This is actually really interesting. When I was young and stupid I decided to walk from Brighton to Hastings (about 13 hours). And what struck me at the time was that you simply couldn't walk the coast, which I thought was a bit weird. Now I'm old and stupid I'd like to do this whole route. I bet there are people planning to walk/run it.
World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public
@TheBreadmonkey Oh man, I'd love to walk that!
Last year my friend dribbled a football from Western Australia to Sydney in 60 days, which was pretty damn cool. I love long endurance challenges!
I would love to do that, but I can only currently walk for 20 minutes at a time so it might take me a little while.
Imagine how positive I would be after that. I'd probably be able to fix the world.
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Free stick in the eye as a sort of pilgrim badge if you make it that far.
@TheBreadmonkey When I was younger and stupid, my girlfriend at the time and I decided to walk from Scarborough to Robin Hood's Bay, because it's less than an inch on the map. We set off at 12 and got there for 9pm. We should have taken water with us and hayfeaver tablets because, surprisingly, there's sweet FA on the way. And it's all up and down all the time.
Not doing that again but I wish you the best of luck.
Ah, I remember being young and stupid.
@TheBreadmonkey When you do, I hope you'll share photos of your journey with the Fediverse :)
Those things seen from ones chosen path are new and exciting both grand and everyday to those that haven't taken that same path.
Alas it sounds like this is not also a cycle path
Yes! An excuse to break out one of my favourite jokes....
Two bits of black tarmac go into a pub. They order drinks at the bar and look around for a space to sit. The pub's full but there's a table free in the corner next to another table that a bit of red tarmac is sitting at.
"There's a table free over there" says one bit of black tarmac to the other.
"I'm not sitting over there!... that guy's a cyclepath!"
This may now also be one of my favourite jokes
@TheBreadmonkey I can't work out what this announcement actually is.
Parts of the path have been there for decades, or for all I know centuries, under other names. So we're not celebrating the beginning of the project. And the article says it's not all open yet. So we're not celebrating the end of the project.
So what exactly is being celebrated just right now?
@TheBreadmonkey Love this as an example of what governments can achieve, across parties, when they think long term & not in a transactional/political way:
"The project was initiated during Gordon Brown's government, and it has taken 18 years and seven prime ministers to get to this stage."
@TheBreadmonkey This. Is. Absurdly. Coo!!
Wow. It is tempting beyond belief. I haven't had a proper vacation in more than 10 years.
Found a planner even!
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