Walking our way to fitness

So it's March 4th and that means tomorrow it's just 13 weeks to the CHARITY CHALLENGE 10 k walk/run. 

The fitness plan is really coming along for Siobhan and for me and for the dogs and for everybody else I can coerce into coming along too! The dogs and me are stepping it out now and getting a good 5 k daily with extra walking morning and evening doing the usual poo picking at the sanctuary over a good 10 acres or so every day, twice a day.

On Monday and then again on Wednesday we did the Wall Hills walk.

 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113497

A huge upward climb from home but with fabulous views across the valley. You can understand why it was used as a fortress in Iron age times. Below the hamlet of Thornbury nestles along the little stream in the valley.

There are some pretty impressive trees along the lower ridge of the old fort. Great ones with twisted trunks smoothed by the soil that must blast off the wall above in winter storms.
It's great to be out there and the Derby fundraiser is really having a huge impact healthwise on me and the whole family. Now we just need loads of sponsorship for the charity to help us keep going and maybe taking on new challenges to complete aas we get ever stronger. Even the fat lab is losing her tummy!