by nancyw » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:05 pm
Hi folks. new to this site and am not a serious walker. Although I do my best I have heart failure and can't always manage as much as I would like to, although I DO push myself to my limits and sometimes beyond!!
Am just back from a wonderful holiday in Skye. Managed to walk out to Neist Point which was awesome. Was particularily entranced by the Cairns and would love to know more about them. Can't really believe they are just erected by walkers who have made it out to the Point!!! For me they had an eerie, almost mystic feel. Who built the first one, how did the tradition start? Why?? Anyone know??
Would have loved to manage some of the other walks on Skye but, unfortunately, this was the only "real" walk I managed and that resulted in having to use my GTN spray twice to get back up the cliff to the lighthouse!!! I did manage a Gorge walk with my daughter and 4 Grandchildren as well as a bit of a "yomp" through the heather!! Kids loved it cos they were encouraged to get wet and dirty. I firmly believe all kids should be encouraged to walk and if they get soaked or muddy, so what. They wash and so do there clothes. Wellies took a while to dry out though. Parts of the gorge they were in over the wellies up to the oxters!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, you now know a wee bit about me and the type of thing I like to do so keep me posted on any of the easier walks you come across and think I might manage. I am to be found every Sunday out for a walk with my daughter and the grandchildren in and around midlothian. We tend to stick to railway walks etc, especially if there happens to be a river nearby where everyone can get wet!!! My daughter has Fibromyalgia and struggles a bit too so if you spot two very unfit females struggling on a walk somewhere with four kids ranging between 14 and 7 its probably us!! Especially if everyone is dripping wet!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
