Starting As I mean to….

Well the New Year is only a few days old…I saw it in stood on the bridge in the Village, watching the fireworks all around, and singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’

already I’ve had a nice quick trip up and around Kinder Scout, taking in the really wild winds on the top, which were actually blowing me over  ( shows how much weight I’ve lost), and then peppering me with hailstones !

 and I’ve had at least a daily few mile walk, in and around where I live…

Today I got my annual ‘stats’ from ‘Map my walk’, showing

Jotown’s WORKOUT SUMMARY FOR 2014

           53

                    122.4

                     828.01

                   82058
Not bad when you realise it doesn’t include anything from the Camino…. so it’s more than double for the year !!

No wonder I was feeling fitter ..on the first Sunday of the New Year, as Tristan + Lincoln came up for me to help them learn to ride their new bikes, so up and down the trail me and their Dad Gavin ran… they seemed to enjoy the mud, and our efforts at keeping them upright … they’ll come mountain biking with me one day… 

So, the day after I thought I’d better have a ride myself, so up I went, over the tops away from home, and towards Rushup Edge and Edale along the rough Pennine Bridleway.. I didn’t do a full loop, stopped at the edge, had a cereal bar, and came back the same way, almost ! Not bad, 18 kms in a couple of hours…clean up and then Decoration removal beckoned…

A quick visit in and out of Manchester the next day, and to today, I thought I’d finish the first week of the Year with another bike ride - a meandering loop from home, down through New Mills, along the canal and back home , before some forecast heavy rain set in…that hadn’t accounted for several mistakes I made ( very unlike me !)… firstly I got a chunk of glass stuck in my front tyre, and then I made the second mistake….I pulled it out….pssssss as the tyre went down- at least it was a picturesque spot for a wheel change… and I was soon on my way home, beating the rain…with just the washing + ironing to do !!, -what a nice start to the year !

Happy 2015

May all our dreams happen !