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.

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 chicken and veg) will help build up enough muscle to help me at the beginning of my hike. The futher into my hike, the fitter I will become, so it’s all about building up the stamina. I’ve started reducing my pack size and weight of my pack, but even with 10kg on your back, climbing over a sty can be an effort in the beginning. This is where Andy comes into it. Weighted step up and overs? 🤢

First things first, it’s time to visit the sports massage therapist Jordan to get this Hamstrings lose again so we dont cause any injuries.

I’m hoping 18 weeks of training will be enough.

Lets get cracking.

Fbrommers

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