Just another day of walking. Spoke with a fisherman who had done his degree in Saskatoon, and later with a family relaxing in chairs outside their boat. Ken had already gone by (he walked ahead most of the day) and the dad thought we were from Switzerland. I stopped to chat. His family said he needed new glasses if he didn’t see the maple leaf 🍁. So I gave him a maple leaf key chain so he would recognize it in the future. And thanked him for removing 2 ounces from the weight of my pack.
So many sheep today, including a poor one who got separated from his herd and was by himself in the field. He was running back and forth along the fence crying… another sheep on the other side was also crying. So sad. I hope the farmer checked on them today.
Lots of yummy blackberries again today.
Ken’s thoughts: Terry is finding me quite annoying tonight so she is letting me put some stuff in the blog to distract me. So, my thoughts today ran the gamut from trepidation as we started to see how I’d feel walking to frustration as the pub we were hoping to have lunch in was closed. (Deja vu back to France) to massive triumph because I was the trail scout today and didn’t get us lost! Lead the way bravely to the second pub over a very scary narrow congested bridge and it was thankfully open although we were the only customers at the time. Nice young guy gave us bus info which saved us another 7 kms through a busy city which is never fun. However just being in Oxford has made me smarter already so a good day indeed!
