A couple attempting to walk the coastline of mainland Great Britain plan to re-start their journey after their first attempt had to be abandoned when one of them suffered an injury.<\/p>\n
Zoe Langley-Wathen, 54 , and Mike Langley, 73, aim to raise \u00a310,000 for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance over their 7,300-mile (1,1748 km) journey.<\/p>\n
The Somerset couple set off in October last year, but after a stress fracture for Langley-Wathen, they were forced to stop after covering just 60 miles.<\/p>\n
She said: \u00ab\u00a0I’m learning to go slowly, not too fast too soon. It’s probably the reason I got the fracture in the first place.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
She explained they could not return home as they had rented out their property, so they have been staying in a friend’s flat in Wellington, Somerset.<\/p>\n
Now that she has recovered, they plan to restart their two-year challenge from the start in Studland near Bournemouth on 4 February.<\/p>\n
Even though Langley has had two new hips in the last three years he said: \u00ab\u00a0I was like a caged lion for months, because I can’t sit still. Now that we’re going again I’m ready.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
When they began their first attempt of the walk, they were waved off by members of the local air ambulance crew.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0It was incredible and the most beautiful experience,\u00a0\u00bb said Langley-Wathen, with her husband saying they were \u00ab\u00a0honoured to have so many people come\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
The couple met by chance when they were on separate walks along the South West Coast Path in 2011, and ended up married three years later.<\/p>\n
Since then, they have walked thousands of miles together, even walking 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage path in Spain for their honeymoon.<\/p>\n
Both of them expressed the importance of \u00ab\u00a0getting out of [their] comfort zone\u00a0\u00bb, despite age.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0The use of adventure can benefit women like me, with perimenopause, or men like Mike with new hips,\u00a0\u00bb said Langley-Wathen.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Its for everybody.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
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