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December Distance: 242km December Floors: 532 Rating: Getting there .. Subscribe to receive posts Email * December has been hot. Very hot. I now have a convincing backpack tan and there’s a demarkation line where my socks begin and end. Walking in the mid thirties is...
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November Distance: 156km November Floors: 203 Rating: Not bad given the circumstances Subscribe to receive posts Email * What a difference a hemisphere makes. I left Sydney with unsightly heat rashes around my ankles from walking in 38 degrees while wearing woollen...
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October Distance: 227km October Floors: 373 Rating: Better than September! Subscribe to receive posts Email * Well, spring has most definitely sprung here in Sydney. And there’s definitely a spring back in my step! The city is full of blooming jacarandas and the...
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September Distance: Not worth recording September Floors: Ditto Rating: Appalling Subscribe to receive posts Email * Five months to go .. This month I should have been posting joyfully about increased steps, heavier weight packs and longer, more arduous walks …...
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6 months to go

August Distance: 149.5km August Floors: 226 Rating: Pretty poor Subscribe to receive posts Email *   WALKING THE BLACK DOG .. THE PREPARATION … monthly posts until 1 March 2018 when the walk proper begins. Then it’ll be a post a day! It’s almost 6 months to the...