Walking a road from origin to end-point was difficult enough - but it may have seemed a little out-of-character too. After all, it would necessitate my engaging with open countryside - terrain to which I was unaccustomed and ill-equipped for walking. However, it felt like a project worth undertaking - not least because the road was there to be walked. And so, on a blustery but strangely warm December morning, my trudge began...