Wow under 2 weeks now until take off, I truly can't believe it has come round so quickly. It hardly seems any time since we first planned this but it is in fact almost a year ago!
Thankfully after a few days of feeling under the weather I am now back to normal and am looking forward to the next couple of weeks' training and preparing for the adventure. David has drawn up a Charity Challenge Timetable for me which as really helped me focus on what is important and when I can fit it in!
Today I was meeting Lynsey for a training walk so I put on some of my new kit and set off. It didn't take long for the rain to come on but at least I know my boots, trousers and jacket are waterproof! I had my new craghoppers trousers on, it was a bit too cold to zip them off to the knee today though. We hopped on a bus up towards Blackford Hill which involved getting a bus to my usual stop for work, it was weird walking past it up to the Royal Observatory which I hadn't been to before. I've actually worked just down the road from it for six years so it seems a bit silly now.
We managed to orientate ourselves pretty well and certainly had a good workout. The views from the top of the hill were stunning and it was worth the trek for sure. We decided to avoid going down a somewhat dodgy looking staircase down the side of the hill, it had no rail for starters, and headed off in search of another way down which we found and ended up at the Hermitage Centre near the Braids. Neither of us knew it was there! After a quick look round we headed down the road to Morningside and went for a coffee in the Yellow Cafe to chat about China and recover!
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