It's almost a year since this adventure started and that time has flown by. It's now only around 5 weeks until we head off for the adventure of alifetime!
Accordingly, exercise has become a huge part of my life and I'm enjoying Trim Trails, exercise classes and the gym. I say "enjoying"....., I mean "getting through and feeling better for it".
What I did enjoy this weekend was a great 10 mile walk in the North Downs! Organised by Brooks, a bunch of intrepid Trektators got the train down to Gomshall and took in the fresh non-London air - beautiful! It would be remiss of me not to mention the hard work that Lucy put into it all - sending emails, planning the route, checking train times and ticket prices, bringing the map. Oops, my mistake, that's not what happened.....Lucy left the map next to her bed! Luckily after a few frantic phone calls, lovely medic Isla confirmed that she had brought a map to be on the safe side.
So, we get to Gomshall and meet up with Isla and Vicks, who drove to the station. It turns out that Vicks car doubles as a cafe and came complete with tea and biscuits - awesome!
The walk was brilliant - 10 short miles and not one of them was in the wrong direction! Oops again - that's not what happened! I'm pretty sure that every group of walkers we came across, we had to ask for directions - including asking a group of 13 year olds! It's a mystery where we actually walked, but Zooby's phone-tracker thingy seems to think that we did do 10 miles and we ended up where we started, so small things like 'going the right way' don't really matter.
The day was topped off nicely with some beers in Clapham whilst (trying) to watch the England/Ireland game in the pub (small TVs, no sound). We also met up with the entirely sober Drovers! All credit to the Drovers boys, they really made an effort with their outfits - particularly Toad from Wind in the Willows - I only wish I'd taken a picture!
The countdown has started...........
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