Last year I started taking a regular walk, 3 times a week after I had taken the grandchildren to school. It's not a very long walk, about 30 mins, but after the early morning madness with two high spirited children it helps to clear my head and set me up for the rest of the days' chores. It also gives me a bit of exercise.
The walk, which is not far from my house takes me down a little lane towards a farm. One thing I've noticed about being retired is that I have the time to notice things, the changing scenes of nature, the landscape.
At the start of January the weather was fairly mild and wet. The fields were muddy. Sometimes when I reach the farm I like to walk a bit further, but I wasn't wearing the right footwear on this day.
Later in the month the snow arrived, transforming the landscape.
In a few weeks time the bare branches of the trees and hedges will start to show signs of new life.
The snow has gone now I hope we've seen the last of it.
You can't beat that sort of walk, I try and do 30mins of brisk walk every day...well almost every day, but at least 5 out of 7. It's good the snow has gone but I do see there are sleety showers due next week, Yuk!
ReplyDeleteI meant to wish you speedy recovery with your 'break' Suzy xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for the get well wishes.
ReplyDeleteI could do with more exercise than I get and I know walking is a great way of doing this. I really should start.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping we had seen the last of the snow, but apparently we are due for more this week!
I find walking an easy way to get some excercise, you can just sneak it into your day whenever it's convenient
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