John O'Groats

• "Get a stronger bike frame next time!" (Two cyclists from West Cumberland, 26/5/08)

[Drambuie and Coke to celebrate the blisters from the new walking boots!]

Keswick, Cumbria -5th encounter

I walked it in 42 days. I did the London Marathon in preparation. Route taken:

• South West Way to Minehead
• Onto Bath then Cotswold Way
• Then the Heart of England Way to Edale
• The Pennine Way
• From Glasgow, the West Highland Way to Fort William
• Then to Inverness & upwards up the A9.

Enjoy it. It's like the curate's egg -good in parts.

(Vic Taylor)

Thirlmere, Cumbria

You'll make it if you want to -mind over matter. Enjoy!
Christine Roberts
(LADIES NATIONAL 24 HOUR RECORD HOLDER 461.446 MILES JULY '93)

The only entry I intend to write

The rest of this blog (www.iwantyouradvice.blogspot.com)is for the words of people who I meet and who respond to the words: "I want your advice". Just in case no one ever asks for my advice, here it is, in five parts:
1) When you dislike or don't understand someone's behaviour, two of the questions you might ask are: "By what process can we come to understand each other better?" & "To whom, or to what principles, are you accountable?"
2) Whenever you want to communicate something to somebody, make sure that you are listening.
3) No one is right. Everyone is right.
4) The biggest challenge of the journey is letting go of the ego at the optimum moment. [To which a friend has already replied "Ego is functioning perfectly all the time. If you make ego the enemy then you are carrying the enemy with you forever."]
5) Above all, be generous and wise in your actions and appreciate the generosity and wisdom of all.