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Day: |
076 |
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Date: |
Thursday, 17 July 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
20.7 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0 |
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Total
AT Miles: |
1464.6 |
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Total All Miles |
1509.4 |
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Weather: |
Very warm, humid, overcast. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Toast and jam, ice-cream.
Lunch: Biscuits and peanut butter, Snickers Bar.
Dinner:
Snickers Bar, instant pudding. |
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Aches: |
Right foot blister again, hips chafed. |
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Animals Seen: |
Chipmunks, small snake. |
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People Seen: |
2 day hikers, many others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 8am and had some breakfast with
Jayne and her parents. We took our time and left at 9:45am to drive
me back to Cornwall Bridge from Granby. We arrived at 11am and,
after going to the Post Office, I bought some ice-cream and
chocolate milk before moving off on a warm humid day with
approximately 20 miles to go to my target campsite. No fires
allowed in Connecticut, so I knew I would be eating cold for dinner
and hence could arrive late. The Trail started by following a lane
up to the crest of a ridge and then, for the rest of the day, was
fairly easy going through pretty forest – some deciduous, some
conifer, with a pine needle-covered floor. Occasionally, there was
some nice road-walking and, though there was pretty scenery, there
were only a few views. It was very pleasant except for the
mosquitoes – I’m afraid I’m going to run out of repellent. I had
lunch at 3pm in a picnic area en route and then walked approximately
12 miles to Deans Ravine, one of the designated camp areas, where I
arrived at 8:15pm. It was already getting dark as I hurriedly
collected and purified water from the stream which flowed through
the beautiful valley, ate a skimpy dinner, put up my tent and
tarpaulin (40% chance of rain), and had a wash before getting into
bed at 9:30pm. Updated diary and went to sleep at 10pm. A bit
worried that the old blister between my right big toe and second toe
is sore again. Spent a lot of the day pre-occupied with reaching
the end, having decided the likely completion date will be August
21st and having spent a day at Jayne’s and seeing all the comforts
I’m forgoing was unsettling. I think I was lucky the Trail wasn’t
harder today. |
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