Rest day report

[HeavyFoot]

After a hard (for me) two hour run on Saturday, I’m taking two days’ rest.

So I decided to walk up Cornwall’s second highest hill Roughtor (400m elevation, no sniggering at the back please) which is very nearby.

It was also a chance to try the trekking poles my son gave me for Christmas. They’re not so much to help me uphill but to help me down rocks and crags which scare me.

There was a bitter easterly wind blowing at the top but the rocks are so magical at the top. You can understand where all those legends of giants making these formations come from.

There used to be settlements up here. Tough lot in those days but spotting your enemies from up high took precedence over comfort.

A great morning out but I’m still very wary of getting down those rocks, poles or no poles.

[nowster Graduate10]

There's more sniggering at the back over Cornwall's highest hill.

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Take their names, nowster. I’ll deal with them later.

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

BTW. we don’t mention the name of the highest hill. Unfortunate anglicism of fine Cornish name!!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

🤣🤣🤣 (I had to look that up...) 🤣🤣🤣

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Quite 🙄

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

That’s stunning and the stick seem like a great idea, uphill is ok but downhill can be treacherous

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I’ve got a pair of sticks. An experienced hill walker explained how, on rocky downhills you plant the two sticks in front of you like crutches and swing your legs through. 😥

Sounds great in theory but I’m afraid of either stick slipping. 😮

I’d rather go down on my bum.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to HeavyFoot]

Me too, we went up a steep rough hill today and jogged slowly down most of it, but very carefully