I’ve picked up a travelling companion.
For those of you who followed my hike across Spain, you will undoubtedly remember Alberto.
Two days before I hiked across the Pyrenees and down in to Spain, I broke my body.
I somehow caused an impinged nerve in my neck which created a sharp pain under my shoulder blade, down my arm and running in to my fingers.
It felt pretty bad and probably, I should have just called an end to the trip.
I didn’t though.
Instead I named the pain Alberto and embraced my constant companion until I was back home and had access to extensive physio, with Alberto never to be seen again.
I think now there might be a theme running through my life.
‘Let’s do something difficult and make it MORE difficult by being injured!”
Yay!
Well, let me introduce you to Katie.
I started this hike with a weird pain in my hip which I have been stretching out and managing as best I can.
It has now spread across my lower back, down my leg, my knee, calf and down into my toes. It is reasonably painful and I struggle with some ascents, particularly if the next foot placement is high as I have trouble raising my leg.
Thank goodness for hiking poles which have really helped.
A couple of times I have had to shed my pack and throw it ahead up the track as I don’t have the power in my hip to haul both my bum and my pack up a rise.
So now I am walking the TA with Katie.
Katie. Named after Katherine Hepburn. I am in New Zealand. I have a sore hip. What else could I call it?
Ahahaha. I have laughed about this for days! (Just shows how little else is in my head)
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