Marsh-stomping on the shortest night

We were finding it difficult to find a time this weekend when all 4 of us were able to go out for a long walk. Out of this confusion sprang the idea to go at night – when we should all have been catching up on our beauty sleep. So here we are on Sunday evening in dire need of a good night’s sleep, but able to say that we walked from Abbeytown to Burgh by Sands in around 4 and a half hours on the shortest night. We stuck to the roads, and although there were long stretches with no street lighting we got used to the dark quite easily. Bats, owls and nocturnal sheep occasionally interrupted our conversation. There was also quite a lot of inappropriate giggling. This helped us a lot! During the final leg from Glasson to Burgh by Sands we could look across the Solway to twinkling lights in Annan and Gretna. It was a fine sight to be sure, but it didn’t stop the aching legs and feet or Diane’s huge blister. We only admitted to aches and pains after the walk though. Mind over matter will be our motto in July.

Alison wearing a halo – or had she just had a bowl of Ready Brek?

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