A nice 8 miles of walking today. First 4 miles were in Durham City through a wispy disappearing mist from Shincliffe alongside the River Wear. At coffee break at Starbucks I had a great discussion with a man with mental problems who gave me a good chunk of his life story. Confirmed my view that alcohol is  very bad for some folk. With the wispy hazy mist still in the West side of the gorge that surrounds most of Durham Cathedral, shown nicely with the 11am sun casting a shadow over it, I headed back to a sunny Darlington. I still felt like getting some more miles in my legs so I  walked into Darlo center and back, a nice 4 miles. A walking day with a  lot of thinking done!