We're off again on another training hike tomorrow. We're tackling the section of the route we expect to be covering overnight on July 14th, between Checkpoint 5 near Washington and Checkpoint 8 (next to the Jack and Jill Windmills). Incidentally, there's no moonlight on the evening of July 14th so head-torches will be the order of the night!

The distance is around 16 miles, not much more than on the previous training hike, but we'll be on the actual Trailwalker route which, from our previous experience, is somewhat more bumpy than the Test Valley. The highest ascent tomorrow will be right at the start where we climb to 238M. There's another big climb on Stage 7, up to 217M on Devils Dyke, although there is actually a Public House aloft the top; no, honestly there is, take a look at grid-ref TQ249112!

On the downside, we all live a fair distance from the route, so it's going to be an early start in order to be walking anywhere near to 8AM. At least it looks like it's not going to rain!

Look out for an update early next week!