So much for my trip to Devon and the East Devon Way!
I had been planning the East Devon Way as my last walk before putting the tent away this year. I booked off the week of 14th October, booked the campsites and planned to head down to my bestest sister Linda's in Exmouth on Saturday 11th, stay for a few days and then walk back via the EDW from there to Lyme Regis over 4 days, back to work on 21st. Two things scuppered this plan....
- Tigger cut his back leg very badly (no idea how), severing three tendons and needed quite a big op to stitch everything back up. So I postponed the EDW plan but was still hoping to get to Linda's a bit later in the week once we knew Mr. Tiggs would not try to bite his leg off if left unattended while Pete was at work.
- The nagging pain I had in my butt and leg before I went on holiday (and which I was hoping would go away if I ignored it) turned into full blown sciatica. Excruciating pain ensued and so then the entire Devon trip was cancelled as I could neither walk nor sit, only lie in the foetal position feeling sorry for myself while Tigger lay next to me feeling sorry for himself. And that's how I spent my holiday.