Log No 159. Mon 14th Oct 2013 - Garlieston to Newton Stewart, 20 miles (2474 miles walked)

And yet another fine day, the warden at the campsite says rain tomorrow but my phone says it will be Wednesday.

The walk started well with 5 miles of marked footpath round the other side of the bay then along Wigtown Bay and returning to the road at Innerwell.

It was mainly walking through woodland but also a couple of fields.

After Innerwell I meant to take another footpath through the farm at Culscadden but I failed to take a turning and ended up walking along the edge of a maize field then climbing over 3 fences or walls to get back on track.

I was now on the B7004 heading to Wigtown and I took a break at a picnic spot in Kilsture Wood, this was also an ideal place to stay in the camper tonight.

It was all road walking now and I had decided I was going to do the rest of today's walk in my walking shoes instead of my boots to see if it makes any difference to my achilles.

They are nowhere near as comfy as my boots and are also a bit on the tight side, I could always put my boots back on if necessary.

I soon joined the main road, walking through Kirkinner, Braehead and Bladnoch before getting to Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town.

To get over the River Cree I had to get to Newton Stewart and I took the minor road for 5 miles before rejoining the main road.

I was feeling really good, the sun was still shining, there was hardly any traffic on this minor road and, more importantly, I had no pain from my achilles.

When I got to the main road I found there was a cycleway for the last 2 miles into Newton Stewart.

All in all it has been an excellent day of 20 miles, my shoes may cause a problem being a tad small but it looks like it is boots that have been affecting my Achilles.

The only minor dent to the day was when I reversed the corner of the camper into a tree.