Weekend Planning

I know it is early, but my thoughts have already turned to the weekend. Probably the fact that I haven't been at home for the last 3, either travelling part of them or I was in Japan, plus with the bank holiday, this is a nice long weekend.

So a great time to get some walking in, but at the same time, there are plenty of jobs to do in the garden.

Having read the erection instructions for the summerhouse, I may be spending more time up on the decking than I at first reckoned.

Ok not exactly the same, but near enough. As you can see now the upload photo link is working again, very bizaare.

So hopefully I will get to the gym this weekend, and also manage a walk or two, even if just short ones.

Then, summerhouse, some graden drainage to install, a vegetable patch to dig over..........

Definately a weekend of activity, unless the weather turns bad.

Then I need to take stock and get back on my equipment purchase.

Altitude Acclimatisation

With the Bank Holiday weekend approaching, despite a football fest on the TV on Sunday, I decided that it would be a good time to start on my altitude acclimatisation. Obviosuly you have to start slowly, so in this case this weekends training, involves carrying the components of an 8ft x 8ft summerhouse up the large hill at the back of the house, and then erecting it on the highest part of the decking.


So I am thinking there is about 40 trips up and down the hill carrying various components, and judging by the complexity, I would anticipate several hours involved in the necessary erection of said summer house. So the up and down should prevent the onset of any altitude sickness, and get mybody accustomed to the altitude, at which point several hours at that altitude should be ok.

ok not really much training for altitude, more likely fitness training in the carrying, followed by mental training trying to erect it........


For some reason, today I can't upload pictures, not sure if this is an upgrade to the site !!!! or some weird one time problem.

So imagine a large hill, with some decking at the top, and a nice octagonal summer house.....

When the weather is good

Isn't amazing how much more positive and motivated you feel when the sun is shining. By the middle of Monday afternoon I was starting to feel really tired, perhaps the timezone was kicking in. However once in the car and driving home in what was a really pleasant sunny evening, I felt so much better. By the time I got home I was in the mood to do some outdoor jobs.

Compare that to a dull rainy evening , you come out of work tired, and you get home thinking I will just collapse on the sofa.

So thinking of about this hike up Killi, I am hoping the weather is good. I know at the start we will have hot temperatures and hopefully dry weather, but looking at some of the UTube videos of previous hikes, there are many with snowing conditions.

I have a fear I will get up on the fourth day look out of the tent to see heavy snow falling and leaden skies, close the tent and go back to sleep...........So best take some sunshine with me..