Good Sunday ....

[anthonyjohnrobinson]

...... to all our readers. Well I have been up since the crack of sparrows and I have been for a long walk. Of cause a long walk these days means long in time not long in distance, but I managed to get down to the meadows. To me they are a magical place, steeped in the passage of time and with nobody about you can imagine our hunter gatherer ancestors walking those same paths. I am determined to keep walking however slowly to walk through countryside I love as long as I can.

[Carrigan]

Lovely day for it hope you continue to enjoy many more at least you sound as if you appreciate these simple things. Did you before PD, before PD my husband and I loved walking our favourite pastime, we occassionallly try to do so but PD does interfere, but I go on my own sometimes but its not the same, but we do have some fantastic memories of favourtie walks and are thankful for that . take now thanks for sharing x

[anthonyjohnrobinson]

I love walking, I loved a lot better when I was more mobile or did I? I know the time will come when even the simple pleasures of life will be beyond me. In the meantime a group of us with partners and friends do a walk and pub lunch roughly every 3 months. It was my turn this time around and I have a doozey of a walk near to my home in the Cotswold with so many permutations should anybody not manage the distance. No less than three pubs, no styles, the remains of a deserted medieval village, two live villages and a walk that includes open and wooded tracks.

[chrismw in reply to anthonyjohnrobinson]

sounds wonderful

[anthonyjohnrobinson in reply to chrismw]

Girl Darling, it is wonderful. After all the ups and downs of my life, your life and every man or woman and their dog's life to let yourself go, even just for a brief moment in time and enjoy the wonders of of our little mud ball in space is the most wunderfulest thing.

[chrismw in reply to anthonyjohnrobinson]

you're right! there are events, things. . .that happen in life that just, well, stink. there's time to feel bad about them, time to fight, time to just let it wash over. But each day offers itself to us and for better or worse we get to choose how we're going to be. . .

[Susie01]

One of my favorite hobbies was hiking in the mountains. It has been a long time since I was able to do that. The weather has been cooler the last few days and I have been able to take a couple of short walks in my neighborhood. The first night, the muscle spasms were so bad I had to hobble home after going a very short distance. The spasms lasted for three days...

Last night I was able to walk again, this time a little further. Tonight it was another short walk and I was exhausted. I am hoping to do better tomorrow!

[anthonyjohnrobinson in reply to Susie01]

They, however they are, say that there is always someone worse of than you. Not at that time and that place there's not, at that time and that place you are the only one in your world.

There are many on this website who are worse of than me but that is not true in all situations. At the moment I am not in pain, I am working at my desk, I am typing reasonably quickly although my wrists and fingers are tingling so what's my problem? My problem is that under the desk were a pair of muscular legs used to reside are two misshapen, bloated and highly coloured lumps of flesh with there bottom end sat in a bowl of soapy water.

There is another side the coin though, when I finally make it to the meadows that I love or one of the many hills around me or just achieve something on my own. At that time and that place you are the only one in your world but what a wonderful world.

Take care and take heart,

Tony

[Hidden]

I dearly love the countryside and its scenery I used to walk miles on my own taking film both summer and winter. I am lucky in that I am surrounded by woodland, meadow, and river all in the distance of 100 yards. I still get a great buzz just seeing and hearing all the life and energy therein.

[PatV]

I'm so inspired. I could go for a walk first thing down to the park and look at the Hudson. First I have thyroid replacement and coffee, turn on TV and read e-mail, like now. Then PD meds and breakfast. By the time I'm ready to go out it's time for meds and lunch. Sometimes I think I should move so it wouldn't be so difficult to get outdoors. Thanks!

[PatV in reply to PatV]

Hudson River, that is!

[Susie01]

I am fortunate that before my PD was too bad, I lanscaped my backyard into my own little oasis, there is also a pond that I back up to through a wooded area that I cleaned out all of the underbrush for a clear view of the pond.

The last three mornings have been beautiful and the water in the pond clear, so have gone out and fed the fish there and just watched as they swam. So yes, we do have vingetts of time to bring joy even if I can not longer hike to the rim of the beautiful canyon areas and mountains around me.