Thanks for looking in Robert and Sweetie…
Seven ‘O’ clock sharp saw me jogging up and over the deserted bridge.
Nobody working on it at this time in the morning, but I could see that a large trench had been dug from the bottom to half way up. I reckon that they will always keep one side of the road intact in order to get vehicles to the other side, it would be dangerous trying to avoid the 7:39am to Hull while bumping over the line with a digger…
Too tired after my run to go out before lunch, and too cold to go out after lunch…So I’d planned to take care of a job indoors, but following an endless stream of people who all required refreshment in the form of tea, I ended up watching last nights edition of ‘Cleaning Up’ with Mrs Fox…Tiring day if you ask me…:surprised:
Hello Sweetie, thanks for asking…
Not much planned for this year just a cruise round the fjords with some friends in June, it’s probably going to be more spontaneous this year… Although Tenerife is looking good.
Not much happening so far in foxy’s life, still getting over Christmas and the New Year. Running is still happening, as usual, and I fancy getting some more walking done out in the wild places…I miss the hills…
No running today so I had a bit of a lay in and it was 7:30am before I left the warmth of my bed. People probably think I’m a perv or something, but I like to go out in the garden in just my underwear, look to see what the temperature is on the thermometer and ‘feel’ the morning. It’s so invigorating and it heightens the senses. I can understand why most people would not want to do it, the thought of being caught out practically naked, and leaving the warmth of the house, but our bodies are stimulated by external events in the world around us and relayed to the brain through the senses.
Listening to music, or the taste of a delicious meal, the touch of a loved ones hand, or the sweet smell of springtime blossoms. Our senses are the interface between us and the world and they should be exploited at every opportunity…
Although the temperature this morning only read minus 2*C it resembled a scene from ‘Doctor Zhivago’ with a thick crispy white frost shimmering in the early morning sun covering rooftops and trees.
I realise that I have as much influence over Brexit as I have with deflecting the moon from it’s heavenly path, so from now on I will concentrate on the simpler things of life and not waste my time worrying…Not that I ever did…
I visited Gibraltar during a cruise a couple of years ago, but only had time to walk around the town and have a cup of coffee. I would have loved to walk up to the top. So many missed opportunities… I look forward to your report and photographs Sweetie.
Took a drive to Whitby and enjoyed a meal at the Magpie today to celebrate a good friends 76th birthday. Motored through quite a few snow showers but managed to arrive safely around noon…This is what we found.
The first port of call was the Magpie for an exceptional three course meal…It left me bloated for the rest of the day…
The sun did show it’s face for about an hour…
In an attempt to walk off the meal we wandered down to the pier, by God it was cold…
I was at the Magpie too OGF over the new year…lovely fish and chips there for sure we stayed at the Raithwaite Estate just outside Whitby…worth a visit if you want to stay over
Turned out at 7:00am in the heavy frost and minus 1*C it was a decent run and I’m glad it was frosty. I could see the lane had been very muddy, and will probably return to that state once the sun comes up, which incidentally doesn’t look too far away. I reckon in another week or so it will have risen before me!..
Made arrangements with some friends to visit the cinema at Meadowhall, Clint Eastwood [one of my favourite actors] has a film showing [The Mule] where he stars and directs…He doesn’t usually disappoint me…
So we’ll find somewhere to have lunch before we go in, which will just leave time for the compulsory sweets…Yum Yum!
While Mrs Fox was helping a friend in need I decided to go and have a look at the rough seas at Scarborough and do a walk while I was there. I left the car in the ‘Park and Ride’ on Seamer Road and for a miserly £1.20 took the bus into the town centre to find some lunch…
It was busier than I expected but I had no trouble finding a seat in the corner of the ‘Secret Garden’ a purveyor of tasty cakes and sandwiches.
Scarborough is very hilly and I walked down streets and paths protected from the gusty wind, it was only as I came out just above the sea life centre did the wind return…
I reached Scalby Mills about as far as I go today, so then turned round and walked back along the seafront.
Surprisingly warm out of the wind and the views were spectacular…Well! They always are at Scarborough, that’s why I come…
If anyone fancies relocating to Scarborough I’ve found the perfect piece of real estate…It needs a bit of work though, the previous owners were careless with it…
So I ended up walking the three miles back along the front, and decided to continue my walk all the way back to the Park and Ride…
Although Tenerife is looking good.
