Our walk has introduced us to many treasures accross the UK. Walking south from York between Bishopthorpe and Riccall we walked along the solar system cycle path. The 6.4 mile track is a scale representation of the solar system, with Jupiter the size of a football, and Pluto as small as a pea.
One step equals 500,000km which meant we were travelling 3 times faster than the speed of light. Information on the way told us that "each journey ends before it begins and every time you travel on the route you will be a little younger at the end than when you started".
The start of the walk covers the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars very quickly. Although Venus is further from the sun than Mercury, the high level of greenhouse gases in its atmosphere means it is more than 150 degress hotter.
A couple of nights before in Sowerby, I had been asked for ID for the first time in seven years, whilst trying to buy a local Yorkshire ale. Maybe walking does actually make you younger.
Distance covered so far: 374 miles
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