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Swimming,Arts and French Markets

That’s just a taste of what I got up too this week-end.

The swimming was cold but exhilarating and  did not compare to the rock pools in Corsica. Went 3 times over the week-end did 1000 m each time 🙂

The French msunflower honey 002arket was great to look around, was only tempted by some sunflower honey that is really delicious, and is a fabulous yellow colour.

This week-end was also the first week-end of the Cambridge open studios.

We saw some fantastic art ,pottery and sculpture.

The sculpture was by Esther Joseph and I tried to talk Geoff into having some lessons as a birthday present from me…..

The paintings I fell in love with were by Jenny Eadon not the ones on her web site but ones painted this year when  she was staying in San Francisco.She visited the coast and was struck with the beauty of the wild flowers along the beaches and cliff tops. They were fantastic paintings.

The open studios goes on through out July so do visit some if you can, I hope to be visiting many more next week-end.

My green brain

Thanks to Lady M I could not resist taking this test….


Your Brain is Green


Of all the brain types, yours has the most balance.
You are able to see all sides to most problems and are a good problem solver.
You need time to work out your thoughts, but you don’t get stuck in bad thinking patterns.

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about the future, philosophy, and relationships (both personal and intellectual).
What Color Is Your Brain?

Funny how my favorite colour is also green.

How it all began……

Before I start doing the blog posts about my GR20 walk , I thought I would let you know how it all came about.

I have been an active member of the Ramblers Forums for a few years ( though not so active now ).

A small group of us had got together over the years and tried to meet up every few months or so for a walk.

Around October time 2006 we were planning a walk at Castle Acre, we always posted these walks  on the forum to see if we could get any new walkers coming along.

At this time Geoff showed an interest, and did eventually come along , Caroline and Ellee came along with him too.

After this walk Geoff and I started meeting up often for a walk, as I had showed a great interest in walking longer distance. In the first month we met we walked about 120 miles.. 🙂SallyandGeoff006

At about the same time I had posted on the forum about wanting a walking holiday in 2007…… if you read through the thread you will see Geoff suggested the GR20, at this time I thought he was joking and didn’t really take much notice.

As the months went by and it was mentioned many times I slowly began to think maybe just maybe he really did think I could do this walk.

Then we went off to the peak district for some walking , where I got my real bad blister.

After this I changed my boots and got a ruc-sac , now I really began to think I was going.

We did some more training in Wales then 2 trips to Les Gets  in the french Alps. Before I knew it I was in Corsica walking the GR20 having the time of my life ,thanks to a  chance meeting with someone who has changed my life and given me  opportunities I never ever expected to get.

I still wake up every day and pinch myself to make sure its real and not just a dream 🙂 🙂

Away till July 4th…..

Well my ruc-sac is packed…

I have watched my last episode of Prison Break. 

Phone calls have been made and friends have been to visit.

I can hardly believe the time has almost come for me to go off to Corsica with Geoff…

Six month ago when it was first suggested that I went , I never thought for one second that I would actually be going.

Nor did I think I was capable of doing a blog every day.

I have a lot to thank Geoff for !!

Check back here now and again as I hope to post a few photo’s along the way.

Happy blogging and see you back here soon 

The End…..

cover The voting ended tonight for the Blogpower Awards…

Many thanks to everyone that voted for me especially all my walking pals from the Forums….

Many thanks to Sicily Scene too who made it so much fun… I peaked too early yesterday and she deservingly won.

You can see all the results here

For me the best thing about these Blogpower Awards, were getting to visit blogs I would not usually visit… my reading list has grown quite a lot.

Now I must go and concentrate on climbing real mountains in Corsica.