Today I reached the target of the Sands Charity “ Walk 100 km in March” However, you should all know that I intended from the start to walk at least 5 km every day – finishing on March 28 th , on what would have been my daughter Emma’s 39 th birthday . So I …
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Relax, Dear Reader…
Before I detail today’s walk , I want to tell you about my Pilates class last night……As you know I am an avid fan now of Pilates and I have noticed changes as a result. My gluteal and abdominal muscles are certainly stronger than before – although the six pack still eludes me. At the …
Searching for a pot of gold ….
Today’s walk started at Cannon Hall in Cawthorne – a country house museum that used to be the home of the Spencer-Stanhope family. It is surrounded by extensive parklands and houses Cannon Hall farm which is a large family run farm packed with animals, playgrounds , a shop and several restaurants. The weather forecast was …
And the snow slowly disappears …
Since I have been writing this blog during the snow – as is my way, I have been looking at quotes and sayings about snowflakes. They really are a most beautiful things – described as “ snow angels blowing kisses from heaven” , “ a winter’s butterfly”. Each is considered unique because a snowflake’s shape …
Yesterday, today in pictures….
Discombobulated Dear Reader, that’s how I feel today ! I don’t like you to miss anything so I have decided to use yesterday’s photos to describe the walk and then I’ll write up today’s effort 😉😉 A whistle stop tour of yesterday’s walk – I hope you’ve enjoyed it ! I shall have a short …
And the lights went out…..
Yes Dear Reader, the lights have gone out ! I am sitting here in our non too warm kitchen, writing this blog with a storm lantern candle for light! So you must excuse the brevity of the blog. ……how we rely on electricity ! Charging phones and iPads – can’t do ! We have a …
And the snow kept on falling…..
After all I said about amounts of snow yesterday !- still no match for Canada but a fair deposit for us here – and it was still snowing…. Millie is a reasonable sized golden retriever so you can see how deep the snow is . She was actually at this point spending a penny ( …
And then came the snow…….
However, our friends in Canada would laugh at us …..” snow?” they’d say. We struggle with 3 inches – their snow starts at 3 feet ! However, I remember winters here when we had Canadian measures of snow – 1979 springs to mind …Forgive a digression here , I can’t remember if I’ve told you …
Down to the valley we went……
What a beautiful day for a walk ! I opened our back door to this… Today I was walking with an old friend – by that I don’t mean she’s old, I mean we’ve known each other for forty years or more……oh dear, that’s quite a long time isn’t it? So seeing as we met …
Seek and ye shall find……
Firstly some customer service information ! I have been asked how people donate on this blog . For those of you who receive email reminders of my latest effort , you will be taken straight to my blog page. If you wish to donate you have to go onto my site page by entering caminoromero.com …
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