Sat 13th June -

Saturday  Walked with Tiff for 1/2 an hour. Nearly dark when she and the 2 youngens came out and "begged" me to go for a walk with them...

Sunday  Rode the bike, first time in ages so only 8km.  Then this afternoon did a 2+km walk with T and y's.  Some of it uphill pushing the pram, handed it back to her when the 2nd kid got on though.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Am I fitter?

Saturday 6th June - Friday 12th.

Saturday  Nothing

Sunday  Zilch

Monday  Nada

Tuesday  Didn't do anything

Wednesday  Nothing

Thursday  Zilch

Friday  Nada

Am I fitter?  haha No way I could be.

Saturday 30th May - Friday 5th June

Saturday  Bushwalk with Tiff.  We went out to explore Hoffman Mill.  It's really nice there but no camping this time of year so only a few people around.  We'll be back.

Sunday  Slow walk into town so 20 minutes maybe.  1.5k's only.

Monday  Bush walk with husband.  We went for a drive to see how his injured back held up and as we were in the area we walked around the POW area and did Marrinup Falls walk.  Still no waterfall even though we have had some rain.

Tuesday   I had to look after 3 little kids this morning so pushing a pram and walking around for a couple of hours was all I achieved.  And I say a couple of hours but was really, probably only an hour or so.  😃

Wednesday  Bikeride this morning, its been awhile so only 8km.  Knees were aching before I reached the 4k turnaround but otherwise it wasn't too bad.

Thursday  11km this morning.  Was going to do the 13 but as I have jobs to do before I go into Vinnies decided I better not.

Friday  Half hour bush track, flat track. 

Am I fitter?  Fitter than last Friday, yeah.  Not as fit as next Friday...hopefully!

Sat 23rd - Friday 29th May

Saturday  Wasn't planning on doing anything after feeling so sore yesterday but woke up early feeling Ok so rode 8km.

Sunday  Storms forecast for today so it seemed like a good rest day.  Then T rang saying she was going up the dam to walk, did I want to go to.  No I didn't, it was going to storm...I went and we walked for just over an hour.

Monday  Nothing
Tuesday   Nothing
Wednesday   Nothing
Thursday  Nothing as yet, again.  It's raining, I'm a sook and don't want to do anything in the rain.  And I have to go into work for a few hours soon.  Excuses have started.
Friday  And again, nothing.

Am I fitter?  haha, there is no way I could be.

Saturday 16th - Friday 22nd May

Saturday  Rest day today.  Because I got busy then couldn't be fagged!

Sunday  Bush walk up at Marrinup Falls.  Of course there was no water except for a couple of stagnant pools but the walk was great.  Hills, steps, lots of nature, I loved it.

Monday   Another rest day  haha  Or am I still just too lazy to get out and just do it.

Tuesday  Thank goodness for daughter otherwise I would have done nothing again.  T walked out with the pram so we all walked up to the corner and back.  I did 3km but by the time she was home again she ended up with 7 on the clock!  Brilliant woman, she is doing so great with it all.

Wednesday   Hmmm, bad habits creeping back in with no ride or walk again. Did go into work for a few hours and really felt that by the time I got home.

Thursday  Have work again this morning so wasn't going to ride but decided on a short 8.  But got to the 4k mark and thought I'd do the 11k ride.  Home now and I rode 14km.  Pleased with that.  Hard work though so need to go more often.

Friday  I am so sore.  I hurt so bad...and all because I walked for a few hours.  haha  Went to Ridley place with daughter and youngens and decided to walk to the old LaPort pipeline.  'Cause you know, it's just there, not far...'ceptin it wasn't "just there"  It was miles away.  Then miles back.  Fun though.  How T walks and pushes the pram with 2 kids I don't know, hard work that.  And luckily not my job!
Google Earth says 3.5 there so all up we would have walked more than 7, there and back, up and down and crossing roads etc..  

Am I fitter?  I don't feel fitter this week.  I hurt, everything has been an effort, too many days of nothing...

Saturday 9th - 15th May

Goal for May is to get to 15km.

Saturday   Rode to Hamel this morning, intending to get to the hall then turn around and come home again but by the time I got to the end of Roberts Rd I was buggered and the hall was uphill.  So turned left and went into the old nursery.  Back up to the road and onto James, Fawcett then home again.  Turned down limestone instead of George as I was still buggered and hit 15 at McNeill.  Next time I will do George.  So 15.5 at our driveway and you know what that means...16 was right there!  so up past Buzz's then home again.  16km ride this morning, 1 hour.   Gotta be pleased with that!

Sunday  Went for a walk at Creery Wetlands with T and her kids this morning over in Mandurah.  It was nice, not fast as we had to keep stopping for phone messages due to a family emergency but otherwise it was OK.  We might do it again one day when we can just do it without the drama.
https://trailswa.com.au/trails/mariners-cove-trail

Monday  Rode 15km this morning.   Rode out to Summers Rd but seeing as just under 3 km of that is gravel I wont do this ride too many times.  I will have to ride it when I decide to do the 17km circuit  that will get me to Coranation and so back home...Not this week though.

Tuesday  Nothing all day but finally decided to get on the exercise bike before I called it a day.  So 30min on that, better than nothing but I need to get the moving out of the way early or chances are high that it wont get done at all.

Wednesday  14km this morning.  Really couldn't be bothered going at all so it was half past 8 before I even started.  Tried to ride through the sandy track that is Leach but gave up after half a k...next time.

Thursday  Didn't ride this morning and got busy doing other stuff but daughter was going to come into work with me for a couple of hours and she took a detour...So a 1/2 hour bush walk done.  Walking tracks and inclines is bloody hard work, think I need to do more walking.

Friday  3km walk to the corner and back, flat road, took 40ish minutes but had the youngens so some time was stopped or slow.  Tiff walked to here from her place first so she ended up with an extra 2 and a bit k's, pushing a pram with 1 sometimes 2 kids in it! 

Am I fitter?  Can go much further on the bike and in higher gears but walking is hard.  I will need to walk more.  Used to get to the corner and back in 30-35 minutes so that's something to work on and we have a friends permission to walk on their hilly property.  The dam area has some nice bush areas to walk too and the pines is sandy bush tracks so there is really no excuse. 

Sat 2nd May - Fri 8th.

Saturday Went bushwalking again this morning.   Daughter has an app that shows how long we walk, how many km's, how long it takes... What this mornings record doesn't show is all the uphill bits that we did.  Lots!  And then some more.  I will ask her for the stats and put them on here somewhere just for my own record.  No bikeride today.




Sunday  Was going to have a rest day after yesterdays walk but felt OK this morning and decided on a short ride, maybe the 8km.  Got to the 4k turnaround and still feeling OK thought I'd do 10, maybe 11...Got to the 5.5 turnaround and the next one "was right there" so I went for it.  13 km ride over and done with before 8am.  Happy with that!   And this evening daughter walked out to our place so I walked halfway back with them, More than a km but not much.

Monday  It's raining and I'm too sooky to ride in the rain.  I could use the stepper.  Or the exercise bike.  But I need to go into work for a couple of hours soon...Hmmm, maybe later.  Ended up getting on the exercise bike for 17 minutes.  Would have been longer but the tablet went flat!

Tuesday  4ish km walk.  Walked the streets in town this morning with daughter, for over an hour.   I used to be able to walk 3k's in 30-35 min, flat ground.  This mornings walk, much slower, but not as flat.  It felt like a real workout, much harder that the bike rides.

Wednesday  Massive storms here last night and wet and windy this morning so I was gunna stay home, light the fire, watch Netflix...But daughter rang so we went for a walk.  It was slow as grandson wanted to jump in all the puddles.   Her app says I walked 2.4km, it seemed a lot longer but could be because it was so slow...  No ride.  Edit the walk was longer, 3.85 by my calculations.

Thursday  Nothing.  I'd like to call it a rest day but really I just kinda forgot to do anything because it was wet and cold.

Friday  Rode the 13km route this morning.  We had storms a couple of days ago and the evidence of how wild it was is all over the road, so many branches, sticks and honky nuts.  And a few trees down.



Am I fitter?  Absolutely.  This mornings ride was quite easy and I didn't even have to change gears as much as usual.  I'm even thinking I'm ready to add some distance, might aim for a 15km ride before the end of the month.

Week 25th April - 1st May

Sat 25th  I don't think I did anything...Again...

Sun  8km ride this morning.  This afternoon daughter rang so I went for a short walk with them out at the pines, mostly sandy tracks and my back was hurting but it was OK.

Mon   20 min on the exercise bike.  I was a bit sore from yesterday so didn't do my morning ride but at the end of the day before showering I thought I'd better do something.  It was going to be 10 min but went to 15 and then 20 so happy with that.  I haven't been on here for a long time and my legs were hurting but I will try and get on here more often as it is different to the proper bike....

Tues  Just back from 11km ride.  I saw my/the/a/ fox.  A km away from where I have seen the fox before but heading in that direction...until he saw me and turned and ran away across the paddock.  Could be the same one.  But it could also be one of dozens that live out in that area.☺

Wed  Had a late night so was only going to do the 8km ride but when I reached the turnaround point thought I'd try for the 11 again.  But the next curve was  "right there" so I went to that.  And from there I could see the corner house, my goal point,..."right there",  so went to that.  It's been many years since I last rode this far knowing I had to turn around and get home again.  All up 13km this morning so pleased with that. My knees were aching by the time I reached the 12 k mark but seem OK now.

Thur  Bushwalk with daughter.  Her app says 55min walking, we were away from car for an hour and 20ish...Some hilly bits, a nice walk.   No ride.

Fri  Rode the 13km ride this morning, not meaning too, not planning too...But "it was right there"!  Took a long time though and was hard work as it was a tad windy, but only when I was going West, North and East...Heading South was an easy ride and just as well as that is the way home!

Am I fitter?  Yes, definitely.  Started out with struggling to do 4km and now I'm doing 13.  Well only twice and it is a struggle but there is no way I could have ridden this far on the old bike and not even on this new bike when I first got it.   And I have added in bushwalking which is a whole different lot of aches.

Week from Sat 18th April 2020.

Sat 18th   8km.  Was tempted to try for 10km but was sensible and did the 8.  10 will come.  Left at close to 8am and had the most traffic that I have had since I started.  4 cars and a truck.  I know not a lot, hardly any, but still.   Home just after 9 and time to get some stuff done.

Sun 19th     No ride today but did do a decent bushwalk with daughter.  We were gone from the car for 2 hours but we didn't walk for that long as we stopped to look at the creek, to take photos, to cringe at the rocky path we had to traverse...And to rest, I did a lot of that.  But it was a good walk and we will do it again.

Mon 20th  Nothing.  Should have after yesterday but slacked off.

Tues 21st  10km bike ride.  Hands were real tingly by the time I got home but fine now.  Saw a fox, same area as before so probably same fox.  I was aiming for 9 but at 4.5 I was so close to the corner I had to keep going.  Then so close to 5km I went a bit further.  My goal corner was in sight, right there! but I turned around and rode home.  Because really, "right there" could have been a k away.  I'll find out another day.

Wed 22  4km, around the block plus up the road and back.  I'm expecting to go for a ride with grandaughter this afternoon but wanted to do something just in case we don't get out later on.  It rained.  Grandaughter piked.

Thur 23rd  Nothing?  Again?  Surly not...Need to check in with the group and see what I said there.

Friday 24th  Shorter bush walk with daughter and her kids, up at Nanga townsite.  Did race J from bridge and back.  She started at one bridge, I started at the other.  She won.  Then she did it again and beat herself...Impressive!

Am I fitter?  Gotta be.  But I keep forgetting it's Friday so I don't take notice of how I feel or if what I am doing is easier or not.

Things I See. And think of...

We are in a rural area so I always see cows, a couple of horses, a pony, sheep and birds of different sorts, on my ride when I head North way.   It's nice.

Today, 12 April 2020, Easter Sunday, on the way out I saw 5 or 6 x 28's, a rabbit , a willy, crows/ravens...On the way back I saw the guinea fowl in a paddock of where they used to be.  I haven't seen them since I started riding again past this property and thought that they were gone but no, just hanging out in a different area.  And probably not the same ones that we used to see all over the road all those years ago! 

Also saw a fox!  7:45am and he was on the side of the road, took off when it saw me and streaked across the road and through the paddock.  Yep, I see a fox running away and think of Ethel...
Saw more, or the same, 28's, and another willy, there's that song again...

Wondered how far it was to the corner that we used to ride to, and if I rode to there would I be able to get home again...Didn't try as I didn't have my phone with me to call for a pick up if I couldn't.  But I will eventually get there.  And back again too!

Wondered if farmers still spread super on their paddocks as there was a strong smell in some areas, not fox smell. 

Thought of my husband when I saw a dove or pigeon sitting on the powerlines...I didn't know what type it was and he would have.  Then started getting cranky with our plumber because he didn't come and finish the job we've been waiting more than 12 months for and what if husband needs to go into isolation.  Then worried about him a bit and forgot about the plumber.  And forgot about husband within minutes (seconds) as there was other things to see and wonder about! 

And coming down our road there was a bandicoot in the drain.  It also took off when it heard me...Seems I have that affect on wildlife.

I enjoy my rides, so pleased I now have a bike that I can ride and get out there again.

10/4/'20 - ...

It's Saturday 11th April 2020.  No ride again yesterday.  I eat too much crap when I don't go for the ride, seems the less I do the more I eat.

If I start doing things after my morning coffee, like dishes, cat, chooks, watering, computer, and then it gets too late/too hot I am less likely to get on the bike.   Seems I have to get this done first thing, after coffee, otherwise there are no guarantees.  But it is sometimes too windy so hard to ride in the mornings.

Sat 11th April.  8km bikeride.  Knee a tad achy on the way back but only for a bit.  OK now.  Hands same, bit tingly and still feel them now, but will shake it out and be fine.  And just like that it is nearly 8oclock and gunna be warm out there.  Spent most of the day outside so ate less crap.  And lots of grass was removed from around the orange trees and edges of gardens.  I'll feel that tomorrow.

12th Easter Sunday - 8km this morning.  Wasn't feeling it this morning so thought I'd just go to the corner and back, then thought I'd get to the old dairy, before I knew it I was at the guinea fowl curve so may as well go all the way and turn around at Whettem...  The rest of the day was a wipeout though, just wasn't up to anything.

13th  7km this evening.  Really couldn't be fagged this morning.  And husband was home and up early so that put me behind...  Late afternoon I had a message from grandaughter asking if I wanted to go for a ride so we organised it and went.  So big thanks to J for that 'cause I probably wouldn't have gone otherwise.

14th  12km.  Now that is impressive!  Grandaughter came with me again so we planned on doing the same ride as yesterday but she said she was willing to go further and see what my usual ride was. So I arranged to meet her at our meeting spot then we both rode back past our place and up the road and around the corner.  She was fine to keep going and OK to keep going still when we reached the curve.   So up to the corner then turn around for the ride home.  We did call in to our place so she could fill her water bottle then back to where we met so she could continue home.  Then I turn around and come back home.  My riding in to meet her adds an extra km each way so that's where the extra 4 came from today.

15th  Didn't do anything all day and really couldn't be fagged...But ended up riding to the corner and back so 3km.

16th  Nothing.

Fri 17th  No ride today either...Hohum...


Am I fitter than last week?   Who know, I think I need a testing kit of some sort.  I am riding further than when I started but not riding every day.  Did 12km one day this week but then had 2 days of nothing.  Will try and not do less next week.

4km Hoon

1st April 2020.   Rode 4km this morning.  That seems like such a short distance for the effort I put in though.  But the most I have done in years... so Yay for that!  I rode towards town, planning to get to the railway line where we used to cross over, before turning back to home. I hoped it was further than I thought but it wasn't so I had to continue up past our driveway, went up to the bridge and back and was nearly on the dot of 4km when I got back to our driveway. 

This morning, 2 April, I rode around the block as I was wanting to see how far it was.  I want to find a 5km route so I can set that as my basic ride.   The block this morning wasn't it.  After going around the block and back home I was still way short of 4km so kept going up to the corner then turned around and back home...nearly at the 4 so I rode down the driveway towards the shed then turned onto the grass in front of the house...and fell off.  3.97km.  So didn't even get to 4 today.  haha
Next time I will continue on past the house at the corner before turning back for home.

And all because husband was sick of my whinging and whining about not being able to ride to the corner so bought me a new bike.  haha, Not really.  He did buy me a new bike though, one that hoons so I have no excuse now...Hmmm...

3 April.  Hadn't done  ride when daughter messaged to say I had a parcel delivered to her house so I jumped on the bike and rode in to meet her at railway crossing.  Rode home and called in as plumber was there then got back on bike to complete the distance.  All up todays ride was 6.60.

4th April. No ride.  Hmmm, slackin' off already?!

5th April.  Might see how far away the old dairy is...It is around 2.3 to dairy.  So I kept riding past.  We used to ride this road years ago so I was going to try and get to the curve...did that and still kept going.  It is 4.1 to Whettam Road, the corner where Mayfield turns off. So by the time I was back home I had ridden 8.2.  That's pretty good I think.

6th.  Hmmm, nothing.  Nowhere.  Zerozilchnada.

7th  9km this morning.  Planned on doing 10 but misread the odemetre. Nine is pretty good though.

8th   I'm going with 6 this morning, so mach harder than yesterday's 9 though.  Limestone past Linda's then South, East, North, and home. Had to go just past the driveway to get just past the 6 by the time I turned around and got back to it.

9th.  No ride.  Ate too much crap.

10th.  Friday Will I be/Am I fitter?  haha, Maybe, didn't ride to see how far I could go or how great I felt afterwards.   Ate too much throughout the day again.

2020 - Will this be the year?

New year started today and I went for a bikeride, up to the corner and back so 3km.  Took 15 minutes.  The bike has been sprayed and fiddled with, tyres pumped up, so it wasn't that bad.  I hope to ride into town this week, to see if I can.  And if I can then I hope to do it a couple of times a week.  That would be good.
If I don't ride then I need to start walking again.  Or anything again.

I have printed off a chart thing with the months printed and divided into sections, the idea is to colour in a section each day I move to keep an account of what is done. 
And as of today I am on track!!  How good am I?! haha.

We'll see how I go this time...

Bikes aint bikes..

Went for a bikeride this afternoon, first one in awhile though.  I have tried though, kinda.  Sometimes.  Once or twice anyway. 

A couple of months back I was going to start riding again and on the 6th September I did.  And a couple before that and a couple after, did some stepping too and was getting the numbers up.  But then I stopped.  As I do.  Then I went and stayed with a woman and she has a bike that she rides 3 times a day, every day.  So I asked if I could borrow her bike and go for a ride around the oval.  And I did.  That bike was so easy to ride I rode for miles, every day I was there.  Then I came home and rode my bike.  Not easy, so hard I couldn't get to neighbors driveway without hurting and being puffed.  So I came home and put the bike away.  Went to womans house again and rode her bike.  For miles, it was so easy.
Husband looked at my bike, fiddled with the gears, sprayed everything, pumped the tyres up and I rode up the road and around the corner.  Hard but doable.  Next time I tried, harder.  But I felt the tyres and they seemed OK.  He comes out and tries the tyres and pumps them up and I rode around the corner to the limestone.  And today to the corner and back. 
But I think I need another bike.  What sort and where from?  And how much will it cost me?!  No idea what I need and though I have looked at KMart I am not sure if they will be any easier than the one I have now.  I may need a visit to Mandurah or Bunbury and go into a proper bike shop for advice.  In the meantime I will ride mine when I can.