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A wee bit of the Fife Coastal Path
I knew that with the fantastic weather this week, I’d be kicking myself if I didn’t get out and enjoy it. So for my artist’s date this week, I took myself down to the coast to do a wee segment … Continue reading
Posted in Artist's Way, Exercise, Photos
Tagged artist date, Fife, Fife Coastal Path, spring, sunshine, walking
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Walking like a fridge
The only information I have actually retained from the four Argentine Tango classes that Mr Woodsmoke and I attended a few years ago is the phrase ‘walking like a fridge’. This refers to moving your right shoulder/arm along with your … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Exercise
Tagged blisters, Edinburgh, geowalk, mapmyrun, Norman MacCaig, Toad, walking, walking like a fridge, walking shoes, Water of Leith
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Write? Walk? A progress report
At the start of the year I came up with two very simple New Year’s resolutions: 1) Write 2) Walk So, with it being February already, I thought I should check in and review how they’re going. Well, JanNoWriMo was … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise, Writing
Tagged geowalk, new year's resolutions, resolutions, walking, writing
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Walking in this World
After I finally got to the end of the Artist’s Way last year, I was missing it a wee bit – I’d been quite reluctant to actually wind it up at the end. One of my commenters suggested the follow-up … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist's Way, walk, walking, Walking in this World
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Bendy
The day that I realised I could no longer put both feet behind my head was a sad day indeed. Of course, for some years previously I hadn’t been able to do this while clothed, so it wasn’t like it … Continue reading
Put the woggle under your boottocks!
Things I learnt at my first aquaerobics class last night. 1. The class composition of aquaerobics is about the age you’d expect (there’s a reason the day session is designated 50-plus). They were really friendly. 2. That long round foam … Continue reading
