I'd been craving a walk for a while after feeling low for a few days last week and was really looking forward to getting out and about for a good charge across the countryside. I was not disappointed.
Despite a forecast of cloud cover for the whole day, by the time we parked up we'd driven into a huge blue hole in the sky, the sun warming us quickly as we headed out. The ground was sodden with water even at the highest points and every waterway we came across was severely swollen. We did some good steady uphill work for the first half of the walk and took a late lunch after coming back down. We stopped on a small bridge over the river Glyme to eat where mum spotted snowdrops - the first wild flowers I've seen so far this year.
The days are steadily getting longer and I'm coming up to the one-year anniversary of my country walking. I'm not sure of the exact date of my first proper walk but it was soon after the snow fell at the start of last year. I'm disappointed not to have kept this blog from the start, but determined to keep up with it so I can mark a second anniversary next year with a complete log of all my substantial walking. Now is the time I get the opportunity to walk after work and I intend on doubling my total miles - this past twelve months I've done around 285 miles walking, and I hope to do at least 600 this year, which is around twelve miles a week on average.
25 January 2010
Long Compton, Cherington, Whichford circular, 7.5 miles
A beautifully sunny walk in frozen countryside with my parents and closest friend. I'm writing this retrospectively so don't remember much detail except the conditions were great for walking and it was reasonably hard work as I was out of practice!
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