Parish Walk secured; training started !!!

Yesterday I walked to Diemen, which is very close to Amsterdam because I was asked for dinner by Cisca and Alex Wijsman. It was only about 10K walking but I noticed that the switch from running to walking was a bit hard but I could made it just under the hour.
The real reason for this visit was to arrange everything for the trip to Isle of Man next June.

Alex had the idea to travel this time first to Liverpool where we will take the ferry to Isle of Man and it was a very good idea, more then half of the price compared to last year !
After the coffee I walked to my home and had a good day.

Today I did a 30 K walk and combined it with a visit to my grandmother who's moved to an eldery home and unfortunately she was bit down when I arrived (and before ;-) . It is sad to see people struggling when getting old.
After my visit I carried on on my usual training course but I prefer to train at the Marine Drive area (on picture) were I've done some training during my stay. Unfortunately this has not been included in the Parish Walk course, but I understand it's difficult for the backup cars.
My feet were burning a bit and I didn't inspect my feet but when I arrived at home I saw that these socks looked like an Edam cheese with very big holes in it ;-) and put them directly in the litter can.
It took me three and a half hours for the 30K but it was hard with one banana and a half litre of water and a can of coke because it is not comfortable walking with a bag with lots of weight.

I think that my next walk will be about a 50 K and will again combine this with a visit to other family members.

Regards,
Martijn