Distance: 20.1 km (12.49 mi)
Time: 4 hours 49
Average speed: 4.17 km/h (2.59 mph)
Today Mick and Gayle were going from Rugeley Trent Valley station to Uttoxeter station on their Kent to Cape Wrath walk. Myself, Mike and Sam walked with them today as we all had a day off in leiu of Good Friday.
I held up the start as I was the one who didn't drive to Rugeley TV, but got the bus to Rugeley centre and walked out to the station. From outside the station we went past the Yorkshireman to find the footpaths across the fields. It was soon clear that it was going to be a muddy trip, although the weather was OK. No rain, no sun, perhaps a bit too much wind at times.
At Colton we joined the Stafforshire Way which was to comprise our route for the rest of the day, bar a couple of corner cuttings. At Stockwell Heath we stopped for a group photo (on Gayle's camera) and to remove some of the layers. I was the only one to go for short sleves though. Sam left us here, she was still suffering from a bug she'd picked up and had only intended to walk a short way with us.
Blithfield reservoir was one of the corners we cut, walking along the dam itself rather than the Staffs way below us. In Abbots Bromley we stopped for a hot cross bun and a creme egg, and for Gayle to expand her property empire, before pushing on.
After a while farmland gets a bit dull, although we were chatting away to each other. The sight of the Peak District in the distance did signal that we were getting close to Uttoxeter and warn Mick and Gayle what they had to look forward to in the next few days.
The destination in Uttoxeter was the railway station where they'd left their car. Living in Staffordshire, they're taking the opportunity to sleep at home whilst using their car and public transport to get to and from their starting and ending points for each day.
They gave Mike and me a lift back to Rugeley, although we did stop off at Abbots Bromley to sample the pub we'd passed earlier when it was closed. A nice pint of Landlord.
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