Monthly Archives: August 2013

A straight forward walk

Finally I left my bike at home on Sunday and went for a walk.

Helen had mentioned she would like to start walking so we had arranged to walk some of the Fen Rivers Way, an easy straight walk along the river.

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Originally I was going to do it from Kings Lynn to Downham Market but Geoff suggested I should try it the other way for a change and walk Home.

Fen Rivers Way

The day started off looking grey and dull but by the time we had arrived in Downham Market the sun was out and it continued to be a beautiful Sunny walking day.

With lots of chatter we soon arrived at the Church Ruins near Wiggenhall St Peter, where we sat for a while enjoying the view and peace.

Church Ruins at Wiggenhall St Peter

Soon on our way again we could see Kings Lynn in the distance and before long  was sat outside Marriott’s Warehouse on the Quay side enjoying coffee….

Kings Lynn

I have planned to meet up with my LDWA friend next weekend and we are going to walk the Fen Rivers Way from Cambridge and see how far we can get in a day….

Getting my boots out….

This may be hard to believe but I have not done a walk since 28th July, even I find that hard to believe 🙁

walking boots Its due to 2 reasons, with Geoff away ,I have been staying In Kings Lynn at weekends, any decent walks from here are a good drive away and with the cost of fuel, a walk becomes a luxury.

The other reason of course is my beautiful bike, a fantastic gift from Geoff, to help me pass the weekends doing something I love …Exercise,  without having to spend money 🙂

My other favourite pass time is Running, which strangely seems to be improving since I started biking…

So in the Past 4 weeks I have cycled 287 miles, loving the Group riding with the SWNC 

I have also ran aprox 40 miles, enjoying the Saturday morning parkruns and the Ladybird club runs.

BUT tomorrow I am going for a walk it may only be 12 miles, which is short for me but its a walk and one I am looking forward too very much….

Kings Lynn Parkrun 100 and a PB for me !

On Saturday the 17th Aug it was Kings Lynn’s 100th Parkrun and my 4th, although I have also done one at Milton too.

As always I enjoyed the nice friendly atmosphere, these Saturday morning runs help me cope with the weekends, when Geoff is away and I am meeting some really nice people too.

It felt like I had an excellent run, so I was a little disappointed when I quickly checked my Garmin at the end and it read 29:29 or so I thought ! ( I didn’t have my glasses on at the time )

After enjoying lovely cake, tea and a good natter I wandered home Listening to my audio book .

So imagine my surprise and delight when I down loaded my stats from my Garmin to see I had mis-read my time and It actually read 28:29 making it a PB for me   🙂
Parkrun 100

I think the Biking is making me run faster, or it could be that I told my legs I would buy that Purple bike helmet if I got a PB….

A new discovery

This week I went and joined my local library as I discovered that they had a huge on line Audio book library.

Thursday's in the ParkBasically you down load them to an app, called one click digital, on your iphone/ipod and its stays there for 21 days, then they take it back again.

I decided to start with a book that I Know many of you have read called  “Thursdays in the park” .

It took me a few attempts to get into it, as I never seemed to remember the story, but I have got the hang of it now and am half way through the book already.

When you look at how expensive audio books are to buy I think this is a great service

I especially like listening to it when out walking 🙂

A feast fit for The Shelford’s

Yesterday my Mum and Dad came to visit us and a Tartiflette was needed for dinner 🙂

DSC_0004So while my Dad attempted to concrete my patio for the 3rd time I cooked dinner.

This time it was for 7 people so I had to make 2 large Tartiflette.

Which took 900 ml of cream, 750 grams of bacon, 2 camembert and 2kg of potatoes, plus 2 glasses of my wine!

Far too many calories to even try counting especially as I made a Rhubarb and Blackcurrant crumble for pudding.

Glad to say dinner was a huge success but the patio was a fail as once again the concrete refused to stick to my stones and just pulled out of the gaps 🙁

Cambridge to London

No I did not Run or Walk from Cambridge to London but I biked on my lovely new Specialized Dolce racing bike 🙂

It was a fantastic gift from Geoff to help me pass the time while he is away on his mega trip.

On our way to London

He even delayed his departure so that I could ride to London with him.

It was a great 63 mile ride although I did not really enjoy the section along Regents Canal, too many people, too much stopping and starting and at times I really thought I may fall into the canal 🙁

We choose to stay at a hotel that had its own under road car park, thinking our bikes would be safe there but was told to lock our bikes to a lamp post 🙁 needless to stay we managed to smuggle mine up to our room with us 🙂

Sunday morning came round far too quickly and I had a very heavy heart as I waved Geoff off on his travels.

Now I just have to get my speed and distance up so I can join the local road biking club, some how I don’t think this will take me too long !