Looking back at the posts, I seem to have had a lot of negative things to say, but I still remember the time as being very special. It was definitely the right thing to go on my own as I didn't have to worry about keeping anyone else happy and could just do whatever I felt like. It's strange to spend that amount of time on your own, but not at all unpleasant or lonely (apart when on the beach and completely out of contact with everyone - i.e. no texting).
I kept roughly to plan and covered a hell of a lot of miles. But most of the walks were cut short in one way or another. I also spent far more nights in hotels than I planned. And had more restaurant meals than planned.... My illness and shoe issues really didn't help, but I worked around them as best I could.
The main learning was that next time I'd stay in hostels - wild camping is too iffy in terms of whether you get a good nights sleep, but staying in hotels all the time felt too much at odds with the 'back to basics' nature of walking in the wild.
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