Brommers Blisters and Banter – My End to End Hike

MY DAILY BLOG ABOUT TRAINING, PREPARATION AND HIKING MY JOHN O GROATS TO LANDS END SOLO ADVENTURE

About me.

I’m Fiona, 40 years young from a little place called Chorley. As a child I was always dragged up on hikes with my parents and like any kid I would moan up hill, eat my sandwiches at the top and run back down to the bottom excited to get back in the car. My parents loved hiking and still do and are active members of the local ramblers group. I however was slightly older when I got into hiking at the grand age of 26 when I got my first dog Georgie. A labrador cross springer and I soon realised that the only way to calm the crazy dog down was to knacker her out! I needed to walk for miles, and so I did. Luckly where I lived the West Pennine moors where right on my door step. So thats what we did, daily walks up the “Nab” and hikes up Great hill, circulars around Anglezarke reservoirs. Thats where it started, thanks to my crazy ass dog that cost £70 on a whim.

Fast forward to 2020 (no doubt the bit inbetween will come out on my posts)Its that bit during covid, that bit where “are we in lock down, are we out of lock down, where can we breath in public? That bit. I worked in tesco after selling my business, for a bit of easy money (or so I thought) till I got caught there during lock down and had to work instead of sitting on my ass in the easter sun drinking cocktails. ANYWAYYY! Thats where I met Jenny and thats where I was introduced to the Wainwrights. 214 of them, come rain or shine (prayed for shine obviously)

We walked the morcomb bay, the yorkshire 3 peaks, the national 3 peaks, the Ullswater way and the Coast to Coast. We’ve had some great hikes so much so she is now offically my walking wifey.

So now we are in 2024, I’ve got the long distance hiking bug and just got back from an epic journey hiking the Heysen Trail in South Australia. 2 months of “the bush” and “the outback” I didnt want it to end and at the same time I was planning my next hike. JOHN O GROATS TO LANDS END.

So here we are, December 2024 and its time to organise my next adventure. From itinerary, to buying new kit, then the training. Follow my blog, where I’ll go through each stage of my journey with regular updates on my progress.

LATEST STORIES

  • The Training
    Firstly, Happy New Year!!! So here it begins, the training. I’ve enrolled in 12 week PT sessions at my local gym. 12 weeks where Andy, my trainer, will help build up the strength in not only my legs but my upper body and core as well. Alongside this, a good healthy diet (containing mostly of… Read more: The Training
  • The Itinary
    Once I’d decided on the route and direction I was going to take, I had to decide on the date I was going to start. I wanted the summer, so hopefully, the weather would be on my side, but I wanted to wait until the last frost finished. Also, one of my closest friends is… Read more: The Itinary
  • The Planning.
    Where to start? Literally. I wanted to walk End to End ever since I walked the Coast to Coast in 2022, but I’d not really thought about how or when or in which direction. I was completely in the dark as to how to go about this. This was my first solo long-distance hike, so… Read more: The Planning.

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