Having read last week's blogpost about Mr Yates who was traveling to Nottingham each day from Loughborough as part of a bet, you might be interested to read about this progress over the week.
"Mr Yates, the Loughborough pedestrian, (of whose engagement, mention was made last week) completed his task, in grand style, on Saturday evening. The concourse of people who met him a short distance from the town, and attended him to the Bull's Head [on High Street], his "winning post" was so great, that it was with the utmost difficulty an avenue could be preserved for him to hobble along with his two sticks! The enlivening sounds of band music - the magnitude of the light shed upon the company by the large flambeau, and lanterns, carried before him - the ringing of bells, and the welcome shouts of his friends, rendered hist entry altogether, a truly exhilarating scene. Paradoxically speaking, the worst leg, about which such apprehensions had been entertained, ultimately "weathered the storm" the best; this however was accounted for by his having walked a good deal with one stick, and pressed considerably on the well let, with a view of saving the other, in the early part of his toil; but both of the were ar last, nevertheless much inflammed. He did not eat an ounce of animal food during the whole six days, subsisting chiefly on gingerbread, biscuits, brandy, gin and tea, with now and then a little soup, and small portions of bread and butter.
Underneath is a tabular view of the time occupied in each day's performance.
Monday, December 6th, 10 hours 25 minutes
Tuesday, December 7th, 11 hours 7 minutes
Wednesday, December 8th, 11 hours 39 minutes
Thursday, December 9th, 11 hours 18 minutes
Friday, December 10th, 11 hours 24 minutes
Saturday, December 11th 10 hours 26 minutes"So, in total Mr Yates walked 183 miles over 6 days, and for a total of 66 hours and 19 minutes!
All for a bet, and with poorly legs!!
From: Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties, 17th December 1819, pg 3
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