DAY 18

To start the day our landlady sponsored me so now the total is £1510. We started walking at 9:30am, another very hot day. We saw the group from Wigan today and also Matthew. The walk started over moorland but we were soon in the Kielder Forest. The first bit was in and under the trees and I put my foot, ankle deep, into a very wet patch of ground. My shoulders were really aching today and I struggled with my pack for a while. We met up with Matthew again and walk the rest of the day together. Half of the forest has been cut down so we had a very wide, open track to walk along for most of the afternoon. We all went to the pub that evening for dinner and met some more people doing The Way. There were two men from Belgium, Jan and Paul, and another couple called Brian and Lester. As most of them were doing the next part as one long day we all said our goodbyes that night. It was sad saying goodbye to Matthew. I did make a new friend in the pub garden though, a lamb who let me feed it some grass and give it a fuss. It bit my Dads fingers though!

BACK ONTO THE MOORLAND AGAIN

MUMS STILL GOING WELL

WHERE HAS KIELDER FOREST GONE?

WALKING DOWN THE FOREST TRACKS

WE EVEN HAD TIME FOR A PICNIC

WITH MATTHEW

FOUND THE TREES

MATTHEW, MUM AND ME AT BYRNESS

FATTENING READY FOR THE MINT SAUCE

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