Lochside Trail, Friday Part Two

It was a welcome break at the McDonalds around waypoint 034, some fluids and a banana.

It was then back on track and we shrugged the extra three kilometres off and set on our way, and the next two hours walking were not that bad at all, lovely countryside, farmers fields, cows, horses, enormous pigs. I'm not making light of it however, that second ten kilometres was definitely more difficult than the first.

It was the final stretch that became increasingly difficult, when we reached the "Swing Bridge" which was the point the Lochside intersected with the already completed Galloping Goose trail, we were both spent, nothing left whatsoever. I would say that the last four kilometres, including an annoying diversion because of the Swan Lake Trestle being repaired, were torturous, both physically and mentally.

It was done, and so were we. It's an achievement, and certainly one that we will never attempt to exceed.

Statistics :

On the Thursday we walked 10.8 kilometres total including the afternoon and evening, on the Friday, a ludicrous 35.3 kilometres on the day, 29.7 kilometres on the Lochside and the remainder, painfully, and comically on an unenthusiastic pub crawl in Victoria.

That's if you count two pubs as a pub crawl....