This is Janet, crossing the border,
bringing the map and a bottle of water:
the wind is blowing, but she’s just fine:
she grits her teeth and makes good time.
(… with apologies)
On the road round the east end of the Solway Firth, a lot of end to end routes converge. Soon they will diverge again. But Janet has met lots of LEJoGers and JoGLErs today. Just as many routes have come together, so have many motivations; explorations, honouring a memory, raising money for charity, finding out about oneself. There was a handcycle athlete heading for a world record… and so on.
Sometimes the motives are complex and mixed. FWIW I think my motivations in lots of areas are more complex than I’d like to admit: but if it works, it works.
O God of love,
help us to believe right, we pray.
But better than that,
help us to do right.