Holwell, Stondon, Meppershall, Shefford, Chicksands, Appley Corner, Clophill, Lower and Upper Gravenhurst, Shillington and Pirton.
Yesterday morning Rob was sitting by his pool in Cyprus in 28 degree heat wearing a string vest. Are you conjuring up the image. Very appropriate for Halloween week and scary thoughts! This morning he woke at 3am still on Cyprus time, started working on some audit reports for meetings this week. Then he set off to meet at the start of our walk in his car in which the heating was bust. When we meet he is shivering. We start and Rob is soon complaining about the frost on the ground. From string vest and 28 degrees to four layers and freezing in less than 18 hours.
It is a gloriously sunny day and it is pretty walking. Wandering through quiet autumnal Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire villages we continue our conversation on football, who will go first Hodgson or Mancini? Rob is troubled between a wish to see Liverpool lose a few more games so Hodgson can be dismissed and the desire for his team to start the long road back to being European champions. I say Arsenal will win the league and am told my heart is ruling my head. 
We have a great long debate over about five miles about socialism and capitalism and what is going on in the economy at the moment. Rob reassures me it is going to be all right and the market will take care of us if we take care of our debt. No walk is complete without some discusion on recent bridge hands and where we can improve.
The views continue to impress. Just after Meppershall we come upon a sign declaring 'there are dragons here' and we wait and wait but none show up. 
We stop at Appley Corner for lunch resting against a hedge and watching the world go by. What a lovely name Appley Corner is. As the day goes on the sun gets lower and the autumn colours get richer and deeper.Photographer
Rob is on the hunt for the picture to capture the moment and I see him stooping low to capture fallen leaves, racing after tractors with seagulls in tow and then cursing the sun for being in the wrong place.
Then as we near the end of our walk the sun sets with a stunning show to cap off a great days walking.
It was tough today as my back was teeth gritting painful for the last five miles. Probably from lifting Leo too much yesterday when we were together. Just three more days walking to do! Amazing.
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