Showing posts with label glasgow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glasgow. Show all posts

Walking, Lattes and Staying on Track!

Last night I thought it would be a good idea to go for a long walk on Sunday, but I wasn't sure where to or how far I would walk.  When I got up this morning I thought I would walk for half an hour and then just turn back.  I changed into my exercise gear, leashed up Molly and hit the pavement!  

I walked, and then I walked, and then I walked some more!  When I first set out, I felt lethargic, and my legs felt really heavy.  It was hot out today (for a change!) and the sun was shining so I just kept thinking to myself "just put one foot in front of the other".  

I ended up walking almost 6 miles to Partick, which is in the West End of Glasgow.  Partick has a great mix of pubs, cafes, second hand shops and restaurants!  I kept walking until I reached a lovely little cafe and decided to sit outside (well I had to since I had Molly with me!) and enjoy a well earned Latte!  The cafe was on the shady side of the street, which I think was just as well since we had walked for well over an hour in the blazing sun.  I did stop a few times before this to let Molly drink some water, her tongue was hanging out!




Molly is thinking something...... not quite sure what....!


As I sat here enjoying my Latte, I looked at the road up ahead to see probably one of the steepest hills in Glasgow!  And I thought to myself  "I'm going to walk up that hill!"

After I finished my Latte, I went inside to pay for it.  I managed to catch my bag on the corner of one of the chairs inside the cafe and it crashed to the floor!  Oooops!  I was slightly embarrassed at first and then I thought "hey, sh*t happens!'

I headed out to tackle this hill that loomed towards me.  

OMG!  That hill was a bastard!  I am not even kidding - I felt like I was climbing a vertical street!  I would even say this street rivals those in San Francisco!  I love SF!!  One of my fave places in the world!  Well, that and Orlando......


I hope they turned their wheels to the kerb!

Can you tell how steep this street is from this picture?!?  It looks tame here!!

I walked back down the hill, and headed home again.  A few points along the way I really wanted to phone Kenny to come get me, but I kept going.  My legs were sore, my hips were sore, but I kept going!
Poor wee Molly's legs were wiped too - she has been sleeping ever since we got back home =)

All in all, I had a fabulous workout!  I burned almost 1200 calories and walked almost 12 miles, and earned 15 WW activity points!!  

I hope to have a great weigh in on Wednesday - I'll see y'all back here then!  

Until then, have a happy and safe July 4th!!!!!  


ALMOST VACATION TIME!!

I have been such a bad blogger for the last few weeks! I am so excited as it is only 1 more work day before my vacation. I have Friday off work so I can finish getting organized and take my dad out for lunch before I leave very early Saturday morning!

I have been out and about on my bike a lot the last couple of weeks, and also spinning class. Spinning class is seeming a bit easier to me now. I can cycle at a higher resistance and cycle standing up a lot longer! Yay!

On 29th August we did the Sky Ride in Glasgow, which is basically a big cycling event, where a few of Glasgow's busy streets were closed to traffic! It was amazing seeing the city I have lived in all my life from a different perspective. There were a LOT of people and the atmosphere was amazing. There were steel drummers under one of the bridges - great acoustics under there! And this awesome girl was cycling on a chopper with a boom box blaring music and just chilling out and moving to the beat! We cycled over 17 miles that day. Pretty good seeing it was only my 2nd time out on the bike. I managed to persuade Kenny to get a bike too, so we can get out and exercise together.

After that, not much has been happening! I have just been doing a major clean of the apartment since Kenny's sister will be house sitting and pet sitting (her most important job!!) Ha ha!

It's 1am here, so I better get to bed!! Eeeeeeek, only 2 more sleeps until FLORIDA!!!

Hopefully I can do a couple of blogs while I'm over there, we will have free wi-fi and we are taking the laptop so I should be able to blog.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous week!


PS. A big warm welcome to my new followers! I can't believe anyone really cares to read my ickle blog! I really must get to work on reaching my goals!