Thursday 17th September.
Well, as you may be able to tell I'm a bit behind in writing my blog, but just to keep you up to date:
On Saturday the 12th September Andy and I went away with Andy's family to Looe for a week. There was 7 of us.
The place we stayed in was lovely. We were in an old converted stables called Wayland Farms, which is in between Looe and Polperro. Andy and I had planned to do a lot of walking, but it didn’t really work out that way. We spent the first part of the week seeing friends and family in that area, which was really nice, but we didn't get much training in.
Well finally, on Thursday, we decided to go for a 12 mile bike ride, from Wakebridge to Padstow. It was all a long a trailway, which was lovely. We followed the river all the way to Padstow, which was great because it was flat all the way.
On the way back, I did start to get tired and Andy had to push some of the way. But in my defence it was the first time I had been cycling with my knee brace on. But apart from that, I think we both really enjoyed it. Don’t worry I do have some photos of it for you all to enjoy with me.
When we got back to the cottage we both had a little rest and then got ready to go for a walk and get dinner out. When we started to walk we did talk about walking to Looe or Polperro but because I was still a bit achey from my bike ride we decided to walk to
We walked another mile down the road to the other café that was there. When we arrived it was closed but there was a sign saying there was a Talland Bay Hotel about another mile up the road. So we decided to walk to it, as I walked up there I was feeling fine, my body ached, but I was fine. When we got up to the hotel we realised it was very, very expensive and we both weren’t dressed for it, so guess what - we had to walk back to the first café we passed.
When we got to the café we both had a really nice dinner sat by the bay watching the sun set. Then we realised that, although it was lovely to watch the sun set, it meant we had to walk back in the dark. We did think about calling someone to see if they could come and pick us up, but after a lot of talking we decided to walk back.
Half way home I thought my back was going to give out but I kept on walking. By the time we got back I felt really good. I was so proud of my self for everything I had done with my bike ride as well as going for a walk, and I was so happy I wasn't in pain.
So I went to bed that night feeling great and excited to see what else I can do.
