h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm away for the weekend on a walking holiday with my Dad in the North of Scotland. Bye!

Bye

Back now.

. I've just been to the mall. Got some new shoes and £10 phone credit

Good.

. I need to go now cos the bell went about one minute ago and it's French. We have to say 'exuse moi je suis Angalis' if we're late Man, how sad is that?! See you later

lessons! and one of my worst subjects at school! Good luck with it, and bon voyage So, how did the walking holiday go?

Fine thanks, went up my first mountain?

And why the?

No idea Must be suffering from confusion think I need more sleep three hours a night is alright for a couple of weeks, but its not conducive to straight think ing after a year or so is it dinner time yet?

Gail Charn. It's a good mountain.

Hmm, never heard of that one; I've never managed to do any hiking in Scotland, though I've done a fair bit in other parts of the UK

It was 917m high, but you start at 350m so it isn't so bad.

Sounds manageable (without teh first few hundred M anyhow..)

My boots were a bit small though, only noticed on the way down (ouch ouch ouch etc).

It always sseems to hurt more on the way down; toes bashing against the inside fronto f the boots; guess your heels do the same to the rear of the boot on teh way up, but your heels are somewhat tougher than toes : I've a pair of very* nearly top of the range Zamberland boots, though I've not done any hiking in a while, you still get a bit of foot truble if you do a lot of descending in them

But in big ones your feet slide about! Is there no respite?

The secrete is to get ones that are 'big enough', so that you can wear them with one pair of thick cotton or woolen socks, and that when wearing them with socks they are snug fitting, but your not getting any pressure onto your feet from the leather when you move/walk Cotton especially, will help take sweet and moisture away from teh foot, helping reduce the likelyhood of blisters Well, I seem to remember the theory is something like that : The main thing is to have them well worn in, and well looked after with rejuvinating creams used on teh leather to keep it supple, and something to keep it water proof (of course)

What's the highest mountain you've ever been up?

Kor, I'm not sure, I never really did much high stuff that I can think of, things like skafell pike and that, but I don't think they are that high Used to do quite long distances though; did the coast to coast, from Robins hood bay to whatever the other place was : This was all ten years or so agao I'll have to try and remember some of the places we actually went to....

Coast to coast? Me and my Mum might do that next Summer.