Abandoned train line: Befu Railway’s Noguchi Line
Looking for remnants of the old Befu Railway • Noguchi Line
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When I began walking the path that used to be the Noguchi train line in Kakogawa, Japan, my blood sugar was already high. I had to hope that the long walk would help fix it.
I’d been in the mid-to-upper 100s all night, in fact. After breakfast, it rose up to the mid 200s – not unusual, unfortunately.
But, as I began the walk, I was 266. I did take a couple of units of Humalog to help it along after breakfast, though I wasn’t seeing the effects, if any, of it yet.
The old disused platform for Noguchi Station
The walk took about two hours, but after an hour or so, I was low enough that I needed to stop and have a snack. And from then on, I had to monitor it to make sure it didn’t keep going low.
Walking the train line, as usual, revolutionized the day’s blood sugar readings. I pretty much hovered around 100 for much of the rest of my time in Kakogawa. When I got to the very end of the old train line, it was drizzling and I was feeling a bit low again – in the 80s, according to my CGM.
I downed some glucose and went back to town for lunch at a tiny soba noodle place. By then I was 115, and I eat soba often so I knew how to dose the Humalog for the quick hot meal.
And the rest of the afternoon, BGs were fine. Until after dinner when they got a bit high, but that’s not the Noguchi Line’s fault!
