WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Well firstly, my preparation has largely consisted of going to the local bar, staring at the map of my proposed trip and wondering whether this is really a good idea to walk 150 miles in 10 days on rural tracks across India without any training or knowledge? I'm start off pretty adamant that it's a really really stupid idea. Curiously though, the more I look at the map and the more time I spend in the bar, my thoughts become more positive and I end up with the feeling 'Bah! It can't be THAT fucking difficult. Bollocks, I'm doing it.' this conclusion normally crystallises in my head scant moments before tumbling off my barstool.
To the best of my knowledge - and this comes almost exclusively from watching The Jungle Book - there are all sorts of orrible animals in India. Bengal tigers, snakes, erm... and probably some other stuff that I don't really want to try and make friends with but can't really think of right now. They have elephants and monkeys though too don't they? Something to look forward to then. I've not had any special jabs to counter any bites or the like. That's probably a mistake but it is what it is.
Everybody knows that if you eat anything in India, you get disastrously ill. This I see as being the biggest risk to completing my little stroll. Nothing causes more discomfort and misery than hiking in squelchy pants. Eating on the road is going to be a lottery and the results probably spectacular. We'll see how I get on.
Fitness doesn't really bother me. It's just walking right? I've done walking before, and never felt the need to train in order to do more of the same. True, there is the question of distance, but I've ignored that small detail throughout my planning and if I thought about it now, it would only worry me, which wouldn't help me I don't think.
I have a bit of a dilemma over accommodation. I don't think there is any. Since I'm not planning to take a tent, I'm really not sure what I'm going to do about sleeping. This I HAVE worried about, but I really don't have a solution to hand, so I'll just have to see how it goes.
You see? Absolutely nothing I haven't thought about. No stone unturned. Admittedly, I haven't actually planned ANYTHING, solved ANYTHING, have ANY plan B or back-up should anything go awry. Not my finest hour in terms of preparation to be honest. Bah! It can't be THAT fucking difficult.
Well firstly, my preparation has largely consisted of going to the local bar, staring at the map of my proposed trip and wondering whether this is really a good idea to walk 150 miles in 10 days on rural tracks across India without any training or knowledge? I'm start off pretty adamant that it's a really really stupid idea. Curiously though, the more I look at the map and the more time I spend in the bar, my thoughts become more positive and I end up with the feeling 'Bah! It can't be THAT fucking difficult. Bollocks, I'm doing it.' this conclusion normally crystallises in my head scant moments before tumbling off my barstool.
To the best of my knowledge - and this comes almost exclusively from watching The Jungle Book - there are all sorts of orrible animals in India. Bengal tigers, snakes, erm... and probably some other stuff that I don't really want to try and make friends with but can't really think of right now. They have elephants and monkeys though too don't they? Something to look forward to then. I've not had any special jabs to counter any bites or the like. That's probably a mistake but it is what it is.
Everybody knows that if you eat anything in India, you get disastrously ill. This I see as being the biggest risk to completing my little stroll. Nothing causes more discomfort and misery than hiking in squelchy pants. Eating on the road is going to be a lottery and the results probably spectacular. We'll see how I get on.
Fitness doesn't really bother me. It's just walking right? I've done walking before, and never felt the need to train in order to do more of the same. True, there is the question of distance, but I've ignored that small detail throughout my planning and if I thought about it now, it would only worry me, which wouldn't help me I don't think.
I have a bit of a dilemma over accommodation. I don't think there is any. Since I'm not planning to take a tent, I'm really not sure what I'm going to do about sleeping. This I HAVE worried about, but I really don't have a solution to hand, so I'll just have to see how it goes.
You see? Absolutely nothing I haven't thought about. No stone unturned. Admittedly, I haven't actually planned ANYTHING, solved ANYTHING, have ANY plan B or back-up should anything go awry. Not my finest hour in terms of preparation to be honest. Bah! It can't be THAT fucking difficult.
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