I have been looking for some affordable Manuka honey for many months now and th
is week I noticed Aldi had started to stock it, at a very reasonable price of £3.99
So I now have my Manuka honey to take with Cider Vinegar in warm water as a drink,its meant to be very good for your digestion, circulation and joints.
BUT its an acquired taste !
When your walking day after day it certainly gives you time to think 🙂
So while in Turkey I achieved quite a bit of thinking as we walked our 260 miles.
Two things became very clear to me…..
Firstly ,I had become totally obsessed about the food I eat and worried constantly about putting on weight, then I felt stressed and spent much of my time comfort eating
Secondly, I was feeling more and more guilty about not doing so much exercise which also stressed me out causing me to comfort eat.
Exercise used to fill a huge gap in my life, and kept me from going mad in hard and difficult times.
Now I have no Gaps in my life , in fact I wish there were more hours in a day !
When I took on extra massage work I tried to keep my exercise routine up but that just totally wore me out and left me feeling exhausted all of the time 🙁
So something had to change !
I now except that for the first time in my life I love my Home and don’t feel the need to be out amongst people all the time, I am content at home on my own, of course when I am with people I love, its quality time which I totally enjoy .
I also realize that I just do not have the time to do all the exercise that I used to do and I should not beat myself up about that either, I should just do what I enjoy when I can.
Its obvious that I don’t have time to run, go to the gym, go to yoga, swim and walk
So for now I shall eat what I want and exercise when I can, concentrating on running, walking and swimming…Â Â if I have the courage I may even cancel my gym membership
If your wondering what A Secluded Tea Party is…
Its the first and original Pop-up Tea Party Company in Cambridgeshire, offering modern & traditional Afternoon Tea Parties Hosted by Miss Sue Flay…
Tomorrow is the first ever Secluded Tea Party’s Blogfest, and I was lucky enough to snap up the last ticket for this event.
It all sounds like great fun,with 4 very special guests to talk to us about blogging and tell us all their stories, ideas, tips and thoughts on the world of blogging and social net.
Its an all girl Blogfest and I am sure I will meet some very interesting ladies and learn some thing new along the way too…….. as well as drink tea and eat cake 🙂
Desperate for a book to read during our last few days in Turkey and for the flight to Istanbul then home, I found myself in the airport book shop in Antalya.
There was not much choice but I was drawn to the “Wedding Girl ” by Sophie Kinsella.
“Young woman about to get married, all the usual stresses and strains but with a twist. She’s already married – to a gay American who wanted to stay in Britain. Somehow, she’s managed to forget to tell her future (real) husband and with only a couple of days to go, someone else tells on her.”
It had lots of twists and turns and I could not put it down…Â an excellent read and finished in a week which is a miracle for me 🙂
I went straight out and bought her newest book “A Desirable Residence”…Â but 2 weeks later and I am still trying to find time to start it !
While away in Turkey, Geoff gave me a fabulous birthday card by one of my favorite painters, Katty McMurray.
When I opened the card I almost fainted with shock !!
People that know me well, no that I have a “thing” about beach huts and over the years I have collected a few nice paintings
But none of them compare to the Fabulous painting that now hangs on my living room wall 🙂
An amazing Gift, from an amazing man 🙂
Our last walking day on the Lycian Way was described as a 10 hour or 2 day walking route
There are no supplies, no accommodation and no water till towards the end of the walk.
You also climbed to around 1500m from sea level over a mostly rocky and hard to find path.
BUT we wanted to do this walk so we decided an early start was needed to give us the time to complete it
The route was hard to find at the beginning so after walking up the river bed for 20 mins we turned back and found the right markers straight away
From then on the route was easy to find and very well marked.
The whole walk was amazing, 6 hours of climbing over very mountainous paths, which really reminded me of the GR20 in Corsica
We saw hole mountain, near the peak is a hole that the sky can be seen through, those that have climbed right up say it’s big enough for 2 buses to pass through.
The last couple of meters are over rock slabs and then your on top of the world…. Hudacik ridge , then it’s through a narrow opening and then there is only one way …… Down !!
The hardest part for us was the hours walk down the road to the village
But it was worth every step especially when I found the big sign that marks the finish, especially since a walk guide told me they did not exist.
After photos had been taken we hitched a lift to Antalya where we had a fantastic hamam …. Believe me there is no better way to ease those over worked muscles 🙂
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I have had to add an item to my ruck-sack.
The Girls from the Crystal Cave had given me an early birthday gift, with instructions to open it just before I went away !
So this morning I have just opened it and was delighted with what I found 🙂
A Carnelian palm stone, with a little note that reads…
Take me walking with you
A stone useful for dramatic pursuits
Full of life force and vitality
Good for stamina
And supports people to walk 300 miles in a month !!
How wonderful is that 🙂
I may be quiet for the next month as tomorrow we fly out to Dalaman in Turkey.
Where we are going to walk the Lycian way
We have no idea how much internet access we shall have, so just think …..
“No news is good news ” 🙂
Btw my ruck sac weighs 7kg, the lightest so far 🙂