Monthly Archives: December 2018

So you thought getting on the wall would be easy did you?? Oh no!

Slowly I pushed myself up there.  It was hot, steep and completely open.  We were on the top. I stood there wondering what on earth I had done, The Wall stretched as far as the eye could see; on and on it went, a solid grey mass, the size of a small road, with sometimes a smooth surface and sometimes the worst steps I have ever had the experience to climb or descend.  I quickly learnt that the smooth bits were worse than the steps!  When the wall went downhill, it was sometimes so steep that I had to walk sideways like a crab, walking up I was sometimes clinging to the barrier wall at the side.

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It all started in a pub – like these things often do. Sitting with a group of work colleagues, we talked about doing something adventurous together, like a trekking challenge, like going on the Great Wall of China.

After scouting around on the internet we came up with, what seemed to be, the best option.  An all-in trip to the Wall, walking for 6 days and a visit to Beijing at the end.

So that’s how I found myself sitting at the airport, stomach churning, no idea what was ahead and no idea how I would fare.  

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