Much better, thanks

=> much later: I failed to post this on the day ! must have been really tired :-)

Breakfast from the store of food supplied as part of the walk. I have a mix of muesli, oats, some sort of healthy cereal. With milk and some yoghurt. All rather nice.

Then we walk out of our accommodation onto the Cape to Cape track.

Smiths Beach to The Aquarium -- a bit of sheltered water, nice and safe for swimming. We look but don't swim. To Wyadup Rocks, to Injidup Beach. We were at Injidup three years ago: me for the start of a trail run to Gracetown (about 23km), Deb to see me off then run her own 10km trail run, Deb's sister was in charge of transportation. ie She drove us to the start and picked us up at the end.

As we walk on -- up and down on sandy tracks -- I'm thinking, Wow ! Did I really run along here ?! Ah yes, those were the days, the days of our youth so long ago, when we were young and fit. Fitter. All those three years ago :-)

The walk so far has been very pleasant. Plenty of ups and downs but less bare exposed cliff top. Plenty of views down gullies, several small beaches, constant sound of waves breaking.

Yes, thank you, I'm feeling much better today... accepting the inevitable and enjoying the walk :-) It's still tiring though.

The track levels out. Gentle rolling with no extreme climbs. We occasionally pass and are passed by the two small groups which have been organised by the same company.

On this "level" track I take off my shoes, change into thongs. With nothing to stub toes or scratch feet, thongs are comfortable. Today I started in running shoes, very comfortable, easy to walk in. Thongs require a slightly different style of walking and are very good for foot flexing and comfort... on soft ground.

There is a whale carcase on a rocky beach. It's well rotted -- smelly -- nothing much more than a large pale lump. Most interesting is what I claim are sections of teeth. Rather, the baleen (?) sort of things that filter krill out of the water. Whole thing is pretty interesting, actually :-)

The track goes down to the beach. We cross a very small creek. Back into the sandhills... at a point I recognise from my run. Sure enough -- there's an enormous sandhill to climb ! Not so bad, there's a side track, still hard work but not impossible.

Another 20 minutes easy walking. And finally we reach Moses Rock carpark, our pickup point. Another familiar point: Deb started her run here, I passed through just before her run started.

All nine of "our group" of walkers are now here. Pickup is 15 minutes late, we have time for a bit of a rest. Then... "home".

Dinner is provided: fish (to be cooked) and salads.

A couple of hours later we are all showered, clothes in the wash, several drinks drunk. We just had enough water for the walk, lucky the weather is not too hot.

Deb is now cooking the fish. Time to go...

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