Today is my dear wife’s birthday so we decided a little treat was in order. We went for a walk along the beach to St. Annes.
It was a grey morning but with no wind as we strolled along the beach to the Beach Café for a hearty breakfast. We walked just short of 6 miles, which probably took care of about a third of breakfast but a good start to the day.
Birthday lunch will be on Sunday.
Since the Walking Weekend at the very end of August, I’ve found it really hard to get back to the level of walking I was doing before. I went up to Stocks Reservoir the weekend after the Wales trip and really struggled to do a walk that, previously, I would have expected to do easily….
Early this week we ventured out from Lytham for a scenic escape into the heart of West Yorkshire’s countryside to Hardcastle Crags. After an easy 80-minute drive, we arrived at Lower Midgehole Car Park, ready to stretch our legs and soak in the early signs of autumn. First problem, it’s in Yorkshire, but we managed…
Went for a walk yesterday by the Lac de Guerledan, lovely spot, hard walk and we got rained on while eating our butties! Very grey today and with intermittent drizzle, so we wnt to a local market to stock up on fruit, cheese etc and then came home for lunch. We decided on a rest…
Sat here on a damp, dreary Saturday with the news full of the Paris atrocities and feeling a bit down despite the fact it’s my birthday. I’m fed up with our governments getting involved in situations in the Middle East that they don’t see through to a sensible conclusion. If we’re going to encourage Syria’s…
What I Like (no particular order) Family and Friends Mountains and lakes Liverpool F.C. Good music (ie: what I like) Red Wine, beer and good food A good book The red Ferrari I’ll never own My country (mostly) What I don’t like (no particular order) Our current government Brexit Manchester Utd. Bad music (ie: what…
In the UK, we’ve managed to show some sense and get rid of the bunch of self serving, privately educated conservative politicians and replace them with a group of, hopefully, more effective, honest and moral leaders. With 2 cabinet members from the same Wigan Comprehensive school, at least we should be able to see an…