Archive for February, 2007

February walking mileage

Not one 20 mile walk this month…too busy doing other things aswell as walking, but still not a bad month
Walking miles 72
total steps 154,157
total cals  8,167

A New Page

I have decided to add a new page to my blog, one for all my favorite Recipes.
Don’t be afraid, they wont make you all fat, because some are from my Slimming world cook books , not that you would know by the taste.
So do take a look and try some of the Recipes , be [...]

A Muffin Recipe….For Foxy

Chocolate muffins , irresistible and with less sugar and fat than standard chocolate cake.
9oz self raising flour
half teasp of bicarbonate of soda
half teasp of salt
4 tablsp unsweetened cocoa power
5oz white granulated sugar
1 egg
8fl oz milk
3 fl oz corn oil
1 teasp vanilla essence.
First prepare muffin tins and preheat oven to 190/200 C
In a large bowl sift together [...]

Simple Social Sunday walk

Today I had an invitation to walk with The Simple Social ladies group.
They were doing the third leg of the Fen Rivers Way, which means they would have walked from Cambridge to Kings Lynn, a total of 50 miles.
Today they did the 12 mile stretch from Downham Market to Kings Lynn. a most enjoyable walk along [...]

Fishy Tales

I see that a 33ft long and 990lb Giant Squid has been caught in the Antarctic waters.
I would most likely have found that easier to sell , instead of the 11 boxes of Herring Milts I had try and sell today, for those that don’t know herring Milts, also known as soft roe, are in [...]

Tulips from Norfolk

Every year just a few miles away from where I live, a 70 acre field gets planted up with 51 million Tulips.
Its an incredible sight when they are all out in flower.
large sections ,all of one colour followed by another colour and another colour,like a huge rainbow .
You have to be quick if you want to see them because [...]

Nature Reserve nesting plea.

 I wonder how long it will be before Natural England close Dersingham Bog to the public.
 Dersingham bog is a Nature reserve near Wolferton , and part of  the Sandringham estate. it covers almost 400 acres and is home to many ground nesting birds such as Lapwing, Stone chat, Linnet ,Woodlark, Nightjar, Meadow Pit and Shelduck.
As the reserve is now attracting [...]

Pig Feed..

 
 
 

On our walk today we came across huge piles of the above vegetables, the smell was quiet disgusting !!

Today’s Walk-about

Woke up to pouring rain today but I am not the kind of girl to be put off by a bit of rain, not where a walk is concerned anyway.
Today the plan was to walk from Narborough to Cockleycley visit the pub for refreshments then walk back again.
By the time we set off the rain had [...]

Wellington Boots and Croc’s

Right hands up who owns a pair of Wellington Boots and I don’t just mean the ordinary plain green ones.
I love nice bright colours, they  make me feel happy, while dull and dark make me feel miserable, infact its amazing how colours can effect my mood.
For months I lusted after a pair of pink Hunter Boots, but never found [...]

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