An Adventure into the Abyss — Struggle.

Tuesday 22nd August, 5am, I woke up excited as anything to begin the week of adventures. I’ve always been someone who becomes excited, but like, painfully excited. I remember being a kid, and in the days leading up to Christmas, a sleep over, anything fun — I was so excited it was actually painful. Anyway. Planned, was a week of adventures. My friend Rachel was walking the Dales Way, a 80 something mile trail through the boggy yet glorious Northern realm of England, and I was going to join her for 2 days, and camp with her too. But obviously, that wasn’t quite enough. So I decided to…