This is my walk of the week. Not very earth-shattering I'm afraid but then I never said all my walks would be. This is just bread and butter walking, like I used to do before I owned a car (almost).
OK, but I did start off in the car. It was a frosty morning and being a coward I drove to the carpark behind the launderette and then teetered in to deposit laundry and head off to the building society. It's been a long time since I've walked far on icy pavements and I'm a complete coward at it. I either shuffle along by the wall or walk out in the road. I worry about slipping on black ice. Hence it took me twice as long to get down to Fowler Street as it would normally have done and I was too panicky to take much notice of my surroundings.
Coming back was a little better as it had warmed up a bit and I considered a short cut on a path across a green space. Then I spotted my other pet hate - an unsupervised dog and a large one at that. It was just snuffling around harmlessly but I couldn't do it, I had to go the long way to avoid it.
What with dogs and ice, it's amazing that I manage to leave the house at all some days. But I did make it out again in the afternoon. This time I drove to the edge of town where I could park an hour for free and walked down to the dentists (yet another pet hate). In the good old days no cars would have been involved I would have and could have walked the lot. Could I still? Bit of a sore right foot at the moment, call it arthritis, old age, whatever. I probably could have walked it all, just not in stilettos...
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