A few weeks back, Karim and I met up for our birthdays. We reminisced, as you do in these situations, and he asked me if I still felt the same about the whole thing. He was wondering if in the months since we had completed it, the unpleasantness of the whole thing had melted away, and been replaced by some warm glow of accomplishment.

I told him that it hadn't.

He was relieved - he felt the exact same way.

So there we have it, dear reader. I started to write this thing after my friend Lee told me he wanted real life accounts of the Pennine Way on the internet, with advice and tips and stuff. I don't really think I've succeeded in meeting his criteria.

I would like to leave it with a positive message, and I'm wracking my brain to think of one. It's not that I've got anything against the Pennine Way..... No, scratch that. I do have something against it. I hate it.

So there you have it.

Oh, just one more thing. When I saw Karim a few weeks ago, I suggested to him that when I return from my latest travelling adventure, the two of us got together and walked the Coast to Coast long distance path - only 190 miles, compared to 268, but arguably much more difficult in terms of terrain.

I'm still not sure why I asked.

I'm even less sure why he agreed.

Maybe there's something there after all.