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Civilisation is reached at last – Day Five

Jul 27th, 2008
by Neil.

Dan and Co. have now reached Kendal at the end of Day Five and are rewarding themselves with a very well deserved chinese meal. Only ten more miles to go now. Hopefully tomorrow at lunchtime they will make their way towards the bench which marks the end of the Dales Way in Bowness. Myself, Rachael, Lydia and Eve along with Dan’s wife Kerry and Lee’s wife Natalie will be amongst the party at the finish! They have done so well.

More video should be posted by the team at ITV Local tomorrow with the big finish going online on Tuesday. I’ll try and do what I can to get it on youtube too. Although that won’t be tomorrow as I’m not in work.

I’ll leave you with Dan’s twitterings from the past 36 hours or so.

  • Now we have reached civilisation we’re planning on making the most of it and are going for a chinese 1900 from txt
  • Arrived in kendal with no further problems other than our ongoing blisters and general aches. 1900 from txt
 
  • Today hasn’t actually been as bad as i thought it would be. 1400 from txt
 
  • Stopped for lunch. five miles left to go today, fifteen in total. 1400 from txt
 
  • Fourteen miles today. Then ten tomorrow. Then i am never bloody walking anywhere again. 0800 from txt
 
  • Decided to keep with the group today so they can carry me if i need them to. They don’t know this yet. 0600  from txt
 
 
 
  • I’m going to get up early and set off before the others tomorrow in an effort not to slow them down. 05:22 PM July 26, 2008 from txt
 
 
 
  • End of the fourth day. I am feeling very very bad indeed. Now we have to put up the tents. 14 miles tomorrow. 02:38 PM July 26, 2008 from txt
 

Related posts:

  1. Day 6 – They’ve made it!!!
  2. Day Two

Posted in: The Dales Walk.

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8 Comments on “Civilisation is reached at last – Day Five”

  1. #1 Xbox4NappyRash
    on Jul 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    Brilliant, and great that you’ll be there at the finish for them.

    Everyone should be very proud.

    Xbox4NappyRashs last blog post..And here’s your host…

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  2. #2 Kristina
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 4:39 am

    Glad to see that although the body ails, the sense of humor is still firmly intact.

    That toenail most likely fall off in a couple of weeks…

    Kristinas last blog post..Update on Baby Phoebe

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  3. #3 James
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 5:05 am

    Way to go guys! 10 more miles should be like a cake walk, right? Just kidding. Have a great finish.

    Jamess last blog post..Home to the Farm

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  4. #4 Arjan
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 8:47 am

    it looks like they’re actually gonna finish ;)
    Remember..crawling over the finishline is also finishing!

    Arjans last blog post..Rome 2008: picture post

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  5. #5 gail
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Oh I’m so proud of you all, I watched the video clip and think one of you is rather cute – but I’m not saying who.

    Those who benefit from the fund – exhaustion, pain and suffering will appreciate every minute of it I’m sure.

    Hugs all round
    Gailx

    gails last blog post..One of those lovely days..

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  6. #6 Morticia
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Nearly there…… :-)

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  7. #7 (un)relaxeddad
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Yes! Yes! Go Go Go! This is very exciting. On to Day 6, though the title of the post rather undermines the suspense…

    (un)relaxeddads last blog post..Out Of Office Notice

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  8. #8 Oli
    on Jul 29th, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Thanks Gail!

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