In January I started to think of all the hikes I wanted to do, short, medium and one really long one, but for a variety of reasons my ideas have started to falter. No matter, I've had a rearrangement and last week managed to get one hike in. For the past 3 months my left leg has given me real problems, aching at the top of my thigh, the middle of my thigh and at the back of my knee, not all at the same time, but I've learned to live with it a bit. When I did my hike last week I dosed myself up with Paracetamols and Ibrfrofen, which I have to admit helped a lot.
But it has started me thinking, can I really just go on thinking of just hiking? I want to seriously look into canoeing but not in this year. The other possibility is for me to try cycle camping, which I'm looking at the possibilities of right now. I have 3 bikes in my garage, I'm going to have a look later to see if one of them is suitable or at least can be adapted to tour and carry my stuff. As my wife has just said, "I'll give you something to do". I've been out a few times recently and notice that my leg works perfectly well whilst pedalling, it just hurts when I walk.
I must admit what has spurred me on about this is, when I was in Normandie last week I walked a while on a dedicated smooth tarmaced cycle path which can be picked up at Caen and it goes all the way to La Rochelle. There are other routes all over France and I'm going to have a good read about them this evening.
My motivation is to try to adapt and move forward. I don't want to be sitting around rubbing my leg all summer!