
Thanks Graeme, it is along way, they were pretty broken after the 24 mile training walk.
I would need a good snooze after 8 miles!
I can only speak for myself but I found that after 20-25 miles the pain didn’t get any worse. It stopped being a physical struggle and just became a mental one (“Why the fuck am I continuing to do this ?”). That’s where being on something organised, or doing it for a good cause, or maybe walking with companions can really help.
I was being lighthearted about the climb of course, but looking into the trail it seems that some of it is on dunes/beach. Shingle and sand, at least dry sand, gives and that can take it out of you.
I hope the weather’s kind !
Yeah the beach bits will be far harder going, I think their plan is to not rush the awkward bits and get a wriggle on when the going is easier and you can get into a rhythm.
I might suggest a Rocky style training montage as that always seems to work.
Unfortunately, due to the chance of thunder/lightning the charity have postponed the walk.
Will update once they have made a decision regarding rescheduling.
Thanks again to those have donated.
Well it may be 6 weeks later than planned but they have done it!!
33 miles covered in 12 hours, first leg was a rude awakening as it was sand and shingle where you are constantly walking across the sloped beach with the added fun of getting drenched.
Wet feet caused many blisters and there seems to be a toenail in a sock somewhere. 
Many thanks for those who helped my wife raise £1427 for the hospice, very much appreciated.
Very well done ! The sand and shingle thing gives me cramp just thinking about it. As for taking your socks off and finding that bits of your feet have come off with them, well
It now looks like the toenail count is up to 3.
Yeah. My sometime ultra-marathonist diabetic nurse (mentioned once or twice on here I think) once told me that she thought she had maybe three or four toenails left. I have three which aren’t great and I’ve sometimes thought of getting them removed completely and the nail-beds acid-burned away so they don’t try to come back. Not a DIY procedure but not really a challenge for someone who knows what they’re doing.
Where is your sense of adventure?
It’s the sense of adventure that got me into toenail trouble in the first place. I could’ve just sat on the sofa and watched old films 
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The toenails I wouldn’t miss. I’m told losing a toe or two causes more trouble than you might imagine though …
I remember when I was a kid my friend’s uncle had badly managed diabetes which let to toe losses and sadly the damage creeped further up his legs…
Something I am sure you understand.
Yup. Circulation issues are of real interest to my NHS podiatrists. I don’t really have any (issues) which is just luck I think. A lot is in the genes.
They’re also interested in peripheral neuropathy so once in a while they prick the soles of my feet with a pin and ask if I can feel it. It’s a classic example of ‘siloism’. They descend into the ‘diabetic’ silo where my inability to feel the pin pricks must be because of neuropathy. They write down the test results and give me pamphlets about the condition. Then I stop long-distance walking for a year and the skin on the soles of my feet thins out. And now I can feel the pin pricks. They are nonplussed because diabetic neuropathy doesn’t get better. I try to encourage them just to look at my feet …
Sounds like all the walking gave you a bad case of ‘Hobbit Feet’