Long time no see!

It has been a while since I posted on here and that has been for so many reasons that I won’t bore you with. But…..I managed to walk to the top of another mountain this year! This time Scarfell Pike in the Lake District, an area of such beauty that I was in awe. It was very hard going as it was so hot (and we had prepped for cold) and hard walking, but when you have a determined mindset to persevere, then you get to where you need to be! In my case the top and what a view it was, up in the clouds in the sunlight and the sky above so clear. Walking down however was a different story and though I was wearing a knee support it did not help the pain on the way down. I was so slow that my son’s ended up far ahead of me as we got closer to the bottom (the pub at the end may have been another reason!) but I carried on at my own pace walking through the pain determined to get the base. Whilst walking that last mile or so, I joined up again with a lovely lady that I had had little chats with throughout the whole day. We helped each other’s dwindling moral as we headed down and talked about life and the universe. She had walked in some amazing places around the world and was walking Scarfell Pike for charity, all on her own. I was in awe of what she was still achieving, when most after retirement would have been sitting at home on the sofa. We made it to the pub and had a well-deserved pint of cider, sitting in the garden chatting till it was time to go home and put our feet up. This stranger has given me the mind set to just keep going in life, that there are so many things to do and see yet; and to have the courage to just keep on my own path and believe in myself. To also, and importantly, find the time to nurture my lost creativity. So, bring on that new job, bring on those new changes and here’s to meeting new people whilst walking a mountain! Thank you stranger. x