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Regions - Trip reports, destination advice, recommended routes, etc. => Rest of England => Topic started by: Lazybones on 21:42:15, 09/01/19

Title: first walk of 2019
Post by: Lazybones on 21:42:15, 09/01/19

my first trip report,
this evening ill be working the "graveyard shift" so i needed to get out for a walk
I needed to lose some weight, at the beginning of January last year I weighed 24 stone  
Mrs bones says I've lost too much and that I've become obsessed with exercise ;D I've definitely lost quite a bit

 
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the walk started from Ashton, i was walking down the path of the dismantled railway line towards Park Bridge.

 

 
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at first theres houses on each side of the path, its shared with walkers, cyclists, horses, and dog walkers

 

 
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the houses dissappear, and theres views over fields to the surrounding hills

 
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the view as i got nearer to park bridge, with Hartshead Pike in the distance

 
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Park Bridge

 
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the canal in Daisy Nook country park

 
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lovely swans

 
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Crime lake

 
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two old relics from the past

 
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at this point i  had a sit down, it was below freezing today, there were patches of ice here and there, i was chilled to the bone, and the cold gets into my joints and is rather painful at times

 
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i guess no trip report would be the same without the obligatory selfie

 


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the walk was 5.6 miles
i hope you like my first trip report thanks for looking

 

 

Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: fernman on 22:26:51, 09/01/19
Nice one, Lazybones! So where did the skelly come from? (Oh dear, I've just seen the connection with your username too.)

BTW I sympathise with the need to lose weight. Some of my wife's clients give her Christmas hampers with contents that are full of fats and sugar that I shouldn't eat. The scales say I've put on 4 pounds, which all appears to be around my stomach that now protrudes over my walking trousers, these now being a tighter  fit than they were. Five weeks between walks over Christmas, I must get out for more! 
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: pleb on 10:47:55, 10/01/19
Laughing my t1ts off  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Nice scenery, like it  O0
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: cpjmathieson on 13:03:23, 10/01/19
Great pics  O0 , did you drag Skeletor the whole way? 
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: beefy on 17:27:46, 10/01/19
Brilliant  ;D ;D ;D ;D
It's about time we had some humour back on the forum, after the recent postings
Looking forward to your next trip report lazybones O0
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: pleb on 20:26:25, 10/01/19
How did you get pics of me without my consent? Dont recall sitting there ........... ;D
I DO have image rights you know  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: richardh1905 on 08:48:57, 11/01/19
 ;D ;D ;D O0
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Ridge on 10:01:21, 11/01/19
Brilliant  O0
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Skip on 10:35:04, 11/01/19
Raised a smile  :)
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Lazybones on 17:20:01, 11/01/19
Thanks all for the replies O0
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: sunnydale on 22:18:39, 12/01/19
 :D  Great report & photos!
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: herbert tickle on 09:38:42, 09/01/21
 O0  think I need to lose some weight
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Bigfoot_Mike on 11:26:54, 09/01/21
Great first TR. From the photos it looks like there were few other people around.  Perhaps the skeleton scared them off 💀
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Dodgylegs on 11:51:13, 09/01/21
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Bigfoot_Mike on 12:13:12, 09/01/21
That skeleton and your earlier comments reminded me that inside a fat person like me is a thin person bursting to get out. That is certainly the case for the one I ate for breakfast  :D
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Zizag on 15:58:16, 09/01/21
Nice trip report and photos  :)
Well done Lazybones  ::)
Certainly caused a ripple of laughter on here  :D ;D ;D ;)
Especially Boney M on the bench .
Carry on the walks .
'Even a little and often '
will help you loose those pounds . :-X :-\









Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Ridge on 16:28:42, 09/01/21
Carry on the walks .
'Even a little and often '
He may have carried on with the walks but his posts on the forum are little and infrequent.
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: Mel on 17:19:03, 09/01/21
 :D   Brilliant. 


Thanks has to go also to Herbert Tickle for resurrecting this 2 year old trip report.  Top marks that man  O0
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: GnP on 21:02:50, 10/01/21
He`s a right Herbert ..   :crazy2:
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: herbert tickle on 20:59:52, 11/01/21
He`s a right Herbert ..   :crazy2:
Eh..
Watch it you  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: first walk of 2019
Post by: pleb on 21:47:22, 11/01/21
Disgraceful
 ::)