Day Fifty

Posted on March 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, Canal, day Fifty, Etruria, Exercise, Feet, Photos, Towpath, View, WalkingLeave a comment

It’s been fifty days since I started the #100daywalkingchallenge. I’m surprised I’ve done it without a break. I started doing about two miles a day but I’m slowly building up. Today I did 4.6 miles. Yes on the flat, and not very fast, but I keep going.

I’m in a group that are trying to achieve this, not to raise money, but just to try and improve our health. There is no pressure, no minimum amount. Just gentle support of one another. If I don’t feel like going far I get encouraged by a friend, and vice versa.

Pinchetel

Posted on March 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, day 42, Exercise, Hill, Honeywall, Hubby, Penkhull, pinchetel, Stoke-on trent, Time, Tired, Walking, Weather, wet and windyLeave a comment

Three miles walked today round the village in a city of Penkhull. Part of Stoke on Trent. To reach the village centre we decided to walk up a hill called Honeywall, past the Beehive public house and this sign erected in 2011 by the Penkhull Residents Association. Instead of continuing straight up the hill we walked down an interesting side road and then right an up to the Church of St Thomas which stands on the village green. As we walked past a flower bed we spotted these bottles decorated as bottle ovens with a top hatted figure standing next to them. Then we walked down and around Thistley Hough and finally by circuitous routes home to make sure the walk was long enough. I’ve only walked about 22 miles this week, a bit down on last week, but the weather has been wet and windy, and my hubby doesn’t want to walk to far, but I feel fitter (and tired). Day 42!

I am a lightweight!

Posted on March 10, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, Busy, car repair, College, Exercise, Friends, Life, online forms, Short walk, Support, Tired, WalkingLeave a comment

After days of walking decent distances the last two have been a bit of a disappointment. Yesterday I walked uphill though, and got my heart points in. Today it was only because I had to deliver the car to the garage for repairs and walk home via a cafe for a takeaway breakfast, go and help a friend with an online form because she was struggling with filling it in, and this evening going shopping in the local supermarket to collect essentials like milk and bread. During the day I also took part in a lecture that overran somewhat and was busy trying to catch up with household tasks. I have got to do a couple of observational drawings to catch up my weekly quota. I will try and post the results of them later. Still got to wash the shopping (yes I do that) and consider working on an editorial illustration that we have to create for college thus week. But now I’m sitting down with the cat on my lap. Might have a quick nap!

26.3 miles

Posted on March 7, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, almost a marathon, Exercise, Life, Penkhull, Photo, the Croft, WalkingLeave a comment

26.3 miles

That’s how far I walked this week.

It’s not far for some people but it is far to me…I’ve also got my hubby out walking. He’s tired but he’s enjoyed the couple of times he’s been out. Next week I hope to go a little bit further. Maybe by doing a couple of walks a day? We will see… And I almost walked a Marathon this week. X

Walking…..

Posted on February 25, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, 25% done!, Age, belief, Confidence, Exercise, Fun, Life, Tired, Walking2 Comments

I never thought I would be doing this challenge. I used to be scared of walking. If I walked a couple of hundred yards I would congratulate myself! I’m so glad I joined in and I’ve already got through 25% of it!

I used to be fit. I could cycle for miles, but after an accident where I was injured I eventually got a car. That was my downfall. Its taken over thirty years to realise I can do something about it. Don’t be scared, have a go!

Will I do it?

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, Days, Exercise, Hill, Life, Penkhull, Steps, Thinking, Time, Walking3 Comments

Another day, 14 so far, will I be able to do #100daywalkingchallenge? What happens when I get there, or trip up and twist an ankle. I hope I can be determined enough. My mind seems to be getting into a walking gear, I’m not as scared of walking as I was. I used to think walking a few hundred yards was hard. The best thing I did was to decide to walk up our steep hill on most walks, get the hard effort done at the start… It really helped me, getting through the pain… I might not be doing 10000 steps, but I’m doing my best!

And we’re walking…

Posted on February 7, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, doing it, Exercise, kilometers, Miles, Steps, thanks, WalkingLeave a comment

So this week I started a #100daywalkingchallenge with friends. Given that I don’t walk far normally I think doing an average of about three miles a day isn’t bad. Particularly since I have been doing a lot of uphill bits to exercise my heart more. I just think if I hadn’t been pushed by a friend to do it I never would have. The point is I was scared. I’d walked with friends before, but in the countryside, and they would leave me plodding on behind and laugh when I struggled to get over stiles because of my bad balance and short legs. My hubby carried on, but I gave up on it. I’m glad now that I have realised I can do it after all!

Walking again

Posted on February 5, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Dreaming, Exercise, Fish and chips, Life, pebbles, Sand, Seaside, She'll, stick of rock, WalkingLeave a comment

Up the hill round the corner, down the other side, urban jungle, walking through terraced houses and past the church. Over into a housing estate… It might be good to go further, but I’m not allowed.

I still want to walk along a beach, water lapping the shore. The sound of water trickling through pebbles, sand and shells.

Buying sticks of rock, fish and chips, a drink of bitter shandy. Seagulls trying to steal your ice-cream.

I can dream!

Uphill

Posted on February 3, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Exercise, Hills, Penkhull, Shattered, Steps, Stoke-on trent, Tired, Walking2 Comments

Five and a quarter miles! Help. I got to about 9000 steps and my friend said why not walk up the hill at penkhull! Note to self, do the hill at the start of the walk, not half way through it. Half way up I had to call a halt and we turned onto some flattish side streets. Then a gentle slope back downhill and about a mile on the flat back home…

Wet walk

Posted on February 2, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 100 day walking challenge, day 2, Exercise, Hill, soaking wet, Tired, Walking, WetLeave a comment

Second day of walking, very wet! 2nd February 2021. I’m trying to do over 5000 steps a day. It’s pointless to try 10000 when I’m not that fit. One step at a time…. We have a big hill outside our door, that is a challenge. Most days I’m trying to walk up it, some days I’m walking down as well which makes my toes hurt!

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Exercise

Day Fifty

Pinchetel

I am a lightweight!

26.3 miles

Walking…..

Will I do it?

And we’re walking…

Walking again

Uphill

Wet walk