It's a beautiful day.....

Up and out at 7am.....met Sadistic Sue on the corner of Newtown Road in the pitch black and we headed off to Greenham common.
There was no set plan for the day..we were just going to see where our feet would take us, and what the weather was like!
After a miserable wet Thursday and Friday we weren't hopeful, but halfway round we did start to see a little bit of blue sky and coats came off, and after eight miles and the first breakfast stop (Costa's for a chocolate twist and cappuccino) the weather was looking pretty good, so we decided to go around the common again!

This time, for way of a change, we dropped down on to the farm track at the top end by Crookham Saw mill, so that we could get on to the Kennet and Avon tow path, which would lead us into Newbury, add a couple more miles on to the route, and most importantly, lead us to Starbucks and the second breakfast/first lunch stop!!

After a falafel panini and earl grey tea (which tasted a lot nicer, and less sissy than it sounds) we decided to repeat the ten miles in reverse as it had been a nice walk along the canal and the common.
The council had obviously been busy since I had last been out that way, a lot of the waterway had been dredged and the canal looked clearer and definitely smelt better.....plus there was a good deal of sunshine and blue sky!
So...back we went.....

And...home by half past two!
No blisters,
Toenails present and correct.
So....28 miles, 7 hours, 30 mins which included a breakfast and lunch stop means we are keeping to our plan of 4 miles an hour - easy peasy!!