Well, I promised an update months ago on our hiking adventure, at here it is, at the 11th hour, I might add.  We are heading out to the UK tomorrow and will spend 14 days hiking across three National Parks from the Cumbrian coast in the West to the Eastern Yorkshire Coast.  I am so psyched!  And from a philosophical perspective, it is so exciting to see a dream, and a plan turn to execution and reality.  For that I’m giving myself a pat on the back and probably a few band aids to the feet….

If anyone would like to join us virtually – we had to make it geeky, of course – we will be blogging from the fells and dales (cell phone connection permitting) to our hiking blog at:  http://wrightsolution.wordpress.com.   Please visit and sign up for updates on our journey.  (Lots of pictures of Carla and me dripping wet in raincoats, I’m sure!)  We’re also raising money for cancer research and would welcome a small donation to the cause via the donation button on the blog.  We’ve already raised over $1000!!

Here we go.  See you later!

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This July I will be doing a 13-day, 200 mile walk across England: from the west coast of Cumbria (and the Lake District) across hill, dale and moor to the Yorkshire coast and North Sea. It is something I made my mind up to do about 18 months ago and is something that I committed to sort of on a long-term whim. I get a few incredulous responses when I share my plans – most people wonder why I would possibly want to schlep up mountainsides in what will probably be typical, drizzly English weather if we are lucky – driving rain if we aren’t! Insane – maybe? But the impulse to do this goes back a long time, and was rekindled in recent years when I was working 16-hour days. Long days in my office made me gain weight and feel like I had literally become chained to my desk and the victim of my own success. Remember the old cliché “be careful what you wish for…”? After a little restructuring and talented help from others, I dug out and started training daily and found I absolutely loved it! Fighting back from the constant lure of the keyboard and get back in touch with the part of me that had nothing to do with technology, clients and deadlines – the anti-geek. It’s the part of you that doesn’t want to be in touch at a moment’s notice. To have the space sometimes to be where people can’t find you, to be beholden to no-one. Somewhere it’s just you, your boots and that giant pile of rocks ahead. Then there’s the wonderful feeling climbing up to a summit and looking down on how little everything is …putting everything back into some kind of manageable perspective.
Oh, and the other challenge here is that there is no tour group. It will just be me, Carla (my good VA hiking buddy) and a set of maps. Directions are not my strong suit. A little push out of my comfort zone, some adequate preparation, and a good set of navigation tools….It’s sounding more likely a business plan than a walk!
I just can’t wait to get going and there is something about the physical and mental challenge of it that keeps me braced and ready for tasks that I take on each day now. The lesson I learnt is about re-establishing balance in my life, and how important it is — whether you cook, garden, hike, run or whatever — to take the energy and passion from one side of your life and use it to recharge the other. More on the hike later too…we are hoping to set up a blog. Happy trails!

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