Walking and skiing

I have been trying to keep up my fitness ambitions for this year and have walked for at least 5 kilometres every day so far. I have totted up how far I have walked so far and it’s a whopping 90 kilometres. That’s further than walking from Cambuslang to Edinburgh (70 km)! In fact it’s just about 90 km from here to Perth! I am thoroughly enjoying the experience and I usually listen to a podcast (my favourite being “Fortunately with Fi and Jane” as recommended by Jennifer.) I also really like “A Good Read” presented by Harriet Gilbert, which introduces me to a variety of interesting guests and their choice of books. It has also been very pleasant running into neighbours, relatives, and friends as I traipse around the neighbourhood. Although where we live is more suburban than rural, I can easily access riverside walks and parks, and we are on a very good train line so if I choose to walk a linear rather than a circular route I can overcome my distrust of public transport to jump on a train home whenever it suits me.
I have also been skiing at Snow Factor at Braehead a few times in preparation for our ski holiday next week. This venture has had mixed success. The good news is that it has been good fun to get back onto my skis. However the bad news is that I have developed a very sore knee which I think I may have twisted while trying to turn on the ski slope - either that or my knee is finally crumbling due to arthritis caused by an old motorcycle accident in the 1980s. I do hope it’s not the latter!