Stafford and the calf that went PING! (14th April 2014)

Woke up, had a shower and waited for my friend to come home before heading out and on the road to Uttoxeter, where I'd be catching the train home in the evening. Left my friend at her workplace and 2 miles up the road, my calf decides its had enough and goes ping! Ouch...

So, I have to take the decision to call it quits and head on back into Stafford and see if I can catch an earlier train home. In a way, it's probably worked out for the best. When I return back to the trail, it would be easier to come back to Stafford the night before, stay with my friend and then head out up to Edale via Uttoxeter, Leek and Buxton.

This trip has been very hard going, primarily because I tried to pack in too many miles. Over the course of the last 6 days, I have done nearly 140 miles! I have to justify this because I've so little money/time, that I have to do as much as I can in the time I have. The further I go North, the more expensive train journeys become, etc. 

But I'm nearly at Edale now, and there the next phase of this end2end I'm doing will begin...