Welcome To Fetcheveryone

Columba wrote: Swimming? - well done you. (Not trunkless and painted blue?)
WtnMel wrote: Trunk-less yes. And I only paint myself with bits of blue at the North East Skinny Dip so that other Sea Of Hull people can recognise me.

Columba wrote: Hope you enjoyed it in spite of the drizzle.
WtnMel wrote: We did - we just ignored the drizzle and eventually it stopped.

Columba wrote: Well swum!
WtnMel wrote: Thanks Columba - I was puffing & panting by the end! :)
Columba wrote: All part of it, I suppose.
WtnMel wrote: I wasn't the only one - we're all seriously unfit after so long without a regular swim.

Columba wrote: Good speed again
WtnMel wrote: Yep - not too shabby after a week or two of not much walking ;)

Columba wrote: Definitely not up to your usual speed, - was that because of the need to stop while checking, or is the U3A walk more of a gentle stroll than a brisk walk?
WtnMel wrote: Partly checking out the route and noting rough ground, stiles etc. but also, more of a gentle stroll than a brisk walk if it's a U3A ramble.
Columba wrote: I've looked at the walks planned by the local U3A, and they seem to be strolls with at least one pub in view.
WtnMel wrote: The U3A walks used to end with a lunch at a cafe/pub but covid has put paid to that for the time being ..

Columba wrote: When it's finally opened, ypu'll have a canal-bank run available, - nice and flat.
WtnMel wrote: I fear that may be a long way off Columba ..

Columba wrote: Ah - that's your good walk, spoiled. ;-)
WtnMel wrote: It was - because although I played better, so did my mate *shakes fist in his direction* .. so I still didn't mange to win.
Columba wrote: Challenge him to another, - and get your revenge.
WtnMel wrote: It's a regular thing Columba - we play most weeks - I'm continually trying to beat him on a regular basis.

Columba wrote: Local U3A doesn't seem to walk as fast as you do on your own.
WtnMel wrote: Nowhere near as fast Columba - much more of an 'amble' than a walk - but the company made up for it.

Columba wrote: Good about feeling great! - not too hot, then.
WtnMel wrote: No - warm(ish) but not hot that time of day.
Columba wrote: Ah - I'd missed noting the time of day.

Columba wrote: Back to your brisk pace without the U3A!
WtnMel wrote: Yep - none of those slowcoaches to hold me back ;)

Columba wrote: Not fast but no doubt pleasant.
WtnMel wrote: It was very pleasant apart from me getting bitten by a horse-fly (right arm still swollen and itchy) and my sore right foot from gardening (I think?) getting more uncomfortable.
Columba wrote: Those beastly horse-flies. Often three puncture marks close together, and they weep yellow gunge. And now I know why you reported a painful foot while golfing.

Columba wrote: What have you done to your foot?