Where did you walk today?

[LesBrass]

I walked to the Vezelay route I walked from home and over the coming 6 months I'm going to walk to SJPdeP in stages before I do the CF.

I walked 12.3km... no big hills so an easy walk... but I cant imagine having to walk another 8km before I could stop... I have a long way to go with my training!

Anyway - where did you walk today? You all live across the globe it would be great to see more photos of your local walks.

 

[Susannafromsweden]

That's a great idea.
Ok today I didn't take any pics, but yesterday I did. I was out walking in Garphyttans National park.
Looks good at the beginning...


Then one continues in to the woods.


Ok the trail was a bit wet sometimes, as the snow is melting.


My feet.

 

[jdpiguet]

Hi LesBrass,

The picture is 2 years old, but I was at the same place today: it's one of my favourite walk, around 9 km long and 400 m uphill (and down, from the place where the picture is taken...).

Jacques-D.

PS: I walked Vézelay in 2007 and partially in 2010: it's beautiful walk

 

[LesBrass]

Susanna - love the tree trunks amongst the moss - it looks wonderful. My walking group is arranging a 2 week walking trip to Sweden in 2015 - not sure about details yet but very much looking forward to it.

 

[LesBrass]

Hi LesBrass,

The picture is 2 years old, but I was at the same place today: it's one of my favourite walk, around 9 km long and 400 m uphill (and down, from the place where the picture is taken...).

WOW - I would never tire of looking at that!

 

[SabsP]

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/good-vibes-local-walks.14643/#post-100723

Some inspiration here....

 

[SabsP]

Only walked into the village today to watch the Carnaval parade but walked last thursday a local route of ten k.

 

[jdpiguet]

WOW - I would never tire of looking at that!

Come in Switzerland to walk the "Jakobsweg": it's passing the picture almost in the middle...

 

[SabsP]

local chapel
picknick spot
Maastricht

 

[Phillypilgrim]

Philadelphia.

 

[LesBrass]

Sabine - thanks for the link.

Jaques... certainly a maybe! very dramatic landscape... perhaps next year

PhillyPilrgrim... Great city scape! What a great place to walk too!

 

[LTfit]

Great idea!
Here are a few of my walk today in the dunes and beach near my home.

 

[Magwood]

Walked Thursday in the mountains around my home, and rode my horse Friday and today. Walking a long one tomorrow.

 

[Magwood]

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[AnnieH61]

Lovely idea.
Essex coast, just down the road from us. Attempting to teach our retriever how to retrieve.
Annie

 

[WycombeMan]

wow great pictures, well I walked from 7.30am to 4pm in the Brecon Beacons (Wales) today with snow on mountain tops and a lovely sunny day. Then after my walk in pain drove to my local gym spent 2 hours in sauna/steam and jacuzzi and I am now feeling almost alive after a curry and a bottle of merlot ,I know i'm no where near as fit as I once was. but i've had an enjoyble day and that's all that matters. only 50 sleeps till I leave for my Camino

 

[Phillypilgrim]

I'm loving this thread!

 

[mralisn]

Had a great walk in sunny northern California yesterday. 27km, 4.5 hours, 10kg pack (weighted for training).

The spirit was alive in me. I love these days...

 

[Gailsie]

No snow in any of these photos, and then I look out my window!!! Unfortunately no walking for me today as there was church, then a lenten discussion group and supper preparations. Maybe Monday or Tuesday. A heavy snow warming for Wednesday night here - oh dear, when is spring going to arrive!!!

 

[Nova Green]

No snow in any of these photos, and then I look out my window!!! Unfortunately no walking for me today as there was church, then a lenten discussion group and supper preparations. Maybe Monday or Tuesday. A heavy snow warming for Wednesday night here - oh dear, when is spring going to arrive!!!

I'm with you Gailsie. Terrible winter in Nova Scotia and it has really affected our training routine. We are due to start from SJPP in 9 weeks and I need the snow to stop so I can get at least semi fit!

 

[CanPete]

Great idea!
Here are a few of my walk today in the dunes and beach near my home.
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HOLLAND !!!!!

 

[emonty]

this is where my walks take place, no water, no trees, no mountains, but it can still be starkly beautiful. It is also 5,000'feet above sea level!

 

[Kiwi-d]

I was one of the 40,000 - 50,000 participants of Auckland's annual Round The Bays run yesterday. See, that's me in the blue cap! The course is 8.5km, but by the time we walked to/from parking, it was well over 12km. No pack, though.

 

[cherrys]

Finally this week was able to get out twice and run errands into our village on foot, then a very short walk to test out new shoes (too small). Today another walk twisting through the local housing development for about three miles. Still way too much snow to find a real trail in upstate New York so I have to make do. But at least the sun was out. And so were we.

 

[NicoZ]

I'm with you Gailsie. Terrible winter in Nova Scotia and it has really affected our training routine. We are due to start from SJPP in 9 weeks and I need the snow to stop so I can get at least semi fit!

Shovelling snow is great for cardio If you have water proof boots you can walk in the snow. It'll be harder but IMHO that's a good thing. If you train hard then the real thing will be easy.

Of course when we were kids we walked up hill both ways to school

 

[CK007]

These are some old photos, but I've walked here yesterday as well. Lots of climbing but the views & peacefulness are worth it!

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

Well, I take too many phtos to show them all on here! Last week I did my "5 churches" walk, here in Suffolk. About 12 miles [20 kms] which is usually my maximum - and further than I'll be walking each day on the Camino Ingles in May.
I'd love you to come with me on the walk, and see the churches - just RIGHT click on the link, and open in a new tab [otherwise you may leave the Camino web-site.]
https://plus.google.com/_/notifications/emlink?emr=11135864780440469337&emid=CMjJo5ez-bwCFTMETAodsGwAAA&path=/photos/111724793142187606932/albums/5986984180129178145?authkey=CKbT3_f81JrPNw&dt=1393953964891&ub=21
When the link has opened, LEFT click on the first picture, to follow the walk - and you can see all my comments on the right-hand side of each picture.
Enjoy your training walks, and, as they sometimes say in Spain "Vaya con Dios!" - "Go with God!"

 

[Pelegrin]

I walked as every Sunday on Sierra de Madrid, a mountain chain accesible in only 50 minutes from the capital. My walk yesterday was only 10 kms nothing special , but the good news is that we are in Spain in spring right now. So, the mud in Camino Inglés, Portugués, etc, will dry soon.

 

[sriyantra]

This is where I walked today.....Hervey Bay, Queensland Australia, just perfect........ d today - Hervey Bay, Queensland Australia.....just perfect.....

 

[Gailsie]

I'm with you Gailsie. Terrible winter in Nova Scotia and it has really affected our training routine. We are due to start from SJPP in 9 weeks and I need the snow to stop so I can get at least semi fit!

I am hoping to walk Porto to SdC at the end of April/beginning of May, plans to be confirmed after my next eye specialist appointment. I have been walking a few times at the local indoor track but I am not found of walking in circles without scenery. Good luck in your preparations. I walked about 3/4 of the Frances in the fall/09. It was a wonderful experience.

 

[AlanSykes]

This is yesterday's view over the Solway Firth and the Scottish borders from Simmerson Hill in the North Pennines, 30 minutes walk (and 800' in elevation) up the track from my home. A good camino training ground.

 

[LesBrass]

WOW - WOW - WOW!!

You live in such amazing places... the photos are great... and the stories too. I love that for some there is sunshine and others have snow... I should be working but I dropped by to have a quick look... now I'm smiling

 

[SabsP]

Susanna, thanks for merging this thread with the one of the local walks!

 

[Susannafromsweden]

Susanna, thanks for merging this thread with the one of the local walks!

Thank you, well actually I didn't merge them, as there are so many pictures in them, so it would be difficult to load.
But I tagged them as "local walks", which makes it easier to find also Sabines thread with lots of great local walks pics.

 

[Gailsie]

Thank all of you for making my day (or the past couple of days) with photos of your walks. I know that spring will soon be here and that our snow will disappear eventually (a huge storm called for Wednesday). These photos have lifted my spirits immensely and soothed my soul. Thank you so much

 

[SabsP]

Pics from some of my walks in the last two months. Most local from here, the beautiful green province of Limburg in Belgium.

 

[JennyH94]

Hi everyone - and thanks LesBrass for your fantastic opening post. All the photos are beautiful - thanks for posting them.

The following photo is of "The Esplanade" in Cronulla, a beachside suburb of Sydney. Cronulla is a peninsular and it's possible to walk around the peninsular in around an hour. The Esplanade takes up about half the walk, the rest is through a park and on the street, but it's possible to walk along the bay side of Cronulla when the tide is low. The Esplanade is about 5 minutes walk from our house and the most gorgeous ocean views can be enjoyed while you walk - whether it's rain, hail or shine it's always beautiful. I took this photo at around 1pm today ...



Cheers everyone - Jenny

 

[homa_bird]

Lovely lovely thread! Yay!

I cannot boast beauty or grandeur in my regular 4K each way walk through this rather bleak coastal area (trailer parks, cow pastures) of Oregon to the local bus stop. But where I go each day, ahhh, that is heaven. I work in a school district where i am a special care aide to a young girl with serious progressive disabilities. But her joy, her loving ways, her smile and her spirit make me see the miracle and preciousness of life again and again. The small accomplishments she makes, the love and compassion of the other children in class who understand she is different and take care of her, it is extraordinary work and I walk towards it each day with gratitude.

I gave up my car recently!: I wanted to give in and up to walking all I can. But here at this little store i take the bus so I don't have to fight log trucks on the highway for the last stretch!

May your Camino Continue on and on!! Love to all!

 

[LTfit]

How lovely @homa_bird. The other posts are visually magnificent but yours moved me the most: "...and I walk towards it each day with gratitude."
What a wonderful way to start my work day. Thank you.

 

[David]

What a brilliant thread!!! Last week I walked up onto Brean Down, a high down that juts into the sea at the south end of the beach in my hometown, Weston-Super-Mare. Had a pre-Roman hillfort on it once, and now has the ruins of world war fortifications ... marvellous up there. One can see Glastonbury Tor, over 20 miles away from the top. Met some goats up there too! Walking alone along the spine is the best!

 

[lynnejohn]

Walked Thursday in the mountains around my home, and rode my horse Friday and today. Walking a long one tomorrow.
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I love the ears in the foreground. Can we see who they belong to?

 

[C clearly]

Visiting Toronto, where spring is not in sight. Walked along the Humber River and then 15 km to downtown.

 

[David]

I walked to the Vezelay route I walked from home and over the coming 6 months I'm going to walk to SJPdeP in stages before I do the CF.

I walked 12.3km... no big hills so an easy walk... but I cant imagine having to walk another 8km before I could stop... I have a long way to go with my training!

Anyway - where did you walk today? You all live across the globe it would be great to see more photos of your local walks.

LesBrass - you have started off a beautiful thread - such great postings.
The thing about your 12.5k and not believing you could go another 8 - thing is, don't treat it as a trek or a pack march. Every hour or so - two at the most - stop, put your pack down, take your boots and socks off, get the air on your feet, eat, drink, look at the view, look back to where you have been - take it easy, then, a short while later get back up and start again. This way your day will be really pleasant. Think about it. Say you wanted to walk 26 kms ... and you start at 8am. Walk 6.5k, in two hours really easy going. Stop at 10 for 30 minutes .. walk 6.5k, at 12.30 stop for an hour, walk 6.5k, stop for thirty minutes, at 3pm walk 6.5k and you are there at 5pm ... not even tea time!!
So, take it easy, be kind to yourself, ramble don't trek - and the miles (kms) will fly by!!! and as your fitness improves over the days it will get easier and easier - enjoy!
Buen Camino!!

 

[lynnejohn]

Sadly, this is not the time of year we can train outdoors. This week we got outside walking for the first time since Christmas. Polar vortex, -49C, Northern Canada, blah blah blah. Photos right now would only be white and grey. All of our training so far is indoors, but starting next week we hope to get a good month's worth outside with our packs.
Thanks to everyone for sharing photos of their walking spaces. It's been wonderful looking at them!

 

[Jonas]

Lets call it norwegian wood, from southern part of Norway
My walk today
11 km today in addition to paint in-house, puhh !

 

[WycombeMan]

What a brilliant thread!!! Last week I walked up onto Brean Down, a high down that juts into the sea at the south end of the beach in my hometown, Weston-Super-Mare. Had a pre-Roman hillfort on it once, and now has the ruins of world war fortifications ... marvellous up there. One can see Glastonbury Tor, over 20 miles away from the top. Met some goats up there too! Walking alone along the spine is the best!

Oh I miss living by the coast , i used to be able to see Weston-Super-Mare using my binoculars from my bedroom window as a child from across the water in south wales, I always told myself when i grow I would go to the far more sophisticated land across the water.

Well yesterday I had a conference at the national memorial arboretum so not much time this weekend for a big walk so I managed about 3 hours along the Trent and Mersey canal and it was a glorious day, I wore shorts for the first time this year. Woop woop!!!

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

Where did I walk today? Well, just under 13 kms and it gave me blisters
However, if you'd like to see where I went - check out this link!
https://plus.google.com/_/notificat...authkey=CLigm8iD98eDYQ&dt=1395001485995&ub=21
Buen camino!

 

[SabsP]

Walked 22 k. yesterday. Prepping our annual pilgrimage / walk for our patients and staff to Scherpenheuvel. A well known pilgrimage place for worshipping the Virgin Mary.
http://www.scherpenheuvel.be/en

 

[rector]

Walked a mere 10k along a beach in the extreme n North of Ireland strong breeze in our faces horses galloping by, pounding waves 10 degrees, and as we looked out we knew that the next person beyond the horizon was in Reck Rejk a to pot with this Iceland

 

[supersullivan]

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/posts/191191/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201409247415404&set=gm.221754921343364&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201409246535382&set=gm.221754921343364&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201409247615409&set=gm.221754921343364&type=1

 

[newfydog]

Smith Rock State Park. The first day of warm weather hiking this year. Central Oregon is amazing in the spring, with skiing until June and great hikes and rock climbing in the desert, just pick your activity.

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[LesBrass]

Hello lovely people!! What a beautiful world we live in

I've hardly done any walking this week - too much work and not enough hours in the day but I have enjoyed looking at everyone else's images. I have one more week of way too much work and then I'm expecting things to calm down... and I'll be back to walking every day... but in the meantime I can enjoy all the photos that you're all posting.

happy walking!

 

[JennyH94]

Hi everyone -
Firstly, Homa_bird, I loved your post so much. The picture you paint of your walk to your local bus stop has stayed with me from the first reading and as more posts have come in I have re-read your post each time - thank you for sharing this.
Secondly, Newfydog - Wow - Smith Rock State Park looks spectacular! The photo is fabulous - thank you!
On my walk today I took a couple more pics of the path around Cronulla - each time I walk on the bay side of Cronulla I pass my favourite house - the photo will tell you why it's my favourite! The other photo is of the track to the beach a little way beyond it.






Cheers - Jenny

 

[SabsP]

An iron church, an artwork, beautifully placed parallel the real church.

An old bordersign...when there was still an official border between Holland and Belgium.

A tumulus, burial place of the Romans who occupied this area centuries ago.

 

[AZTunes]

Wow, what a tour of beautiful places around the world. Here are pics of a couple of my recent training walks... yesterday in the Arizona mountains, and last week along the rim of the Grand Canyon. (Though for full disclosure, the photo is from a similar walk on the day after Christmas.)

Cheers!

 

[Kanga]

Jervis Bay beach walk

 

[newfydog]

Thanks for the pictures Kanga. my time in Flagstaff is one of the reasons we ended up in Bend.

New snow today, so the "walk" was on skis, up Tumalo Mt.

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

I walked as every Sunday on Sierra de Madrid, a mountain chain accesible in only 50 minutes from the capital. My walk yesterday was only 10 kms nothing special , but the good news is that we are in Spain in spring right now. So, the mud in Camino Inglés, Portugués, etc, will dry soon.

I am SOOOOO pleased to hear that!
On May 14th I leave for Santiago de Compostela, planning to walk both the routes of the Ingles: if it's very muddy, I will blame you, Pelegrin, for misleading me!
Buen camino a todos!

 

[emonty]

This should be titled " where I didn't walk today"! Three to five inches of snow and 55 mph winds are reminding us winter isn't over in Nebraska.

 

[lynnejohn]

@emonty, I feel your pain.

 

[Pelegrin]

Stephen, today in Madrid we are looking for the shade (sorry for emonty). In Santiago today 20º C and sunny. But....
according to weather forecasts this next weekend Winter returns in Spain, 2 - 10º C on Sunday in Santiago and light rain. Stephen, weather in Galicia in May God knows. What I say is just now probably the mud is almost dry in Camiño Inglés, so, please don't sue me.
Amazing places for training (Grand Canyon, Australian beaches, Scotish borders ....) I was proud of my humble Sierra de Madrid, but now I almost depressed

 

[emonty]

Stephen, today in Madrid we are looking for the shade (sorry for emonty). In Santiago today 20º C and sunny. But....
according to weather forecasts this next weekend Winter returns in Spain, 2 - 10º C on Sunday in Santiago and light rain. Stephen, weather in Galicia in May God knows. What I say is just now probably the mud is almost dry in Camiño Inglés, so, please don't sue me.
Amazing places for training (Grand Canyon, Australian beaches, Scotish borders ....) I was proud of my humble Sierra de Madrid, but now I almost depressed

We all just use what we have, I would have ben very happy in the Sierra Madrid today. It stopped snowing but last week our roads were flooded, now they are drifted shut. I have been using the track at school because of the flooding but 10 miles on a track is a little monotonous!

 

[LesBrass]

I love all the photos and hearing about 'your day'... today I think I walked around 17km... around IKEA

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

I love all the photos and hearing about 'your day'... today I think I walked around 17km... around IKEA

Hey! That doesn't count .... unless you claimed an Ikea Credential or Compostela! [But they don't even sell compost in Ikea ]

 

[mitch237uk]

My 10k walk through the woods to above Bassenthwaite lake today and no one else in sight.

 

[DeadFred]

NW Arkansas -Ozarks

 

[Jonas]

I love this thread. You mind if I post some more pictures ? From last sunday.
I live in southern Norway, and have the wildernes across the way, so this is my training area, and I love it

The paths are still wet after snow and rain, butt who cares

It looks like there are no path, but the little blue mark on the tree shows the direction. Here is from top

And here is from buttom

"Svensheia" - a signalstation for international aviation. You that are from northern America and travels towords Dubai, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Warsaw, Copenhagen etc, are likely to pass this point. Look down next time, and I will wave
(If I´m not on the Camino)

A little lake in the middle of the forrest. In this area there are a lot of them.

Some beavers have gone crazy

 

[Kanga]

I live in southern Norway, and have the wildernes across the way, so this is my training area, and I love it]

These are such beautiful photos and what a stunning place!

 

[KinkyOne]

Oh folks how I envy you all. You've walked in such a beautiful places these days and I just managed to walk miles and miles on streets of Munich, Stuttgart, Strassbourg, Bruxelles, Paris, Berlin, Belgrade, Zagreb and Trieste in last three weeks. Work commitments At least it was sunny most of the days...

Thanks all for photos!!!

 

[JohnMcM]

Great idea for a thread.

I'm lucky enough to be able to walk in a variety of terrains nearby to where I live.

Some of my favourite routes are in and around the Mendip Hills in SWEngland.

Here's a couple of pics to give you an idea of how lucky I am.

Buen Camino.

 

[LesBrass]

Hi folks... I love to drop by and see what you've been doing and I agree with the others, all the photos and stories are amazing! I hope to start walking again next week... I work from home and I've been looking out of my office window and wishing I was outside... but all this work now means I get to walk the CF in September

 

[JennyH94]

Great idea for a thread?

I'm lucky enough to be able to walk in a variety of terrains nearby to where I live.

Some of my favourite routes are in and around the Mendip Hills in SWEngland.

Here's a couple of pics to give you an idea of how lucky I am.

Buen Camino.

Hey John - is that beer in your water bottle?!
If it is - cheers!

 

[Kiwi-family]

We've been aiming for a range of paths - mostly it's in the bush/forest, but we take pictures when we are elsewhere!

That last pic is very typical for us.

 

[wawpdx]

I also love this thread!
It might be the final nudge for me to figure out how to include a photo.

 

[Kiwi-family]

I also love this thread!
It might be the final nudge for me to figure out how to include a photo.

Use the upload a file button at the bottom.

 

[Kanga]

Did a Blue Mountains bush walk today - first is the track, second is the view from one of the lookouts

 

[Bear]

Walking in the hills behind our home in Murcia, Spain. (I hope I've uploaded them correctly on this first attempt)

 

[Kiwi-family]

Could almost have been Galicia.....until you look at the lower flora:


This was actually yesterday's walk, but I'm playing with uploading from a phone;-)

 

[sriyantra]

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Could almost have been Galicia.....until you look at the lower flora:
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This was actually yesterday's walk, but I'm playing with uploading from a phone;-)

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Hi All,
I posted the photos from Hervey Bay on the 10th March. We didn't walk today because we BOOKED OUR TICKETS TO SPAIN !!!! We leave Brisbane, Australia on the 1st September. Going through the emotions now of wow fantastic and ....what have we done !!! My husband is "Miracle Man" after being unable to walk last September which meant he had to have major spinal reconstruction - $A44,000 titanium inserts - to now being able to walk comfortably and building up distance each week. Love all the photos and a big THANK YOU to everyone who has answered my questions and given us advice and confidence. Sriyantra

 

[WycombeMan]

Well I'm home in South Wales this weekend, so I walked about 18Km along the Glamorganshire coastal path, its been about 3 years since I did this part of the Wales Coastal Path, its been a bit like memory lane as I used to play here as a child( or a teenager causing mischief)
this is a rather bad picture of my collie playing on Lavernock beach(bare bum beach know locally for obvious reasons), in the Vale of Glamorgan. I must remember to take a camera with me as my mobile isn't very good

 

[Oct2012Pilgrim]

Yellowstone National Park!

 

[emonty]

View attachment 8808 Yellowstone National Park!

Spent some time there and the Tetons last summer and I am willing to go back anytime.

 

[emonty]

I can't match the beauty of other people's pics, they make we want to go on pilgrimage to where they live. However, for a change of pace I post these. My wife and I walk the dogs in a park close to us and this morning I took my pack. Three inches of new snow (sigh).... The tire tracks behind my wife belong to a local drug dealer who left quickly when he saw us coming; I live in an interesting place where meth sales supplement farm income.

 

[SabsP]

Today's local walk around the block , only 7.5 k. due to rain and irritating bronchitis. Still nice though.

 

[Kanga]

Yesterday's bush walk (with pack) left a few sore muscles. But as we're only in the Blue Mountains for the weekend I had to see a bit more. Does a walk of a kilometre from the car park count? This was the resulting view.

 

[Gailsie]

View attachment 8808 Yellowstone National Park!

Now this looks like what I see out my window - snow, snow, snow, and another huge dumping expected on Wednesday - yuck!!!!

 

[emonty]

Yesterday's bush walk (with pack) left a few sore muscles. But as we're only in the Blue Mountains for the weekend I had to see a bit more. Does a walk of a kilometre from the car park count? This was the resulting view. View attachment 8844

It not only counts, file it under "time well-spent."

 

[gidivet]

I love the wonderful photos posted on this thread.



I live in West Sussex on the coast, and most of my walks are either on the promenade at the beach, or since the weather has been getting a bit drier I've been walking on the South Downs and in a local nature reserve called Kingley Vale. There are some nice steep hills to climb, and scamper down again.

Just one month before I fly to France to start the Camino Frances on 24th April! Can't wait.

 

[ManyMiles2Go]

Lovely idea. View attachment 8626
Essex coast, just down the road from us. Attempting to teach our retriever how to retrieve.
Annie

Hope you have better luck than I did with my black lab. I throw the ball, and she looks at me. Then I go fetch

 

[WycombeMan]

Hope you have better luck than I did with my black lab. I throw the ball, and she looks at me. Then I go fetch

I have the opposite problem with my boarder collie, she is ball obsessed, she will run up to complete strangers and place the ball at their feet and expect them to throw it, I spend most of my time in the park apologising to strangers and explaining to her that not everybody want to play ball with you, luckily there are some dogs lovers out there and they start playing with her and I often begin to wonder if I will get my dog back from them as she will latch onto almost everybody.

 

[emonty]

Snow, ice, and frozen, deeply rutted mud forced me inside today so I walked at my former place of employment, the local secondary school. I opened the doors at the ends and included the gym. Didn't mind the idea of cold but slipping and hurting myself on the ice less than two weeks before departure would have greatly annoyed me.

 

[emonty]

Just to show that I do get to walk in some interesting places I offer the following. Last year I had knee replacement surgery for Christmas of 2012, and then was suddenly offered a buyout to retire early by our financially stressed school district. This picture is from my first hike after the knee replacement. I took it when I decided to skip all the speeches on my last day of school and went to the mountains instead. It is Dream Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, somewhere between 11, 000 and 12,000 ft just about 11 months ago. It was also the first hike in my effort to rehab for the Camino this year.

 

[newfydog]

Central Oregon spring. Last week fresh snow, yesterday Crooked River Gorge with desert wildflowers.

 

[Kiwi-family]

It was actually yesterday, but it's still Friday in Santiago, so I can post this.
http://charitywalking.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/not-all-training-walks-are-like-this-thankfully/

 

[MM4214]

Every week, as part of my training, I do a 9km circuit on the Gold Coast that has a 2km stretch that says it has a 22% gradiant. I have been doing this walk more as a cardio workout and after 21 times of wishing the climb would end and praying for either the summit or death, I thought it would start becoming easier. I found out by a local council worker the other day that the sign that says it is 22% is actually false. He said that it actually is 27% in parts!
I do love the view from the top though

 

[Gailsie]

I am technologically challenged so can't upload camera photos to the internet yet. But Friday I walked for the first time outside in my own neighbourhood. The snowbanks have shrunk back enough for the road to walk safely. I took along a small plastic grocery bag and picked up garbage - should have brought a garbage bag as it was full in a short walk to the corner and back. Since I only have 5 weeks to go before the Camino Portuguese I had better get out everyday to walk, this cold and cough has knocked the stuffing out of me.

 

[Lotta]

To day I walked thru the Tyresta Nationalpark just 30 min with bus fr Stockholm city/Sweden. 23-24km with lots of different views! Extremly old protected forrest were a part had a big hard fire 1999 (?). Nature with personality!

 

[Diogo92]

Does walking to work count?

 

[Alyssa]

I walked to the Vezelay route I walked from home and over the coming 6 months I'm going to walk to SJPdeP in stages before I do the CF.

I walked 12.3km... no big hills so an easy walk... but I cant imagine having to walk another 8km before I could stop... I have a long way to go with my training!

Anyway - where did you walk today? You all live across the globe it would be great to see more photos of your local walks.

What a wonderful thread. Thank you for starting it!
Today my best friend and I went on a short but sweet (5.54 miles/859 ft. elevation gain) geocaching hike in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, U.S.A.

 

[Kiwi-family]

My kids walked 1km up and down our hallway before getting bored while a storm raged outside and we had no power all day. We chickened out and didn't walk outside!!