Interesting days, with discussions, “debates”, riddles, card games, learning texts together, over meals and walking. Creative thoughtfulness helps me see my need to listen more quickly & actively, and to be slower to speak, and slower to anger. I think it is working. I’d love those things to go deeper in me, & for me to become a man like that old proverb says (“be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger” it seems to have been preserved by the family of Yeshua - probably, compiling other proverbs from before it)
But these days have also had a lot of focus on the mechanics of looking after my feet (that have enabled me to do any of this so far).
This week I had decided to knock back my daily km, from around 27-30km to around 23-25km because of a blister on the back of one heel where my sandal rubbed, and wear some tight short socks to try to prevent some swelling, and walk more in the cooler mornings and evenings, and we added to that the attempt to walk without a day-pack, the support vehicle would come by every hour with water. It seemed to be working by the end of day 5, but had fallen apart by lunch Tuesday, Day 06- 20/05/25. Big swollen blisters, the pain is a bit of an issue, but can be worked through, the worst side-effect is the chance for infection to set in, and the need for constant bandaids as well as putting the feet up, because they are swelling. Very troubling. I don’t spose I can go back to sandals now, with blisters potentially getting infected?? Maybe I should have started doing a maximum of 15-20km/ day, and add one km every day; but since I haven’t should I just work through the blisters at 30 km/ day?? Creative love, I need your wisdom regarding support for weaker members, walks, and efficiency.
We have set up a system of 3 lots of 2 hrs walking, ~6-8am; ~8:45-10:45am; break in heat of day, then ~4:30-6:30. This is more walking early and late, and less in the heat…
Day05 Ethan & I walked
and Dave ran the support vehicle and did most of the cooking. We camped by the side of the road from lunch on, did our walk from there and were picked up from were we got and returned to camp for the night. Then day 06 Dave and Ethan swapped, we’ll often leave our sticks at a place where we stop, & take a photo of it, so we are sure of where to start up again:
We drove to the Haan Roadhouse for lunch, hired a powered site, & while the machine did our washing, we tried out the shipping- container- turned- pool:
then hung out the washing & rested till just before 5pm. We had 9 km left to walk to our base at Haan River, and did it by 7:30pm, then dinner.
Great times talking with Ethan while we walked on Monday, and with Dave on Tuesday. Thank you to creative HESED, and to these good mates.
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