Training starts & so does the year 2013

Ah well the xmas and new year festivities are over and who doesn't breath a sigh of relief!  its a pity the 2 are so close together but there we go. 
Heres a pic of the River Wye near Rowsley on our New Years Day walk, the building in the distance is Cauldwells Mill, worth a visit if you are in the area.

With the Ice climbing challenge on Ben Nevis only 8 weeks away I decided to start training yesterday.  Knowing that its really going to be a beginners couple of days I'm not going to get too much done just some walking and some arm exercises to get everything in shape.  Lets hope I'm not selling the experience too short although i guess the weather will also contribute to making it easy medium or hard!
First training day pic quite a dull old day

We are off to the Lakes for an overnight stay next week. Apart from getting in a little time up at the Honnister slate mine picking through the leftover slate for the garden i cant see that being too much of a strenuous time. 

My book writing has yet to see 2013 but i must get at it today and add a little more.  I cant seem to get into a rhythm with it but at least it is getting done - - - slowly.

Cyril my little white van has sailed through the MOT test so looks good for another year on the road.  He has one of these computerised analytical units as most vehicles do nowadays and there's a light appeared on the dashboard that indicates a problem.  I was hoping that the garage could tell me what it meant but they had a break in last Saturday and the computer that could have diagnosed it was stolen!   So inconvenient!

Boris will at last today get a new number plate for his back end.  It one of those that's stuck to a plate and it has been coming adrift for a couple of years now, the MOT man warned me that it would fail next time do it Will be fitted today!

Sally has started making noises about getting a job and getting fitter so things are moving on that front.  She has her sights set on a holiday to Australia in 2014 so that doesn't seem too great a goal to go for. 

Finally then - - - the weather is just as wet as it was over the xmas holiday so no change there then.  Here's hoping for some crisp weather up in the lakes next week.

Enjoy the day!      link to our website