the tune. (I am!) We spent a great evening last night with an English
couple in the campsite bar. They are on a very similar trip with a
campervan, having quit their jobs and set off not long after us. As we
chatted we discovered a lot of common interests (walking, biking,
canoeing), and then that they live in Cotham! It is such a small world, we
have driven thousands of miles and the first English we get chatting to
properly come from the same city!
Today it has actually felt a bit more like England as we have been out on a
long walk in the rain. It has been a great walk though, we went through the
Hornadu gorge, which at times involved some very scary "technically aided"
sections. For technically aided read bits of chain and steel plates stuck
in the rock face (picture). Generally I found these OK but one section
where we had to walk on metal grills, holding the chain fixed into the rock
with the water pouring underneath was just a bit too much for me, and to my
ultimate shame I froze. I am definitely not cut out to be a climber,
although today was fun I definitely prefer my walking on terra firma!
Yesterday we did a similar but easier walk up one of the steep gorges which
involved lots of long ladders up the sides of waterfalls. It is fantastic
to be able to do these walks, as back home it just wouldn't be allowed for
health and safety reasons and we are getting into some spectacular scenery,
with waterfalls through the canyons.
Anyway dinner is nearly cooked and I am absolutely starved after today so
time to sign of for a while.
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