Author Archives: Sally

Les Gets

Our trip to Les Gets was a bit of a wash out, it rained 8 days out of the 10 🙁 but  we did manage 2 fabulous walks before the rain came !

Views of Mont Blanc

The rest of our time was not wasted, I caught up with all my tv watching, finished reading my book and helped Geoff where I could with the DIY

The kitchen in the apartment now has a new sink, tap and work surface, there are also new red curtains which I lovingly took up by hand 🙂

 

We visited friends, ate too much highly calorific food and drank too much lovely wine but then it was a holiday 🙂

 

Hiking socks and boots…

There is nothing nicer than having a new pair of  hiking socks.

This trip I have tried a pair of smart wool socks courtesy of Gear-zone, and I am liking them very much, they have a lot of cushioning which makes them feel soft springy and very comfortable.

It has taken me years to find a really comfortable pair of walking boots, in fact  I have loved my Scarpa Trek GTX walking boots , so much that I am on my third pair.

The latest pair were bought in July just before we went to the Pyrenees , this time I am not so happy with them, as although they are still very comfortable the heels have worn down after only 4 months.

I am sure Scarpa must have changed there boots in some way as Geoff’s last pair lasted even less time than mine 🙁

These boots are not cheap at around £120 and I certainly cannot afford to replace them every 4/6 months so the hunt for new boots begins again 🙁

If anyone has a boot they love, please let me know !!

 

 

 

Magical hills and mountains

My Fitbit and I are enjoying all the hill and mountain walking ……..

Sally on South West Coastpath

 

First it was St Ives in Cornwall, where I did one of the most undulating walks I have ever done, from St Ives to Pendeen along the South West Coast path.

 

 

Malvern Hills

 

Next it was a weekend away with the Cambridge Rambling Club where I especially enjoyed the walk in the Malvern hills.

 

 

 

Mont Chery

 

Now we are in Les Gets for 10 days, we started  with an afternoon walk around Mont Chéry in beautiful sunshine and with magnificent views as always 🙂

 

 

Quality Time

Before Geoff goes off on his trip to New Zealand I get to spend some quality time with him 🙂

Tomorrow we catch the train to St Ives,in Cornwall, where we shall spend some time walking and have a night out at the beautiful Minack Theatre.

Then its back to work for 3 days before we head off to Leominster for a weekend of walking with the Cambridge Rambling Club

We leave the best to last as we then head off to the mountains and Geoff’s apartment in  Les Gets, where we shall rest, walk and catch up with friends Kay and Anthony 

Then its home and back to a full week of massage clients 🙂

Rekindling my love of reading…

For many years I have been struggling to read, mainly because I just could not concentrate 🙁

Then just before our trip to the Pyrenees Geoff bought me a Kindle, which I just love.

So thanks to my Kindle and Mr Grey I have rekindled my love of reading 🙂

I have read 4 books since July which is more books than I have read for years.

 

The 5th book has been started, it was recommended by Martin Black,  its called The Camino Diaries and I am loving it.

You know what I will be doing now on our long train journey to St Ives on Friday !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like mother, Like daughter

Not sure if I have mentioned this before but Geoff’s daughter in law makes the most fantastic unique crystal jewellery.

I am very lucky to own 2 beautiful pieces of her work,both necklaces, one is made from stones bought back from our China travels,so holds great memories for me .

Mia has a shop on Etsy called Spirit Carrier and its well worth taking a look 🙂

Recently I became the owner of another beautiful piece, a bracelet this time, but this was not made by Mia but by her 7 year old daughter.

 

As you can see from the photo its beautiful and it certainly looks
that the saying “Like mother, like daughter” is very true  :-).

 

A day to remember

There isn’t much that will tear me away from my Sunday walking BUT this Sunday I gladly gave up a days walking to go and have lunch with a blogging friend visiting from Vancover.

I know Leslie through her blog The Pedalogue  and had arranged to meet her and her travelling friend Cathy, on September 2nd, many months ago when she was just arranging her trip to England.

We met in Ely at The Peacock tea rooms, which is a good example of a traditional english tea room, it was great that Ellee could join us too.

We had a lovely lunch,Leslie and I both choose the Salmon salad followed by Carrot cake, the weather stayed fine and the chat just flowed and flowed 🙂

It was a real shame that Anne had other arrangements so could not join us, but hopefully they will meet later this week.

 

 

 

 

A bargain…. I hope !

It soon became obvious that I could not afford to re-join the gym, carry on with my pilates class or buy the refurbished cross trainer I so desired.

I wasn’t even sure the shed  roof was even high enough for a cross trainer either 🙁

Then one evening last week while walking past a charity shop in Cambridge I spotted a cross trainer just sitting there with my name on it

The following morning we went to investigate, the price was good at £50 but no one was sure if it actually worked 🙁 and it had no electric cable with it.

A quick visit to tesco to buy some batteries and after lots of fiddling around we were happy that it worked, to some fashion !

So I bought it, then wondered how I would ever get it back to Kings Lynn but as usual Geoff is never put off by these things and its now in my shed.

I have an electric cable but its very temperamental and although the power is getting through nothing works and all power dies after a few mins. ( update no power at all tonight )

BUT watch this space because if it can be fixed I know the right man to do the job 🙂

and as for the shed roof being tall enough, well if I was just a fraction taller I would have a very sore head indeed !