{"id":1327,"date":"2018-03-26T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2018-03-27T07:05:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:05:14","slug":"day-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/day-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From:\u00a0<\/strong>Long Sutton to Castle Cary
\nDistance:\u00a0<\/strong>14m \/ 22.4km
\nCumulated distance:\u00a0<\/strong>288.2m \/ 464km
\nCompleted percentage:\u00a0<\/strong>28.03<\/p>\n

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I made a mistake today. The morning was beautiful .. I made my way using various footpaths to get to the Charltons. It meant walking through woods, across fields and along quiet tracks. From there I was supposed to pick up the Macmillan Way West but the difficulty I’d had a couple of days ago in following the signs, made me plump for a B road instead. Big mistake .. BIG mistake, as Julia Roberts said in ‘Pretty Woman’. An endless stream of thundering trucks and white vans passed within inches of me, with no verge to jump into. I hated it and there was a good five miles of it to get through. I think that’s why I’m so weary this evening. So, gentle reader .. it’ll be a short blog tonight.<\/p>\n

But the morning had been good. I set off from Long Sutton, a very pretty village .. will definitely return there.<\/p>\n

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Great place to stay .. The Devonshire Arms in Long Sutton<\/p><\/div>\n

There was a real strength in the sun and made it feel that spring was definitely on its way. Even if the Christmas Roses were still much in evidence ..<\/p>\n

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Hellebores<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grape Hyacinth visited by bumble bees<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sculptural trees<\/p><\/div>\n

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Footpaths through the woods<\/p><\/div>\n

I stopped for a bowl of soup in The Fox and Hounds at Charlton Adam, one of the Charlton villages. Both the new owners and Rick, Dee with Monty and Millie were wonderfully warm and welcoming .. even posing for Walking The Black Dog! Thank you so much for your donations to SANE.<\/p>\n

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Sweet Millie<\/p><\/div>\n

At Castle Cary, my stop for tonight, I’ll say goodbye to the Macmillan Way West and head northwards on the Macmillan Way proper. Both walks were created to raise public awareness of the MacMillan Cancer Charity. Castle Cary is particularly significant as it is the birthplace of Douglas MacMillan (1884-1969), the founder of the charity. As with so many good causes, Douglas himself had been affected by cancer, losing his father to the illness. Ironically, he himself also died of cancer, years later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Castle Cary’s Town Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

For now, I have the most stylish, most comfortable bed to retire to at Cary Place.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
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Black Dog Tails<\/strong>
\nMillie the dachschu-chihuahua mix is Delene Crist’s little heroine. When she fell and broke her hip in the middle of the night, Millie ran upstairs to wake up Mr Crist, jumping up and down on his chest, knocking the sleep apnea mask off his face to alert him. She’d seldom been upstairs before.<\/p>\n

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