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This was everything you promised yesterday! I'm glad I signed up, thank you for the cow photos.

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haha I'm glad! Thanks for subscribing and reading

p.s. more cow photos incoming on the next one :)

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Why are cows so much cooler in Europe?

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Right?!

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Such a bummer you got blisters. I do not envy you guys walking in heavy rain, but the pictures are beautiful.

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Yeah the rain was definitely not ideal, but made for some dramatic photos haha

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Sounds brutal, but lovely photographs here. You captured the moors and colors of the landscape perfectly. Looking forward to the next installment.

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Thanks Tom, I appreciate it! Next time I want to walk the moors a little earlier to see the full vibrancy of the purples - maybe august?

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Great post and photos. And I sooooo relate. I also rarely get blisters, but have been in the midst of a couple through hikes with gnarly blisters that make you question everything!

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Thanks Holly! Ugh seriously, why does the body sabotage us sometimes?? and it feels so silly too, how such a small little thing can be almost crippling

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I love getting to a new city at night so you get to "see" it for the first time when you wake up in the morning.

Gorgeous, gorgeous. Worth the airline snafus, it looks like.

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yeah that's so fun too, feels like two completely different cities. and then re-seeing that place at night when you have your bearings again.

and thank you! yes definitely worth the flight troubles.

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Love this! Can’t wait for the next installment.

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Thanks Tom!

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Great stuff! I long since stopped bothering to check weather around here. I might look real quick to make sure there aren't any big storm warnings, but otherwise, it is what it is. If I waited around for a great weather report I'd never go anywhere at all.

Do you have moleskin to put over your blisters while you walk? I use to use it, but the quality dropped pretty badly. Now, if I get blisters, or feel hot spots indicating I'm about to get some, I put duct tape over them and it helps a lot.

Looking forward to part 2!

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Thanks Sean! No moleskin but i did have these medicated patches that I was using and some wool patch things you could add to socks to help reduce friction. I'll have to try duct tape, that's brilliant!

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I’m a big duct tape man too. On a longer hike, I just put it on in the morning pre-emptively.

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