Super triple header Saturday...

Saturday 24th May
20km, 3hrs 35m

I haven't managed to put pen to paper so to speak for quite a while - never thought I'd see the day where I was busier than Wol at work and therefore struggling to keep up this blog lark, so it's about time a Lurch entry was recorded. Super triple header Saturday was an event that Sky surely can't compete with, with Wol 'the snail' catching the early bird up in Norfolk; Horace, Hilda and Ronaldinho starting to worry the barman at the Cabinet that they might have actually moved into the village (he probably thinks they are from Royston actually), and Superlurch playing at home.

I set off at 7.45 am from home, needing to stay local as Jo was on call all day, i was therefore at the mercy of t-mobiles signal if I was to be found at short notice. remembered Wol's walk earlier in the season on the roman road from Hertford Heath so set off with my tea, squash, Haribo, Cheddars and jam sandwiches. I've lost a stone since Christmas and soon realised that my shorts were starting to slip down my legs (later confirmed when I looked in the mirror when I got home - looking ridiculous, like a ghetto version of Lurch - 'official' walking gear doesn't suit me). Walked through Hertford up to Hertford Heath and past the house we nearly bought last year, that has now been knocked down?? Lucky escape I think. Pretty straight path all the way down to Goose Green, past a stud farm and through a lot of woodland; carried on past this and through the next section until I got to open road but no signposts. Wary that Wol managed to get himself lost on this walk too so decided to head back as there were a couple of detours i wanted to try out. Went through Danemead nature reserve (green, no animals, some flowers) and then on through Balls Wood (green, no animals, trees) which took me through (eventually) way down Mangrove Lane. crossed here and went through several fields to get me onto the Brickendon path from the Malaysian rubber factory up to Morgans Walk. toyed with the idea of staying out later but decided against it, bank holiday laziness set in and I set off through town and was home by 11.20 - G.I.T. This was my first longish walk on my own and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, thanks to bombarding teammates with needless texts. It was also first time I took my ipod out, which was good but I also found myself turning around a lot expecting to be jumped by someone; kept me on my toes and was a good way of keeping pace up. I also nearly tripped over a pheasant and seemed to attract a lot of attention from dogs - it was just like the good old days!

Daniel.