No Walk

 NO WALK THIS WEEK !

Sorry readers but this week's walk was cancelled so no report blog.

May I quote a line from a Noel Coward song which makes a sideways swipe at the eccentricity of the English.

"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun"

Well ,perhaps, the opposite is also true.

"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the pouring rain."

We Meanderthals are really not "Mad Dogs" of course. Englishmen certainly and our group does contain it's fair share of eccentricity and undoubtedly has a modest number of "OddBods". All harmless and amiable of course.

There is, of course, more to our walks than simply a weekly workout or a session of benefit to our general health.

As we get older and our walks become "shorter" (well that's the plan anyway) The social side of our meetings becomes increasingly important. Chatting, arguing and laughing becomes just as important as putting one foot in front of the other.

We are certainly not afraid of the rain. We all have excellent head to toe waterproofs. But when the day consists of continuous downpours the walk becomes a head-down trudge with little opportunity for social interaction.  

The weather forecast during the previous few days were avidly and anxiously followed. Rising early your writer consulted several different weather foretellers.  Unfortunately, they were NOT different. They all predicted dire conditions for the whole day   So, telephone calls all round to cancel our walk.

Once again apologies.

John W