tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85722674876842583792024-11-08T15:00:08.698+00:00The steeper the mountain, the harder the climb, the better the view from the finishing line - AnonymousMeyer Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573020438547206685noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572267487684258379.post-23711650600224947972012-07-30T12:32:00.002+01:002012-07-30T12:32:32.834+01:00

Sunday 29th July saw us take on our first proper walk in the area, as part of Comrie Fortnight, the Strathern Ramblers were offering a 12 miles walk to the Standing Stones above the village of Comrie. The weather forecast was changeable, sunshine, rain, windy... so we went prepared for wet weather, although no-one thought to take sunscreen which was the most needed! The walk started

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One of many reasons for moving to the area we did was the opportunities for walking, cycling and outdoor pursuits in the area, so it was imperative that we got out and enjoyed while the relatively good weather lasted! Last Tuesday (24th July) was a bonus day off for me in lieu of working 6 days the week prior and after waking up on the Monday to constant heavy rain, blue skies and

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So the news of our 2012 challenge has been broken- we are moving, not only house but country! While it is not a challenge in the sense of a marathon or climbing a mountain, metaphorically I think we have definitely climbed several mountains with some of the challenges we have faced so far and I certainly feel like I have run a marathon nearly everyday since the move started to be planned! But

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It's been almost a week since the Half Marathon, the blister has healed and steps can be tackled properly, not walking down them side ways. The Leeds Half was a real challenge, we are both he first to admit we're not runners and don't particularly enjoy running but like a challenge! After days of rain and wind we woke on Sunday 13th to sunshine, blue skies and low wind. Amazingly we were both

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Well it’s been a long time since we posted a blog, not because we have lost interest but we are in the middle of big plans that can’t go out to the world just yet! In the meantime we have been training hard for the Leeds Half Marathon, which is now less than 3 weeks away! As 2 non runners I won’t pretend we have enjoyed our training, or that we will be breaking any records (other than our own

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Wow, what a year this has been. At the start of the year my goal was to make sure turning 30 wasn’t the end of the world, and I think I succeeded by achieving more this year than most years.  The year started off well on the 1st January with a good walk, followed by hot chocolate at a little country pub then home to have Champagne in front of the fire… 3 days later we hit the Pyrenean ski

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Our three challenges are now complete and we succeeded in them all! Following the Mid Winter walk (see our last blog here) the week after was our Santa Dash. This was the first year there were to be a whole gaggle of Santas dashing through the streets of St Helier at lunch time, and we obviously took a lot of people by surprise- we over heard many comments of ‘what on earth is happening’ and the

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Saturday was the first of our Christmas Trio Challenge, with The Jersey Christmas Walk - an 18 mile walk along the cliff paths and beaches of Jersey. The morning started lovely and dry with a spectacular sunrise, although we should have heeded the warning ‘red sky in the morning, shepherds warning!’ A coffee at the La Fontaine pub nearly scuppered our plans as it was far more tempting to stay in

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Well not content with entering the Leeds half marathon next year, we have decided to test ourselves a bit sooner with a “Christmas Trio” of events in aid of Jersey Hospice Care, Headway Jersey and Motor Neurone Disease. Our 3 challenges kick off with an 18 mile walk on Saturday 10th December. Ok not much compared to the 48.1 mile walk earlier this year but a. it’s winter so probably cold/wet/

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Well our training has started for next years half marathon. It may be 6 months to go but I’m keen (even if Ben is less so!) to get out running as early as possible as I would like the event next year to be more enjoyable than painful. So Saturday morning we donned our running shoes for the first time in over a year and headed to Queens Valley Reservoir in St Martins. There seems to be a common

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Like public transport, you wait ages for one to come along then you get two at the same time, just like our blog at the moment!This weekend was fantastic though, I couldn’t help blogging about the beautiful autumn walks we had. Saturday was a blue sky sunny day and we chose to walk the ‘Beaumont Circular’ and an 8 kilometre walk, starting on the south coast of Jersey and walking through St Peters

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In May this year I came across a wonderful thing- Hot Yoga. I have enjoyed yoga on and off for a while, but whilst I enjoyed the stretch and the quiet that came from Hatha classes, I often felt that I should have spent that 90 minutes doing something to burn calories as weight has always been issue with me.  So when I heard that a Bikram class can burn an average of 600 calories per session

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A short update as we have been very quiet on the blog front. We have no current adventures and challenges in the near future but at least finally I (Sarah) am back on my feet after recovering from my knee op and able to get out enjoying this late bit of sunshine with some nice walks last weekend as well as back in full swing at hot yoga! It feels great being able to get back to some sort of

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It's taken a while but here they are- photo's from our recent holiday in Scotland... Follow this link to view them on Facebook (You don't need a Facebook account to view the images)

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The blog has been quiet for a while, as you may or may not know the last two weeks have seen me (Sarah) laid up on the sofa following an operation on my knee to smooth and shrink some broken cartilage.  Before the op I was the fittest I have been in a long time, possibly ever, having completed the 48.1 mile ITEX walk and hiking up Ben Nevis. So suddenly not being able to walk for more than a few

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After our adventures in the Highlands we planned to meet Sarah’s parents at Comrie, just North of Stirling and on the edge of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. We’d found a beautiful Eco Campsite, Comrie Croft, and it was a proper campsite, no heated pool,  fancy restaurant- just a few fields, a wood and some basic showers. The day we left Fort William was grey, rainy and low

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A few days later than planned but here's the next installation of our adventures in Scotland! After our walk up Ben Nevis we planned a fairly relaxing day on the Saturday with just an ice-climbing session at the Ice Factor Kinlochleven, but of course relaxation is not what we go on holiday for, so we hired a car and tried to fit as much as possible in one day as we could! Waking up I (Sarah) was

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We are now back to reality- boo... but atleast we have a WiFi connection which we didn't have for the last few days in Scotland. So the last few days of our Scotland adventure will be on here in the next day or so once I sort out my diary notes!

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Today was a not too early start for our ascent of Ben Nevis, meeting Lena our Guide at 9am. We had booked to go with Liz from Great Glen Adventures, but she had been taken Ill she had contacted Lena for us. From the start the path climbs steadily and at first I thought the pace Lena set was really slow. We kept being overtaken by other walkers and it was tempting to speed up... an hour later

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This morning saw us getting up to a very different day to what we were used to in Scotland.  Until now we've had nothing but sunshine decent temperatures, but this morning was very misty, wet and pretty chilly to start. We were a bit disappointed that the weather has decided to change the day before were are due to summit Ben Nevis and it been so clear for such a long time. So we had to get to

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Woke up to another scorching blue sky day, the difference this morning though was the famous Scottish midges! At the Macdonald Cabins the shower block is a short walk over a stream and without direct sunlight this is a perfect place for the little midges. Whilst waiting my turn in the shower I went from one bite to several! Anyway, on to the walking... The start was a sharp ascent through some

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Had another early start this morning. Sarah woke up at 6:30am after not being able to go to sleep again. I was woken up 15 minutes later with Sarah looking for something in our already packed and ready to go ruck sack... but that's why I love her :) Packed our ruck sack about 3 more times before heading for breakfast. We both had a full Scottish breakfast, me having lorne sausage and potato cake

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Following this mornings early start on the bus, we arrived at the Bridge of Orchy Hotel to drop our bags for luggage service Travel-lite to collect and carry to Kingshouse. The hotel was lovely so we decided to stop for coffee and ordered packed lunch, great value at £6.50. To start with we got lost within the first 200 metres of leaving the hotel, but realised we'd missed the path behind a

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After months of planning our first real walking trip, we've arrived in Scotland. Had a great trip up on Megabus yesterday, so glad we chose to pay £6 instead of the £70+ some of their competitors were charging! On the way found probably the most scenic service station, with duck pond and mountain views at Tebay North. Last night we stayed at the Glasgow City Premier Inn. Again, another budget

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In the run up to our trip away we have had plenty of advice from those who have fled the Highlands for warmer weather down South. Our favourite Scottish sayings so far (from Avril Mclaren at Dolan Hotels) are: Auch aye the noo Ye canny shuv yer granny af a busDinny da thatAwa an bile yer heid Awa an no blether ye haiver Yer glakit We’re not too sure of the translations of all of them so I’m

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