Summary
Today’s distance: 20.9 km (13.0 miles)
Total distance: 1038 km (645 miles)
Distance to go: 590 km (367 miles)
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I had coffee with Neville and Judith and then went to 'camel up' with a full english breakfast at the campsite cafe. I left slightly before N&J at about 9:15 and they passed me on the way out of the campsite.
I only went a short way south on the Tissington trail before turning off to join the road just before the long illuminated tunnel.
I took the path behind a hospital heading for the back of a sewage works. I had lost the trail near the river, but soon a runner appeared. He said the trail only went to Mapleton not Mayfield, which was where l wanted to go. Under his instructions l finished up in John's back garden. John was harvesting his onions. He assured me there was a path to Mayfield near the river but very kindly let me travel via his back and front gardens to a small side road and then the A52. I regret now not taking a photo of John as my 1000 mile route runs through his front and back garden!
I decided as a result to go via the A515 to Clifton and a small side road to Lower Ellastone where l picked up the Limestone and then Staffordshire Way.
I got refreshments at Rocester, pronounced 'roaster' and headed on the Staffordshire Way through a clay pigeon shooting range to Uttoxeter. At the shooting range l said l was a little worried about getting shot but one of the marksmen said there was no need to worry as August was the closed season for shooting walkers.
A slightly unpleasant end to the day when l was charged 16 pounds to pitch my one man tent at the Caravan Club site at Uttoxeter. They also made a point of making me wait to see if there was sufficient space to give me a pitch. I am the only tent on that part of the racecourse set out for campers.
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