Monthly Archives: March 2007

Hills..Hills Hills…..

Well it looks like I may finally get to see some Hills at the week-end, so please pray for good weather.

Going to Rockingham in Northamptonshire first, to do a 17 mile walk with friends then we are off to Hope in Derbyshire.

Planned walk is up Win Hill along Kinder and then either down Jacobs ladder or along Mam Tor / Lose Hill down to Hope

Route distance 29.6km , total ascent 1089 m, total decent 1088m so will be just a bit different to my usually flat Norfolk walking.

 

This will be my first real walk in training for going to Corsica in June to do the GR20, going to French Alps in April and May for long week-ends for training too………. I am beginning to get very very excited.

How will I ever sleep between now and the week-end  🙂

Outdoors show….

Well thanks to my free ticket from Paramo I visited the outdoors show on Sunday.

Enjoyed the show very much got some ideas on ruc-sacs, as I need a new one for the GR20. Any suggestion would be helpful ???

Preferred the ones more suited to climbing , the Lowealpine mountain attack,but didn’t like the fact it had no side pockets or webbing on the front, which can come in useful, when walking.

Got to say hello to Stuart from country walking forum….. but none of the Guys on the RA stand used the Forum so I escaped there…  🙂

Geoff  got a fantastic little tent The terra-nova competition will be very cosy for the 2 of us !!.  I was amazed at how easy it was to put up, even for a blonde like me……

As it was Mothers day too I also got to call in to see my mum, as we practically passed their door on the way to Birmingham, was the first time in aprox 25 years that I have seen my mum on Mothers day.

Alpine Challenge….

If you have not read about Judy Armstrong and her Alpine Challenge then please do so I am sure you will find it fascinating

I have added her link to my blogroll under walking Websites so we can follow her progress.

I believe after months of training she is intending to set out on this Trek at the end of march…  I wish her luck and look forward to reading the progress reports and seeing the photos too.

An Amazing Day…..

Its been Science week in Cambridge 12th to 25th March.

So on Saturday we spent the day going round the different exhibitions and talks.

First we went off to the Department of Experimental Psychology to see how our minds and brains work, there were some good hands on tests which I found very interesting.

The Arts room had an exhibition about how your body clock works and why you can feel so awful if its disrupted by shift work ,jet lag or sleep disorders. Your more likely to wake with a migraine after a night of dreaming….

The one I found most amazing was the Archaeology found at the Grand Arcade. The Archaeological work covered more than 1 Hectare of the  city centre, lasted for 12 months and involved up to 30 archaeologists on site.

It was amazing to see the display of things they had found…including pencils, shoes, pipes, bottles, pottery and skeletons of 4 cows…one which was on display.

We also went to 3 talks… Amazing Aeroplanes Big and Small.

Women, science and  history,  and  What can Ice tell us about climate change.

A real amazing  and interesting day…..

New Readers

A Thank you must go to Aktoman for adding me to his blogroll.

Also to walk about in the uk for the mention on his blog.

Then today I also got a mention on outdoorsrmagic. A week In blogs .

Shame I could not make it to the outdoors show today where the UK Outdoors Blogger Convention 2007 ® Roadshow was meeting.

A big hello to any new readers that have come across from these blogs and have already left some comments.

I hope you will visit often.

Today’s Biking Route

Here is the bike route I took today, 11 miles along nice country lanes.

Took me aprox 1 hour and included a couple of Norfolk hills, good to get the thighs burning.

Biking will certainly be part of my Training routine now.

Shame about all the fly tipping.

My Mountain bike  A Klein Attitude.

Off for a swim and sauna tonight , nice way to relax.

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No Exercise…..

Apart from my walks here and here , I have done no other exercise for almost 2 weeks.

Why ??  because I fell over and twisted my ankle, yes I kept very quiet about it . After falling over I carried on to walk 21 miles, it was not until I took my boots off that I felt how sore my ankle was.

Then after a day at work, where I am on my feet for 6 hours, it became very swollen, since then I have been taking care of it, wearing a support bandage and doing no exercise.

Trouble is I am now desperate to go out jogging,or down the gym, which I know I cannot so tomorrow I may have to get my beloved mountain bike out.

I was into Biking long before Walking, used to spend half my life at Thetford Forest biking the Black mountain bike route.

When I lived at Marham I had a wonderful route that took  me through Shouldham Warren , across country by the river , and back through the fen.

Last year I did the bike event 50 mile ride from Norwich, and the Waendel week-end, walking 19 miles on the Saturday and biking 25 miles on the Sunday.

Tomorrow could be the first time my bike has been out since October.