Jon decided not to walk today but will probably join me tomorrow. He tested his new shoes yesterday and they had about the same amount of cushioning, but are more blister friendly than his other shoes. (Read: They keep the blisters away)

I took the bus to the last stopping point and doing this alone is a good way of learning as I go. In the morning I asked Jon for the words I thought would be necessary for the day and then if anything went wrong he’s just a phone call away. Luxury!

It was very windy at the place we stopped yesterday and in an effort to get away from the wind, I headed for some trees on the other side of a railway line. A little further south, I saw a couple of beacon towers and headed to the largest one to register it on the GPS.

By the time I got there the wind had picked up even more. There were some locals not far away. I needed to pee so I got into battle stations for the event. The only problem was that because I was close to the beacon tower, to keep out of sight from the locals, the wind changed direction dramatically at random intervals. So although all was well when I started, I soon had to stop and turn around to point out of the wind again. All things considered, it was a success, and my trousers are just as clean as they were this morning…   🙂

I continued to follow a line of beacon towers, but was soon distracted by a nice fortress and had a rest on the inside which gave shelter from the wind. Then I saw some geniune Great Wall for the first time in a while and followed this for 4-5 km. By that time it had also started to rain and combined with the wind it was getting cold. So – ‘only’ 15 km today.

Hopefully the wind will drop through the night but unfortunately, from the looks of the weather forecast there is going to be both wind and rain tomorrow.

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