Wet leaves, dark roads and a poorly leg

If you don't already know, we have had to stop in our tracks.

It had been raining nonstop for hours, there were piles of wet leaves everywhere and we were walking through flash floods on roads in lanes. Have I set the scene? It's was horrible! 

But first let me start at the beginning..

The Send Off Event was fantastic! We had loads of help from The Fab Club volunteers, our families and my friends. The raffle was a huge success. All the prizes went down well. My favourite win was two of my clients who are married. Husband's ticket was called for (one of my favs) a signed book by Freya North. His wife exclaimed that Freya was her favourite and husband gave it to her with a big kiss! She was so happy :) 

Peppa Pig (who was donated by Chew Valley Inflatables) was a HUGE hit with children and adults alike. I must admit, I had my fair share of cuddles with her ;) 

Now over to the food.. The soup was like liquid gold. I have never enjoyed a soup more, together with a dunked bagel, pure heaven! A huge thank you to Eat 5 Star for the soup and The Whole Bagel.

Emma from Velvet Teas was a huge help with her beautiful cake stall. I indulged in a lavender biscuit or two.  

A huge thank you to our sponsor Keylime Design Ltd of Bath, who donated the money for our insurance for the event and walk.

So we set off in the sunshine with high spirits. Off out to the top of Bath and beyond. The rain was on and off but we still had huge smiles on our faces. We were talking, singing and laughing as we walked along. We even took some pics along our travels.  

As the hours passed, the rain was getting heavy and just wasn't stopping for a minute. Our clothing held out well and we were mainly dry and warm. Feet were starting to hurt but we were expecting this, so we were trying to get as far as possible before it got dark.

The darkness settled around us and we donned our stylish (!!) head torches. We did a lot of walking down to Wells on the winding road through flash floods. At this point we were both finding it so hard. It was sometimes quite scary with cars coming quite close and fast! We trudged on until Steve took a tumble and fell hard down on his knee. With a huge gash in his new trousers and some blood, Steve tried walking on. 

There was too much pain. Steve is normally very good with pain (he slipped a disk just before we got married!!) so when he was saying how much pain he was in, I knew we had to get it checked. We popped into a small hospital who cleaned Steve up. They told us we were a long way from home and were surprised when we told them we had walked there.  Whilst Steve was being seen, the receptionist came over with a £10 donation! Alas, the crutches came out and we were told an ex-ray was needed. 

We have the news that Steve has ruptured a ligament. He has also sprained an ankle and bruised the other knee. With heavy hearts we awoke in our own bed this morning. We were working so hard to battle the darkness, rain and roads. 

We will be postponing until the Spring, where we will carry out our walk and earn all of the kind donations that have been given. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported us. You are true stars!