how are you? I hope you’re well. I’d thought I’d give you a little update on my preparations. The biggest news, I suppose, is that I’ve set a start date; I will be setting off to see you on the 1st October. I would have liked to have gotten underway earlier but there are just so many things that need to be prepared for such a long walk but on the 1st of October I’ll be getting underway.
People have been very kind to me; they’ve helped me train, offered places to sleep and have been giving me excellent tips and ticks for walking. A shoe company have even sent me shoes so that my feet stay warm and dry. Some people have invited me to come and visit them and others have even offered to walk with me for a while so, as you can see, I’m being looked after. I don’t really know most of these people and yet they’re helping as best they can and in ways I would have never imagined. Isn’t that splendid?
So, in 8 days, I start walking and, in a strange online-kind-of-way, I’ll be bringing hundreds of people with me.
Warm regards from Munich,
Marcus Brown – aka The Kaiser.
