Another 1000 miles done.

 I've managed to walk another thousand miles since the end of August last year, that makes 1000 miles in 40 weeks.

I am now lighter by another half stone, that is three stone lighter since lockdown. Also my heart is now in normal sinus rhythm and I feel as fit as a lop.

One of my neighbours, Les often walks with me. Les was a shepherd in the Lake District and he walks between eight and twelve miles a day, not bad considering he is eighty years old!. He is an inspiration and puts a lot of younger folk to shame. 

In fact there is quite a community of old gadgies that walk these country lanes, they're amazing really.

Well, I'll maybe get a couple of hundred more miles walked in the next twelve weeks.

And then I'll start again.

Happy days!. 

I have walked one thousand miles and I will walk one thousand more...

 Last year I took up the 1000 miles challenge as an attempt to get fit. I got the idea from Tony of "Tony's Toy Soldiers" fame here and it has been one of the best things I ever did. I don't do it digitally but use a map, a bit of string and a notebook to record my progress.

  I managed to get my 1000 miles done with just one week to spare before the year was up. I started last year near the end of August, I know it was an odd time to start but I thought I'd strike while the iron was hot.

I did miss about three months of walking when my mother was taken ill before she died, they were tough times. I also missed nine days due to an infection. So in the end it was a bit of a push to get the miles in, in the heatwave I was up at five in the morning to avoid the heat. There is no avoiding the blinking flies however and a swishy stick is essential.

I walk on both sides of the Northumberland and Durham border and there are some steep hills to make me puff and blow. It is not easy with my atrial fibrillation but my fitness is much improved.

 My heart is still out of rhythm but I have spells where it isn't far wrong so I am hopeful that it may flip into sinus permanently. I don't really want a fourth procedure.

I have also lost about two and a half stone and I'm actually lighter now than when I got married in 1989.

I don't usually blog about non-wargames stuff but it is a milestone for me. 

Well, my new walking year begins tomorrow, I can't wait!.