Rest days
In Malham I injured my right knee and found it very difficult to keep walking. My husband suggested I go back home for a rest, so here I am. The day after I came home I went to see my chiropractor, who said that my knee was swollen and that I should rest properly before I go out for walks again. I haven't done any walking in almost two weeks now and a couple of night ago was the first night I didn't have any cramps in my legs or ankles. I usually get cramps on longer walks, but it's never been this bad before. Usually it's just one night, not a week.
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Anyway, I've now bought plane tickets back to Edinburgh. I will turn my LEJOG into a flip-flop, that is it will not be sequential. My physiotherapist said that going home again for a rest in June would be good for me. This means that when I arrive to Scotland I will start my middle Scotland section and walk for a couple of weeks, then go home for another rest and finish with northern England, southern Scotland and northern Scotland later, trying to make sure best I can that I walk the whole thing, just not in order. I guess I'll have to accept the fact that I'm not twenty years old anymore!
The reason for the flip-flop is that early May I'm due to start The Great Outdoors Challenge, a yearly event where approximately 400 people plan their routes own routes starting on the Scottish west coast and finishing on the east coast two weeks later. My route takes me from Oban to Montrose on a mostly very easy route. When I arrive in Edinburgh I'll walk to my Oban start and after finishing in Montrose I'll continue north from there.
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