First ten miler

We decided to do a section of the actual walk I will be doing in June. We started between checkpoint 1 and 2 and then turned off in a loop before hitting checkpoint 3.

We started the walk in Froggatt Village and walked up through the woods on to the top. It had rained very heavily the night before and the path we were taking had flooded. There was even one bit where Darren had to lift me over as the water was so deep it would have gone over the top of my boots. I didn't fancy having wet feet that early on!!

The walk up onto the top was quite short but steep.
I am still finding it slow going on the uphill sections but I pressed on steadily and reached the top. I have been on Froggett edge a few times before so I knew what to expect from this part of the walk. It was flat but long which makes it harder psychologically. I think I'm going to take my ipod on LSW with me as I think it will help with sections like this. I think it will be useful to have something that keeps me going in case I get a bit disheartened. It was VERY windy the day we went up there which made it extremely cold. This also did not help with my mood but at least there is less chance of cold and wind in June! At the part where the LSW goes on, we turned right and stopped for a spot of lunch. We managed to find a relatively sheltered spot to hide from the wind but because we stopped moving we got cold quite quickly.

Darren asked me at this point if I wanted to do a route back which made the whole walk 7 miles or a route which made it 10. My first reaction was 7 but when I thought about it knew it would be better to go for 10, so we did.
We walked down towards Baslow village. The wind dropped pretty much as soon as we were off the top so I warmed up quickly and going downhill was much easier than going up!!

Then it was a case of heading back to Froggatt Village. We walked to Baslow and crossed the river. We then followed the river all the way back to the car. At one point I saw a puddle which looked like a giant footprint! We didn't see any monsters though ;)

We got very muddy boots and trousers but it was a very satisfying walk. I felt like I could have walked on when we finished which I found encouraging.
Not long to go now so all I need to do now is more 10 milers and then go for some longer walks.