I am tired today and I have a huuuuuuge walk planned tomorrow so I am going to try and keep this short. I say try. I do have a tendency to ramble.
Speaking of which…guess what we did today! Exactly, we went for a ramble up Corstorphine Hill.
It was freezing temperatures again today but for some reason, even knowing we were heading up a hill, I hadn’t anticipated so much snow. And there was so much. It was utterly beautiful. From the crunching underfoot to the white dappled bushes, everything was just magical.
Even with how much my Wee Daftie has shown she can and is willing to walk, I don’t take it for granted so I honestly wasn’t sure how she’d take to this level of walking. It is more work than just walking the Water of Leith. And it’s different to just playing about in the snow. I shouldn’t have had any concerns, she clearly channeled her inner mountain goat and was literally skipping about the branches, rocks and snow.
She also turned into David Attenborough at one point, leading me down a trail to where the “Sparkle People” lived. She gestured to empty spaces and described their houses, what they ate and who their friends were.
I honestly wasn’t trying to remember the details because I was just so wrapped up in her story. It makes the tired days, the cranky days, the night waking, all make sense and ultimately manageable when she shows more and more of her glorious brain and imagination.
We did a huge amount of exploring but not as many steps were clocked up. Well, we hit 6,500 by the time we got home for lunch (soup, for a change!) but it felt like we should have reached over 20,000! We had a really lovely adventure and I was able to finish the steps off after lunch to pick up some sour cream for dinner. Another day that can only be described as “very successful”.
Another day done. And tomorrow will be the first day walking without my best walking buddy. I will be walking with my other best walking buddy instead. Happy days.
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