I never thought I'd blogging about this....

I went into Edinburgh to help my sister with something related to her house. She was meeting with an MSP, council officials and police today so was a bit intimidated. I was a civil servant who worked directly with government ministers in a previous job so went with her for a bit of moral support. 

I was born in Edinburgh and lived there for 24 years of my life. I know the city really well. I also know the bus service really well. I can bus hop like a professional and when I'm in the city I tend to bus my way around. Not today though, I walked everywhere! I walked a total of 5.5 miles which I've just converted into kilometres. I walked 8.5km today! I still have to go for my run as well tonight. My sister did 3.8 miles before she went her own way to get home an she doesn't walk the length of herself.

One of my errands for today was to officially sign up for the Poppy Scotland run a week on Sunday. These Commando guys have a lot to answer for :-). I never, in a million years, thought I'd happily walk about Edinburgh for 5.5 miles or sign up to run a 10k. I have no idea how long 10k will take me but I can't wait!! I'm beginning to relish the challenges I set myself. Weirdo!! What happened to me?!? Not that I mind, I'm so much happier now than I was 3 months ago. I can do stupid things now without getting knackered like hoover my stairs. It used to be that I would get tired or out of breath running my hoover over the stairs and I don't live in a mansion so don't have that many stairs lol

For people who regularly read my blog, you will have seen the picture that I posted of me at my biggest. There is a picture of me below, the one in the left is my wedding in 2007 and the one on the right is last weekend. The other picture: the left one is the big picture and the right one is last weekend




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