Gently today

Sunday 5th Oct After yesterdays event, easy does it today! A swim 400m and a 1.74k walk. Back on the grind tomorrow! Share

That didn’t go so well!

Saturday 4th Oct I should have realised- but i didn’t think. it was a hit and humid morning. I dismantled the tent and gazebo by myself and had everything packed before his lordship came to pick me up for home. Then back home and the big unpack. I’ll get a quick walk in before we head out tonight. Half way on the way back I didn’t feel good. I’ve had this before. Low blood sugar and probably dehydrated. But scary but eventually got home very slow and very steady with some decent rest stops. A lemonade at the Red Beret (don’t order that very often!) and started to feel a bit better, enough to get me home safely. NEXT TIME Gail…. hydrate, take a snack and maybe early in the morning or much later in the afternoon! Summer is coming with vengeance! Share

Day 3 the beach is the voice to my soul

Friday 3rd Oct It would’ve been so easy today to just stay sitting in the easy chair listening to the beach, under the gazebo in the shade. I thought maybe I’ll walk this afternoon. I went and sat on the chair at the point and saw that the tide was low. The beach was flat and vast. No one was on it. One guy was in his kayak paddling back towards us, behind him the dolphins gently bobbing up and down. That was enough for me to go back put the sunblock on get the hat and turn the app on and walk. was a beautiful walk with a gentle breeze coming off the ocean. It wasn’t as hot as I expected. Right in the far distance I could see someone and as they got closer I recognised it was an elderly man. when he approached me with a big smile this introvert couldn’t help but stop smile back and say hello. We got chatting and one conversation led to another after we both thought it was so sad that so many people around and nobody walking he told me that yesterday he had been given the good news that he was now cancer free. I took his hand and shook it and said that was the best news I’ve heard in a long time he said to me don’t stop walking. Don’t stop moving look after your health. It’s your greatest asset. We said I got buys and I kept walking. I rang a friend who lives down south and who was miserable with the cold weather and full of hayfever. You really do live in Paradise up here and need to get out in it more often. Share

Bramston beach metroplis!

Thursday 2nd Oct The day started watching the sun rise! I’m not a morning person so this is a big deal for me to be up at 5:30 in the morning! The sunrise did not disappoint. I watched fish lopping themselves around the shoreline. No dolphins this morning, but I was lucky enough to see them a couple of days ago. This morning, I walked around the three streets of Brampton Beach. The road felt so hard after walking the beach for the last week. The sun has started to regain it’s summer heat intensity. I might have to get used to rising up early to do these walks. I love walking past people’s homes and gardens. The different styles, the added decorative pieces makes me imagine who might live there or what I would do if that was my place. I like the small communities. The amount of people that drove past me and waved as I walked along the road, I miss that in the city. Having said that though, I have found in Cairns when you’re on your walks people do often say hello to you. My son who lived in Sydney was so surprised how many people said hello on the morning walk up here in Cairns. He said in Sydney no one says hello. I’ll keep living up here in the North thank you! Share

Day 1

Thursday 2nd Oct Camping at Bramston Beach so where better to start this month’s challenge with a beach walk. Did the North end. It cannot get any better walking in the morning on the beach with the sea calm, rolling in and rolling out. Not a soul around, perfect for the start of the day. Walking with nothing distract you allows the brain to wander. I felt incredibly grateful to be able to live in this stunning part of the world, that my legs will carry me the distance, and thought about the people that are I really care about. I remembered watching Matthew being packed into the RFD plane and myself being strapped in by the Nurse. Boxes of blood at the back of the plane were there in case Matthew had a bleed out. He had torn his aorta from a motorbike accident and the tear flap was just holding on to the wall. The stress was so immense they didn’t even know if he would make it to Townsville. I watched the doctor and the nurse constantly attending to him. I can’t even remember if I said thank you to them. Very grateful to them. It’s a beautiful day! Share