China here we come ... yikes!

You may well question what training we've been doing to prepare us for the Great Wall adventure on 15 March and we can honestly say we're well under way with our preparations. Both of us have splashed a load of (our own!) cash on flash walking gear to look the part and we're planning a trip to the Chinese Emabassy later this week to see if we can actually get a visa.

There has even been a bit of physical training going on. Laura has been busy wearing in her sister's walking boots to her own foot shape and Emma's brought some brand new walking boots that feel like slippers (not sure she'll still be thinking that after a full day's Wall walking!) Emma dragged her mum and David walking in the Chipstead Valley for a impressive 3 hours of challenging terrain last weekend. Ending up at the Ramblers Rest for a fabulous pub lunch!

Emma's delighted with this effort, as she's been a bit down about her leg and back injury and was beginning to panic about being better for China. All is well now though and she even has some leg strengthening exercises from the hospital to support her training.