Date: 2005-05-25
From: Woodshole hostel

To: Pearisburg
Miles today: 10.0
Weather: overcast clouds

The gong went at 7am and we all started making our way to tillies table. This place is so dam charming, i even bought 3 postcards off her with its picture on. I wished i had gone for the veggie breakfast as it was fruit which I crave out here. Tillie brought out a basket of bread biscuits and we smoothered jam and butter onto them and ate. I could have had the whole thing again, I had to stop myself grabbing other peoples breakfast. Its such a battle to stay civil when it comes to food. I rang home quickly and heard about my sisters new boyfriend. He knows the way to impress my mother, take her out to lunch. He sounds nice but my sister will probably scare him off by the time im back! The hike into Pearisburg was fine, however at one point i thought i was heading southbound. Sometimes your walking and you almost awake from a zone and start wondering if you set off the right way. I was on the right way and rolled into town around 2pm. I saw a note stuck to a post for me from Crazy legs saying they got a room and so i rang phoenix from the payphone. She was like 'im coming to pick you up'. Crazy legs was in the car with her and informed me we were off to see Starwars, it felt like the world was bending to meet my needs. I shared a room with another trail angelcalled Hotcrotch. His name is more innocent than it appears. He simply said one time on the trail that a perfect sleeping bag would we warm at the legs and above the waist but coller around the groin, so they said he had a hot crotch! I also today finally met Amy Treneff, 'Hooky'. We exchanged emails before i came out and she also has a trailjournal. We drove into Blacksburg which is a college town. Its a pedestrain town, which by that i mean you can walk around it with ease. Amy went to get some new boots and me,crazylegs and phoenix went to the bar. I was suprised to see what looked like a champions league game on. Then i realised it was liverpool playing in the final. I aint heard anything about football (soccer) since being here and that was a real shock to see. Liverpool won in the end after being 3-0 down. Starwars was intense and i think it be remembered as a good starwars film, i wont talk anymore and risk spoiling it for anyone. I found out that at the motel the office is open 24 hrs with internet access, so i could really catch up0 this journey, you dont want to know how much time i spent in there. I popped up to the evil walmart empire and still no luck with a summer bag, i guess i'll just have to get a marmot bag later down the line. Tal emailed me, he's doing well and catching up. He said Taxman was ill, apparently was in intensive care for a while. He was another brit out here, i never met him but knew alot about him. He's gone back to England to get better. That was sad to hear, and i send him my best wishes on his recovery. I tumbled into my room at 1am and went to sit on my bed in the dark but missed it. I crashed down and started laughing as i was feeling a little dazed from all the time spent on the computer. I woke hotcrotch up and felt a little bad about that. Not use to this bed, so much space to sprawl out. dandylion