Scotland & Lake District Solo UK Road Trip - Hiking Blencathra via Sharp Edge & Back Injury Update

Good morning, let's go on a road trip All right guys we have made it to the first destination on this completely random Spontaneous solo road trip. I just thought I'd get in my car and see where it takes me I did book my hotel here tonight So I knew that this was gonna be my first destination and I have a friend here who I'm meeting for dinner So this is basically the start but I have nothing booked after tonight I have a few ideas of things that I might go and do but I do also have some work that I'm doing So I'm kind of traveling and working at the same time So who knows where we'll end up but right now we have ended up in Edinburgh, which has got to be hands-down My favorite city in the entire world I've been here probably three or four times before and I just I love it here There's something about Scotland in general that makes me feel like I'm at home I don't know what it is, but Edinburgh is just so so stunning and I'm just so so happy to be back I was driving in and all the buildings were starting to come up and I was just like Yes, I'm in my favorite place. So I don't have a huge amount of plans while I'm here I don't think I'll be here for a huge amount of time but in half an hour I'm gonna go meet a friend who lives here and we're gonna go and grab some food and a couple of drinks and that is My only plan so far. I think I'm just gonna spend tomorrow Walking around the city even though I've walked around it so many times It's just the most beautiful city If you've been here before you'll know and if you haven't it really is just like walking around Harry Potter. It's crazy It's just so stunning and getting some coffee getting some good food and just relaxing really and then I've got some work in the afternoon Some calls and meetings so I'll be doing those The other option would be to go to the beach and go for a swim, but it is pretty chilly So I don't know if I'll do that But anyway, I need to get ready for dinner because I'm currently in what I drove up in It took me six nearly six hours to get here from where I live. So it wasn't too bad The drive was super easy. There was like no traffic on the roads, which was amazing And I also really enjoy driving so it was pretty sweet. But yeah, we are in Scotland. Let's go and enjoy Okay, I literally have to run but I thought I'd show you my outfit It's a classic Lucy one basically baggy clothes because I don't know how to dress myself but essentially this is what I'm wearing if it will focus so Baggy jeans, I'm gonna tank top and then this super baggy jacket and my little Zara bag And that is it. We are off for dinner. Let's go Good morning. I am so hungry. I am so ready for some breakfast It's about 10 a.m. Now and I got up really early and went for a walk up Arthur's Seat it was super windy when I got up there, but it was nice to just get out and about and Enjoy the morning. It was nice to have a different view for my morning walk, which was good. So I did that I've come back to the hotel. I've packed up my stuff last night We went for dinner at a place called Bonnie and wild I had a pizza and my friend Jen had some Chicken and chips like fried chicken and then we had a couple of drinks a couple of whiskeys Whiskey is my favorite and then we went to a bar called the voodoo rooms. I think it was called and Had a few more cocktails there, which was really good and then yeah came home and just jumped straight into bed I got home about 1 a.m. Ish. So it wasn't too crazy anything like that It was just so nice to catch up and have a laugh and then yeah get up bright and early To seize the day today. I still don't really have too many plans I just had a look at where to go for breakfast. I think I'm gonna go to a place called Bross bagels it's literally just around the corner from my hotel and see if I can make a Big-ass bagel with like avocado and maybe some haggis. So I'm gonna have that for breakfast I think and then from there I think I'm gonna head into the old town and just have a little wander around look at some of the architecture take some photos and probably just drop into a cafe at some point and catch up on a bit of work and then I have to be back for About two o'clock because I have some calls this afternoon Which I need to do in the meeting room and then I'm gonna jump in the car and head to Kendall in the Lake District So that is something I did when I got back last night is I booked a hotel for tonight and tomorrow night in Kendall so I'm gonna head over there. That's about three and a half hour drive. So I'll probably be getting there pretty late So I'm gonna make sure I have some lunch before I go as well But yeah, that's pretty much the plan at the moment. The weather is it's nice and sunny It's a little bit chilly very windy, but I shouldn't really need to have too many layers, which is good The light here is so crazy I mean, I'm only five and a half six hours north of where I live in terms of driving. It's like 250 miles but the difference in the daylight is quite stark. We left one of the bars last night at 11 and it was still light like pretty light It was so bizarre and then I woke up this morning at 4 and there was already light in the sky It's just crazy how long the days are here in summer Yeah, it's kind of weird, but also really cool to have just tons of daylight Anyway, I'm gonna finish packing up this stuff and then go and find some food and some Hold on to me like I'm already gone Whisper your words like secrets written in a normal skin Look up above Sunlight seems like it is gonna break in Something ain't right Yeah, something ain't right Oh You catch me at the end of a lot of walking in the one day and I'm feeling pretty tired I'm ready for plenty of food and Probably a bath and then to hopefully get some sleep. I slept so bad last night so bad I need about four hours sleep because I just could not get to sleep. I tried everything. I tried watching videos I tried reading I tried listening to Meditation I tried listening to white noise. I tried putting earplugs in I just could not get to sleep It was so frustrating when I was up at 5 some this morning to go for a hike So I went and met one of my friends Jake and we went up to Blencathra via sharp edge So that was good another little Ridge done. Yeah, I'm such a really soft. I'm holding the camera So that was great and then Jake had a lunch that he had to go see too So we had to cut the hike pretty short. So we came back down. I came back to the hotel. I just chilled out had some cereal and Then I went on a long circular walk just about 11 kilometers. It's pretty cool Actually, I ended up taking a route and came across an abandoned quarry Apparently the witcher was filmed some of the witcher was filmed there. It was pretty cool. And then also a slate mine and a Waterfall a couple of waterfalls, so it's pretty nice actually and it was just really a chance to burn some energy Get out in the Sun while it was sunny. I Wore my watch all day to see How far I would walk and I think I clocked up a pretty decent distance. Let's have a look Yeah, so Focus I did. Oh, that's really blurry 40,000 steps in total and In terms of the hiking I did 11.6 kilometers and 13.7 kilometers the first hike we did 740 meters in elevation and then that second walk that I went on which was pretty flat was just over 400 meters in total elevation. So not a bad day. And now like I say, I'm back it is 730 and I am ready to eat. So I've got the most random amalgamate Amalgamation of food here. I just wanted lots of random stuff. So that's what I'm eating You guys are gonna think I'm so weird. I've also got a couple of drinks. I've already had a gin and tonic I sat and had a gin and tonic and read my book after my walker pub and then I went and grabbed another gin and Tonic a fizzy wine and a JD and coke. So I'm having that now. I'm gonna sit eat this Watch some YouTube and just chill and then catch up with you guys in a little bit. Sorry if you hear that noise All right, this is what I'm eating so I've got British chips with scraps because you have to have scraps curry sauce Some salad which is from here and some chicken that I bought which is from like the cold chicken section in the supermarket Because I'm kind of limited. I don't have a microwave or anything So all of that with some salad dressing on there and I've also got some like relish that I bought which I put in there and then I've also got some Tomatoes and some ham hock. So like I said, very very random and oh my gosh I've just realized that my microphone isn't even attached to my camera. So I'm sorry if this audio is really bad Right. I'm gonna eat this and chill and I will catch up with you guys in a bit So I just thought I'd share this because I am so so engrossed in it at the moment, but this person up here Recently climbed Everest and I've been following her journey. She tried to summit it last year I think it was but was unsuccessful because of the weather and so she's managed to do it this year, but it is just Fascinating watching someone try to climb Everest. Like it's so interesting so many things that you don't think about and it's just amazing so yeah, if you need some inspo or Just want to learn some stuff It's just it's so engrossing. It's amazing. But anyway back to eating. So as you can tell I am back at home I came back a couple of days ago. I honestly can't quite remember what the last thing I filmed was I think it might have been me eating my dinner after the hiking on Saturday It was a really nice day and dinner was chef's kiss So good fish and chips and a load of random other stuff I also went through nearly an entire box of brown flakes, which I'm pretty impressed with You know, it's a good effort that in one weekend I had a really bad night's sleep on that Saturday night and I was awake at about 4 in the morning and about 5 My friend Jake who I hiked with on Saturday messaged me and he was also awake So we ended up going out taking his dog out for a walk And then I met some of my girlfriends that I went to high school with which I haven't seen in about 15 years Which was insane. This is insane. I felt like I hadn't aged, but I had aged It was really bizarre, but it was so nice to see them Which was lovely because I actually went to high school there I don't know if I've mentioned but I went to high school in that area. So everyone still lives there. So that was really cool and Then I decided I missed Hugo too much I did a bit of work and I jumped in the car and headed home and it took about three hours to get home And now I'm back now since coming back. I've had a bit of annoying news and that is that my back injury is Flaring up again, and I don't know if it's my OG back injury or if it's just a niggle but the consensus is that it's probably just a niggle which is Grumbling my back injury I'm probably not gonna go into too much detail because I'm gonna make a completely separate video all about my back injury But my OG back injury is a disc bulge and it caused sciatic symptoms and that was something that happened was only two years ago now about a year and a half and Took a long time to get over and it was really frustrating And like I say, I still need to make a video about the recovery and the mindset and all that sort of stuff But I've also been told by surgeons and my osteopath and physiotherapist that it's something that's probably Not that likely to ever heal fully it will be managed well But it may flare up from time to time and who knows it might happen fully again So that's something that I'm definitely aware of and I always always have in the back of my mind when I'm doing stuff But obviously I do put my body through a lot in terms of hiking being out in the mountains being as active as I am Doing calisthenics and training and all that stuff and to be honest with you I'm not great at stretching like I really don't do it as much as I should So it potentially could be a little bit of a strain on my disc which is grumbling me But I think the general consensus is that it's more of a muscle strain that really has appeared from nowhere I just woke up one day I was like my back's a little bit achy and I thought it was because I had my period that day and it just Continued to get worse and worse and worse at first because I'm so stubborn I continued to not train But I continued to walk as much as I normally do and on any given day I usually walk anywhere between 17,000 to 25,000 steps then that's not normal necessarily Like that's a lot of steps for most people but for me, that's just what I'm used to. I live in an urban area I do all my groceries pretty much daily by foot. I have an active job all that sort of stuff So this is pretty normal for me and I maintained that for the first few days, but my back just couldn't handle it so I spent two days just completely pulling back doing just my rehab exercises and stretches and Not really walking anywhere near as much just taking short walks and then resting the rest of the time And it definitely has improved which is why everyone thinks it is just a muscle strain that potentially is aggravating the disc injury Slightly, so we are slowly and surely getting there. I saw my osteopath for the second time again yesterday Did a bit of dry needling a bit of soft tissue massage So we'll see how it feels in a couple of days time but it's just a little bit frustrating just because I mentally I love being active and Having to put everything on a standstill just makes me pretty sad, but it will be okay I will keep you guys updated on how it goes and I have been able to do Some gym sessions just to really move my body and like I say it just gives me that mental time just to Chill that's what I really find especially with my job being the way it is I spend a lot of time on my own and although I'm a personal trainer everything is online So there's only really two days a week where I'm actually talking to clients face-to-face and the rest of the week I could basically go without seeing anyone So I do go out and about and working cafes a lot But I use the gym as that time to be around other people and so that's kind of why I've missed but it will be fine We'll get back to it. I'm actually going away Tomorrow first thing in the morning to Belfast in Northern Ireland to go and meet one of my girlfriends for the weekend We're having a girls weekend, which should be really nice. I'm really looking forward to it So hopefully my back like doesn't aggravate me too much We're hoping to go to the beach and do a few little bits and bobs as well So fingers crossed it will continue to get better. But until then I'm gonna just try not to think about it too much Really? I have nearly finished my book that I was reading which is how to talk to anyone I also read another book called Verity which has been going around I'm not a fiction reader, but I read this book from front to back in about three days and It was good. I was a little bit disappointed with the ending That is all I'm going to say but it was good to read Usually I read things like popular science or psychology or business books So it's completely different for me, but I did enjoy reading it and I find fiction very easy to read So it was nice just to have a little bit of like mental space just to read that so I would recommend it It was definitely a good book. I mean I finished it in three days, but oh that ending was just a little bit disappointing Anyway, right. I've got to pack because yeah, I've got a lot of packing to do and also I've got some calls in a second So I better go but I just thought I would finish this video off let you know what's going on I will make that video about my back in the future because I know I get so many questions about it But until then I will let you guys go. Thank you so much for watching this totally random video I don't even know if it's any good But I hope you got something out of it or you enjoyed it in some way and I will see you guys in the next video Bye