Brecon Weekend - 09/01/10

Well we should have been training in Snowdon, but that was cancelled due to the dreadful weather and not being able to get up there - so Gary arranged for a hard training session in the Brecon Beacons followed by team building at Jacquie's in St Fagans with us all staying over in her house and camping in the garden. I by now had got Angie's bad cold and cough and could hardly speak, but still did my best so opted to sleep in a nice warm bed - Gary, Alan, Diane, Karen, and Jacquie decided to test their sleeping bags by camping in tents in the garden - Brrrrrr!!!  Had a fab meal in the Post Office - fab restaurant, followed by partying at Jacquie's for some until 5.15am in the morning - It was fun at the time but not when you have to get up by 7.30am as HTV were coming to film us - silly!!!  We then did another training session and more filming up the Garth - boy I was glad to get home!!!  See us on the HTV news on youtube!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq0-GGpofvg
 

Snow Training in Wenvoe - 06/01/10

Couldn't get into work last Wednesday had heavy snow and had already bumped my car so asked my boss if I could work from home to which he agreed - thank you Robert.  During my lunch hour (honest) my kids and I and Angie and her daughter and friend went sledging - well we were supposed to be walking as well which we did a bit of but to be honest not much!  We had fun anyway and it was excercise!!

Final walk of Jan's Xmas walking week - 03/01/10

Jan's final Xmas walk was another one to the Garth - i had missed 3 of her walks - Brecon, Sugar Loaf and can't remember the other one - but hats off to Jan and Jacquie they had completed all 7 walks!!!  Me, Diane, Jan and Jacquie did this one as others had colds etc etc.

Walking with best friends - 02/01/10

Decided not to go to Brecon with the rest of the group as we'd had more snow the night so chickened out of driving to Brecon and Angie was still unwell.  Roped my best friends into going for a long walk through Dinas Powys to Michaelston Le Pit then back up through Dinas Golf Club - not a bad 2 hour walk, and Nick had designed it so we went up all the hills she could find but her poor dog Rosie could hardly walk at the end - she's 12 years old and not too good on her feet anymore - sorry Rosie!

More training - The Garth 30th December

Ang wasn't well so I went on another training session of Janet and Jacquie's Xmas week of walks,without my partner. This time to the Garth as the snow had been bad in Brecon so we decided to have an easy day - Jacquie said we had to walk slowly the way we'd have to on Kili - so it took us nearly 3 hours and Karen Dell'Armi who is normally slower than the rest us we were telling her to slow down!!! - She loved that! Anway me, Jan, Jac and Karen had a laugh with Janet running up the final bit of the Garth and then insisting we went up and down yet another hill - thanks Jan!