At New Year it is
traditional to reflect on what has gone before and what is to come.
Realistically for me the last year has been pretty marvellous
compared to how I thought things might have been. Things could have
been better; they could have been considerably worse.
Looking at social media
over brekkie gave me pause for thought on the matter, Everyone else
has been making such reflections over the last day. There are those
who feel they have had a really good year. There are those who feel
they have had a terrible year. Admittedly much of what happens to us
is beyond our control; who knows when the rug is going to be pulled
(viciously and nastily) out from under us. But in many ways
life is a frame of mind. Those who weren't happy with 2015 as a year
also didn't much like 2014 either and (quite frankly) seem to
have already decided against 2016.
Life *isn't* what
you make it; but your own frame of mind is. And that will be this
year's New Year Resolution; a lot less sulking and being a miserable
old git..
We set off to Great
Chart; having been asked to organise the New Year event I'd put a
series of twenty geocaches out around the area for a walk this
morning. I'd posted that anyone who fancies an early morning
geo-wander might like to meet us in Great Chart this morning. I was
expecting a dozen people; I was hoping for twenty. In all we had
thirty-six people (and four dogs). I knew the terrain was
muddy; but I didn't know it was going to be *that* muddy. It
had certainly got a lot worse in the two weeks since I last walked
the route
Three trial runs of this
route had each taken me a shade over two hours; today we took two and
a half hours. And once we'd walked we made our way to the pub where a
dozen other friends (old and new) were waiting to meet us. We
had a rather good spot of lunch and a few pints and spent time
chatting. In retrospect it was perhaps a little cold to be sitting
outside; perhaps the people at the pub had over-sung the praises of
the patio heaters. But I had a good time. I think the final head
count at the meet was over fifty; I was well impressed.
We walked home throuigh
the park just as the rain started. I'd taken a few
photos of the mud whilst we'd been out. Once home (and with
dogs bathed) I put the photos on-line and then promptly fell
asleep.
I woke a few hours later
to find that "er indoors TM" had
boiled up a rather good bit of scoff. We devoured it whilst watching
the ITV2 channel. There were a couple of films on; "Despicable
Me" and "Skyfall".
I rarely watch TV as it
is broadcast - do normal people *really* put up with all these
adverts?
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