The Great Scottish Walk

Ever decided to walk 12 miles with a bunch of nice people to raise money for charities? On Sunday, 10 June, we had such a walk. It is an annual thing, and since this was the first year that we had been here, we were novices. Some of the folk in our church have been doing it for quite a while, and so do we intend. Before you do it, 12 miles doesn't seem that far. Then again, it had been quite a few years since I had done road races.

What made the whole experience better, was the fact that Cedrene walked with me all the way, FAST. Well, we didn't have much choice, since we walked with Peter and Hannah and Jonathan. What a ball. Peter doesn't know about walking slow. Then again, if we walked slower, it would have taken us so much longer.

We got there early because we didn't know how to enter etc. So, we found that everybody from our church were sitting in the stand, making jokes, and having lots of fun.

Here are some of the pics of the before, during, and after.
Peter got balloons for him and Hanna
There was a fancy dress compitition...This guys doesn't seem to have his bike?!?Peter and Hanna Making an entrance!!!
Our group, full of energy.
And food!!
These bikes led the race, quite nice machines!!!
On our way to the start, almost, if not, a mile!!!
Yes, just before the start, lots of energy.
The chicken on the roof lead us through some exercise before the start.

Here you can get an idea of the amount of people walking... And how far back we were.
Those balloons can really give you an idea of the future, if you know what I mean.
11 Miles to go, still very fresh.
Only 10 left, getting tough!!

Cow Gate!!
Grassmarket.

Only 3 miles left, our legs can use a rest.
Yippppeeeeeeeeeee, we can see the stadium!!!

Almost done!!The Stadium entrance!!
There it is, the finish line!!!
Well done guys, next year, same time, same place!!