One thing I've wanted to do since I started walking last year was to walk up a mountain. I'm not deluded I know I need to work up to it and until now my only bit of practise was Ladder Hill in Wheatley. Today GO and I did out first moor walk, it wasn't a long one. We had no equipment (it was all in the car), we just wanted to get out and blow away the cobwebs.
We walked along the canal that led to the reservoir, Saddle worth Moor. I wanted to walk to the highest peak, but soon realised that would require a longer walk and I needed to get back to Skype the familam.
GO and I decided to walk for thirty minutes as far as we could get and then turn back. It would be an hours walk, we wouldn't get lost if we kept the canal on our right hand side.
This was really useful for keeping a track of where we were but I spent most of the walk needing a pee. It was ok for GO who took a "hedge ticket" when his bladder got to full I just had to hold it.
We're planning to walk the moor again, this time preparing for a longer hike, bringing food and perhaps shelter, and making a day of it.
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