Wye Valley Walk 2019 Day 2


An interlude, Thursday 25th July 2019

Today’s itinerary was to walk from Monmouth to Grosmont via White Castle but, of course, that didn’t happen.  And it wasn’t the only day in the 3 months to follow where I did not follow my intended plans for the day.
I am woken just after 6 a.m. in the hospital and had blood taken.  The doctor arrives and tells me I can go, but I inform her that the bloodwork was done, so she wanders off to check the mornings results.  When she returns, she says that I am almost back to normal and just to be sure to hydrate while walking on these hot days.  Um, did I not hydrate a lot yesterday?  Okay, okay, I know I didn’t for the 24 hours prior to that, so I hear what she’s saying.  I will be extra cautious after this early detour to my holiday.

I ask the hospital for a taxi number and call for one, being told it’s going to cost me £40 to get back to Monmouth.  Luckily I’ve already called the B&B I was going to stay in tonight in Grosmont and cancelled, saving me £50 there, and checking that I can stay back at the Monmouth B&B tonight (instead of last night) which they were happy to do at no extra charge.  Today was a recovery day, spent in the centre of Monmouth in the shade reading books on my ereader.  I returned to the Wetherspoons to enjoy a lamb curry and pint of cider.

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