Haven Point, Studland, Old Harry Rocks, Swanage. Haven Point to Sandbanks.
Passing Sandbanks where Harry Redknap and the rich folk live we start at Haven Point where we take the ferry across the short channel seperating Poole Harbour from the sea. We get our directions from Darren a local from Poole who is cycling up to Old Harry and then along Purbeck Ridge to Corfe Castle. 
We walk through Studland and up to Old Harry Rocks. Old Harry was Pirate Harry Pay whose missus was with him till she fell in to the sea in 1986. It is an idyllic spot except for my discomfort with heights. My legs feel like jelly seeing Rob sit right by the edge with a sheer drop below him. We take a rest here and it is blissful. First time able to lie on the grass, meditate a while and soak up the sun. Gave Rob his first five minute meditation session. 
I warned him that sleep is the biggest enemy of meditation even in this short time with the collective tiredness from walking he is tempted to drift off. As we rest here Rob gets a text from Tracy (one of our web queens in the team) who is at the Fish Store we were at yesterday. Tracy was down for a wedding yesterday and went in search of our Fish Store after yesterdays blog and saw our leaflet proudly displayed in the window. We wave to her from Old Harry.
The walk between Old Harry and Swanage along the headland is stunning. My legs are like jelly and my heart races as some of the drops from the footpath are scary. I walk faster to get it over with quickly. We meet Jeff and Carol from South Oxfordshire who ask us about local bus routes between Swanage and Haven Point and we actually know the answer. 
They are impressed with our 1000 mile quest and we learn that the Icknield Way we will complete our 1000th mile runs along one side of Jeff's farm. 
We eat our home made ham and cheese sandwich in Swanage which was fine but a bit of acome down from our dozen oysters of yesterday. We meet Annie and Lyn from Haslemere along the front in Swanage. Annie had a friend with MS who died recently and saw the cruelty of the disease.
We spend at least five miles of our walking today learning Roman Key Card for slam bidding in bridge. We also explore the question 'what advice would you now give to your younger self' which has been wandering round one of my linked in networks. The latter parts of our walking are taken up waiting for texts on Blackburn v United and Liverpool v Fulham. Rob captures my delight when I hear United have dropped two points by drawing with Blackburn. Arsenal are still in with a chance of the league. Rob's mood dives as the final result of 0-0 for Liverpool comes through.
We finish our walk around Sandbanks looking at some of the £5m houses and appartments. They look a bit pricey to us with such busy roads in front of them. Another day full of sunshine, great thoughts and enjoyable conversations and we have now walked 50 miles in four days. A cup of tea and looking out from Steve's appartment on the surfers below by Boscombe Pier. Fantastic.
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