Sally in Norfolk

Got off to a slow start , and didn’t do my first walk till 21st Jan, but then made a good recovery.
So my walking miles for January was 69
Total steps  148,012
Total calories  7,836

Geoff arrived back from Les Gets yesterday, so off to Cambridge I went.
This morning we got up to a lovely bright sunny day, just perfect for a walking Wednesday.
We set off around 10am along the Fen Rivers Way, Just after Waterbeach at lode farm we cut across country to Reach.
Where we stopped off in The [...]

 Saturday evening we joined Rob, Alan and Tyrone for an Indian meal, all I was interested in  was all the talk about walking ,I got lots of advice on how to prepare for the long distance walking I want to do, and it was great to hear them say ‘ I would have no problems’
Sunday [...]

After arriving in Sheringham in the pouring rain, we woke to a damp but sunny day on the Saturday.
Not many people were about on the Friday evening,with everyone arriving at different times but we had managed to find out about the walks available.
Ellee decided to join me on the longer walk, so off we set at [...]

Today I am packing my Bag and Cleaning my Boots, ready for meeting up with Ellee for a week-end of walking in Sheringham.
We will be joining the Cambridge Rambling Club at the Youth hostel in Sheringham for what I hope will be a great week-end.
I have never walked with this group before so it will be good to [...]

The Cambell’s factory in Kings Lynn is to close, with a loss of 250 jobs.
It opened in 1950, and the cooling tower has become a landmark of Kings Lynn.Whether this will stay or go has not been decided.
The company was bought out last year by Premier foods..
Campbell’s added brands such as Oxo, Batchelors, Homepride and Fray Bentos [...]

For some reason unknown to myself ,people on the RA Forum are getting their knickers in a twist,once again about post counts.
In the years I have been using that forum this problem crops up every now and again, and I just cannot see why they have to argue amongst themselves about how many times people are [...]

I have been following Hugh’s story about his Valentines wine labels with great interest. You can read about it here and here.
Being a big softie at heart, I just fell in love with the whole idea .
As Tesco is going to be stocking these wines I would like to be able to offer advice to some [...]

Following on from yesterday being the most depressing day of the year.
I wonder how many people really took a sick day yesterday.
Each year sick leave costs the UK economy about £13 billion. On average, we each clock up ten sick days a year. Stress is the leading cause of long-term illness for office workers, while [...]

An article in today’s Daily mail……says what alot have known for a long while Forget the gym – why a brisk walk is really the best workout
It even got a mention on the Ra forum, although some will hope it boosts there membership, others will worry about there being too many people out walking .
Walking [...]