{"id":9201,"date":"2018-07-28T19:09:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T17:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prikanowski.nl\/swcp\/?p=9201"},"modified":"2018-07-28T19:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T17:09:43","slug":"thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is message 3 of 3 closing posts on my blog about the South West Coast Path.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I want to thank everyone who has made my hiking adventure possible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My family, who had to do without me for more than 9 weeks and had to do all sorts of things that I normally do.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/encounterwalkingholidays.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encounter Walking Holidays<\/a> for arranging my luggage transport, the overnight addresses and all information and tips they have given me.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luggagetransfers.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luggage Transfers<\/a> for actually carrying my luggage, which was always present when I had finished walking.<\/li>\n<li>The weather gods (everyone can fill in their favorites).<\/li>\n<li>Colleagues, some of whom also took over from me while I was away.<\/li>\n<li>B &amp; B, hotels, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Laundrettes that helped me with the laundry or even did it for me.<\/li>\n<li>Ferrymen who made sure that I did not have to wade through more rivers&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Bar staff and wait staff in pubs, restaurants and other occasions that took care for my drinks and meals.<\/li>\n<li>All the nice people I met along the way, fellow hikers and others, for the nice conversations from short to long.<\/li>\n<li>Blog readers and commenters for following my adventures and the reactions I received (both via the blog and in the mail and the app).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last lyrics from <em>Rush<\/em>\u00a0are very\u00a0applicable,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Kiz5jyG5j4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Marathon<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s not how fast you can go<br \/>\nThe force goes into the flow<br \/>\nIf you pick up the beat<br \/>\nYou can forget about the heat<br \/>\nMore than just survival<br \/>\nMore than just a flash<br \/>\nMore than just a dotted line<br \/>\nMore than just a dash<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s a test of ultimate will<br \/>\nThe heartbreak climb uphill<br \/>\nGot to pick up the pace<br \/>\nIf you want to stay in the race<br \/>\nMore than blind ambition<br \/>\nMore than simple greed<br \/>\nMore than a finish line<br \/>\nMust feed this burning need<br \/>\nIn the long run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>[Chorus:]<\/i><br \/>\nFrom first to last<br \/>\nThe peak is never passed<br \/>\nSomething always fires the light that gets in your eyes<br \/>\nOne moment&#8217;s high, and glory rolls on by<br \/>\nLike a streak of lightning<br \/>\nThat flashes and fades in the summer sky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Your meters may overload<br \/>\nYou can rest at the side of the road<br \/>\nYou can miss a stride<br \/>\nBut nobody gets a free ride<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">More than high performance<br \/>\nMore than just a spark<br \/>\nMore than just the bottom line<br \/>\nOr a lucky shot in the dark<br \/>\nIn the long run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>[Chorus]<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can do a lot in a lifetime<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t burn out too fast<br \/>\nYou can make the most of the distance<br \/>\nFirst you need endurance<br \/>\nFirst you&#8217;ve got to last&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>[Chorus]<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is message 3 of 3 closing posts on my blog about the South West Coast Path. Finally, I want to thank everyone who has made my hiking adventure possible: My family, who had to do without me for more than 9 weeks and had to do all sorts of things that I normally do. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/thank-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thank you!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-swcp"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["en","nl"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9201"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9228,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201\/revisions\/9228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devoortsoftware.nl\/swcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}