Episode #423 - South West Coast Path (Days 4-7)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The first week has been unexpected, exciting, and even a little scary. I'm now 80 miles into the hike and just starting to feel that I'm finding my way. John has returned home, as originally planned, and the tenor of the hike has shifted as I'm on my own.

I've been overwhelmed by the beauty of this hike, I've been surprised by the difficulty, and I start week two excited by the prospect of the time I'll be spending with dear friends later in the week.

I'm using my hike in the UK on the South West Coast Path to help raise money for my absolute favorite charity, Parenting Matters, on whose board I've been privileged to serve for over a decade. You can learn more about the hike and the organization–and donate–by visiting [https://parentingmattersfl.org/eventer/hike-with-steve-empowering-parents-one-step-at-a-time/edate/2024-04-15/](https://parentingmattersfl.org/eventer/hike-with-steve-empowering-parents-one-step-at-a-time/edate/2024-04-15/ "smartCard-inline"). And, maybe, you'll get a personal picture of me thanking you with your name etched in the sand during my hike. I hope you want to support this critical mission.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we taught guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:35.6	Welcome back to the podcast. As you know, you're no longer listening to Mighty Blue in the Appalachian Trail.
0:40.3	You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Southwest Coast Path,
0:44.3	where I'm making an attempt to do the 630 mile Southwest Coast Path in England.
0:52.3	And don't forget, while I remember it, didn't you forgotten it, that I'm raising money
0:57.9	for my charity Parenting Matters, a child abuse prevention centre in my local community.
1:04.2	And depending upon how much you donate, I am sending you a picture of me wishing you well and thanking you from
1:12.9	the beach where I've written your name in the sand. I've done that a few times now and people
1:18.8	give you strange looks but it's kind of nice. I really enjoy it. You heard the first three days
1:25.6	last week and today we've got the fourth to the seventh day
1:32.2	and we've had some real drama well i've had some real drama today actually and you're going to
1:38.1	hear about that later i also said goodbye to john who went home after day number five.
1:49.8	But as the week's finished, I'm about 80 miles already into the hike.
1:51.6	So I'm moving forward.
1:55.6	Let's start off with day number four. Just before we get into the meat and bones, meat and potatoes rather, of day number four,
2:10.9	just want to mention the artwork that I've done, or I've had done, for the Southwest Coast Path Trail.
2:19.6	The artwork's going to be the same pretty much every episode
2:22.0	with the episode number and then whichever days it is.
2:25.9	So you'll see from this week, so it'll be week, no idea, episode number 423, I think it is,
2:33.3	days four to 7.
2:35.1	And that's how we're going to be going all the way through.
2:37.0	Same picture.
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