The Yanks Are Coming!!

Last week, Jack Frost of Arizona started walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Jack is reporting his journey at http://lejogjack.wordpress.com/

I’m planning to start in his footsteps next week. Now, this may not seem like an invasion, but given that few are presently walking End to End, two Americans must be a pretty high percentage.

Mother Nature is already throwing up her defenses – ash from Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano. This is different from last year’s Eyjafjollajokull volcano. Iceland is a delightful country, but Icelanders really should do something about their volcanoes. They could start by giving them names that you can actually spell and pronounce.  Just don’t follow suggestions from Hawaiians.

Many years ago, when I first planned to hike the Irish Coast to Coast, an epidemic of foot and mouth disease closed down the trails, and I was forced to postpone the walk. Last summer … well, I was forced to postpone the walk. I don’t know what nature has in store for me this year, but I’m getting tired of it. I think the Europeans are also getting tired of it.

D’YA HEAR THAT, NATURE??  WE’RE ALL GETTING TIRED OF IT!!  YOU CAN DELAY US BUT YOU CAN’T STOP US.  READY OR NOT, THE YANKS ARE COMING!!!

Well, OK, you can actually stop us. But please don’t.




© 2011 Ken Klug