Author: Leigh Foster
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Day 41 & 42 – The never ending wind farm
Saturday 8 June 2019 Day: 41 Location: Mile 577.2 Distance travelled: 15.2 miles / 24 km The supermarket I resupplied at in Tehachapi was the biggest on trail supermarket I have visited yet so I went a little overboard with my shopping. The upside was fresh berries and an apple for breakfast this morning, a…
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Day 39 & 40 – A double nero in Tehachapi
Thursday 6 June 2019 Day: 39 Location: Mile 558.5 to Mile 559 Distance travelled: 0.5 miles / 1km I had planned to wake up early this morning, hike 8 miles to Highway 58 and then get a bus into Tehachapi for a zero or two. Unfortunately the morning buses didn’t line up for me and…
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Day 37 & 38 – Water and electricity to LA
Tuesday 4 June 2019 Day: 37 Location: Mile 517.6 to Mile 534.9 Distance travelled: 17.3 miles / 28 km After deciding to night walk the next long, dry hot section of trail I was excited about the prospect of a sleep in this morning but for the life of me, I couldn’t. I was wide…
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Day 35 & 36 – A hunt club, Hiker Town and California Poppies
Sunday 2 June 2019 Day: 35 Location: Mile 493 to Mile 511.5 Distance travelled: 18.5 miles / 30 km I woke up early this morning to get a head start on the sun and walk some miles in the relative cool of the morning. I was happy to find that my food bag had survived…
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Day 33 & 34 – Hunger, heat and a desert in bloom
Friday 31 May 2019 Day: 33 Location: Mile 454.5 to Mile 471.4 Distance travelled: 16.9 miles / 27 km It has been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a good omelette breakfast so I was super excited about having a town breakfast before I headed out on trail this morning. I was lucky to…
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Day 31 & 32 – A rattlesnake bonanza and a heaven for hikers
Wednesday 29 May 2019 Day: 31 Location: Mile 424.4 to Mile 444.2 Distance travelled: 19.8 miles / 33 km After all of the cold weather I have experienced over the last couple of weeks, spring was definitely back on as of this morning. I have been on the trail for nearly 1 month now and…
Adam, Leigh and the Trees 
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