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Nick says...

Unfortunately it seems that my rate of descent has slowed:

I think this is primarily because I didn't do much walking over the weekend or yesterday. I think it hasn't risen only because I kept my food intake down yesterday deliberately. 

This will need to be remedied today!

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dawnriser says...

This is where we parked our car for today's walk. As we returned, lights twinkled in Castle Howard and the Christmas lights glowed on the trees along the drive and down the hillside towards the lake. Above them the crescent of the moon shone brightly in the dying light of a good walking day.

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dawnriser says...

Just finished a walk near Castle Howard. The sun shines through the trees of Bell Bottom Wood. Good six and a half mile walk from http://www.walking-yorkshire.co.uk

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gironaJ says...

La Gola is where the river Ter flows into the Mediterranean Sea, having started in the Pyrenees mountains around the ski resort of Vallter 2000 some 220 kms away.

The fields on either side of the Ter are very flat, fertile land where cultivation of fruit, wheat, corn and rice takes place. There are also wetlands which although cultivated, are also part of the Aiguamolls Nature Reserve, famous for a wide range of migratory birds.
There are many paths signposted telling you where to go and being flat the area is perfect for cycling and walking.
Of course no exercise is possible if at the end there is not a meal contemplated and in this case the local specialities involve rice and seafood which is one type of "arroz" and in other parts of Spain would be called a "paella".
A delicacy called "angulas" are found where eels breed in fresh water rivers producing millions of tiny eels which are caught at night in nets and currently retail for 500€ to1,300€ a kilo depending on season, if you can find them.
The small restaurants around La Gola are some of the few places you will be able to taste this amazing dish cooked in olive oil and garlic and hot peppers, once tried never forgotten!

             
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gironaJ says...

Many people visit the Dali/Gala castle at Púbol but do not realise that only a couple kilometres off the road there is a charming church hamlet to visit without any tourists, Sant Andreu de Pedrinyà.

Set off a country road which turns into a gravel path shortly after, but in a peaceful and beautiful location next to a stream with plantain trees which offer a cool place to rest and contemplate the small church.
Currently part of La Pera diocese there are some 20 inhabitants in the few houses surrounding the church.
The village goes back to the year 971 and the present church is documented from the 11th century and is a good example of Romanesque features revealed during the restoration in 1975.
The interior is simple stone with fragments of the original murals having been transferred to the museum of Girona for safekeeping. 
The gardens are well kept and it is a nice spot to picnic if you are walking or biking in the area.  
 

         
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Bridge on Lilburn Greenway Trail
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Hello had a good walk at Lilburn Park this afternoon. Today is a recovery day from yesterday's interval workout. This post is also a test of the SMS.

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vitja5 says...

Vor lauter Frust über Gammelhammel, bornierte Gutachter, schwedischsprachige Filme und Laub werfende Eichen bin ich heute 5 km GEWALKT.

Das hat die böse Welt nun davon: Einen Walker mehr! Meine ganz persönliche Rache...
Walken ist so ungefähr das Langweiligste, was man unternehmen kann. Hätte ich 2 Freundinen dabei gehabt, hätte ich gerne angeregt getratscht.  Geht bestimmt sehr gut. So blieb mir nichts anderes übrig, als nachzudenken. Geht auch ganz gut. Erstaunlicher weise sogar besser als beim Joggen, weil man viel weniger gefordert ist.

Egal wie sehr ich mich anstrengte der Puls ging nie über 138, was meine Grundlagenausdauer entspricht. Meist lag er niedriger. Beim Joggen fällt es mir schwer bei 138 zu bleiben meist liegt der Pils höher.
Doch so langweilig und unästhetisch Waking auch sein mag: Man bewegt sich wesentlich schneller als man glaubt. Die Rundenzeit für 5 km war 40 min. Ich bin das auch schon langsamer gerannt.
Heißt das nun, dass ich ein schneller Walker oder ein langsamer Jogger bin?

 

Die Welt hat zurückgeschlagen...

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Nick says...

My mass (and volume) continues to decline in the face of continual walking. Here's this week's FatWatch graph:

I've reset the goal on FatWatch - previously it was diving down unrealistically off the bottom left of the chart.

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