Getting Out And About

The family is working hard to keep well - including getting out and getting fresh air when we can. Gaz and Steph have always enjoyed running - and now George is involved too, riding in his special running-buggy. Here he is smiling, after his first running trip round Chorlton on Christmas Day. I fully expect this little lad to grow up very keen on sport. Steph's FIL has set himself a challenge to walk 1200 miles in 2021 - but I suspect he will end up doing far more than that. 

Rosie too likes getting out and about - especially the seaside and the countryside. "We are not made of sugar, Grandma" she tells me, whenever I mutter about the rain in my face, or the cold wind at may back. Bob and I have been doing our best - but don't have quite the same energy levels as the younger family members. Often, by the time the important tasks are finished, it is too dark to venture outside.

We did go out on Sunday afternoon - to Slop Bog - A local Nature Reserve and SSSI with a sadly unimaginative name. As we traversed the sphagnum moss, on the well maintained boardwalk, we looked at all the cows - and I was amused to see a sign saying "Cows on Site" - they are quite big and fairly obvious. Surely nobody would mistake them for the dragonflies, lizards, frogs or woodpeckers? This is a good place to walk, and the information boards are very helpful.

Liz sent a great picture from their Sunday walk, taken shortly before Rosie ran towards the flock shouting "I'm the Queen of the Ducks!"

I understand the problems caused by ill-considered feeding of wildlife. Full marks to all those places where they make bags of appropriate duck-food available to visitors. I guess that in these complex times, that isn't possible. 

My friend Cat has been posting great pictures of her daily walks in Glasgow - and another, Glen, writes a witty little poem every morning as he walks his dog. 

How are you getting exercise? What do you miss? And what new activities have you discovered in the last year?