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Celebrating England's win on wednesday / or focusing on something positive after we get dumped out of the competition early, I'm hoping to tackle the Lyke Wake Walk challange (west to east) in the next couple of weeks.

For those that dont know, The "Lyke Wake Walk" is a 40 odd mile trek over the North Yorkshire Moors national park, from Osmotherley (nr Northallerton) to the coast (Ravenscar). The challange states this must be completed within 24 hours. Weather permitting, I will start straight after Saturdays 7:30pm kickoff (which will be Englands next game, should we win our group), aiming to finish, and be back home for 3pm on sunday (Englands game should they finish runners up).

If it doesnt work out this weekend, then Sunday 4th July is free, however Saturday 24th June is more appealing (full moon, and closer to the solstice). I'll confirm more details shortly.



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