Talk the walk

I found myself in a situation this weekend, a flu from the devil himself . I lost all my senses and had dozens of medication. Hardest time, sigh! Hate, hate, hate ..... Can I emphasize it anymore! Now mostly I would settle for vegetation mode. Sit in, movies, mushrooms or chicken soup and a box of Kleenex. However I wasn't gonna sulk, not to say I don't love it, its therapeutic. With a few weeks to my race, its not top of my priority.

My goal was to get a clue of the 10 kilometers I signed up for. I did have to do a lot of resting since I fell ill, actually too much for my liking and I wasn't gonna let it drag over to a long weekend. So since I couldn't run, walking was the only option plus it helps clear my head.

I set out, on not my usual early morning, the weather was fine, not raining. I can't even say I was unwell, my energy levels were way on top. I was excited. I didn't have any time expectations, it took me two almost hours to complete and considering I took photos and made new friends, it wasn't too bad. I also got to listen to all the songs on my phone :-)

Below an overload of pictures ....

This boards kept me in check 

1 km was easy peasy I must admit, I had a runner and a biker pass by, I was happy I wasn't the only one hanging out alone because all morning was couples parade, cute though.

I got to this pretty part of the reserve, where there were swings and a slide .... the kid in me was all jumpy. 

                                                                      

3.5 km to go !!!!

It is interesting that everyone was either riding bicycles, others walking puppies, picnicking. Actually I only came across couples walking, which made me remember my mum backed out on me that morning.

I really need to get a bike 

All this boards were too helpful , it felt like I was playing a treasure hunt. But after a while I got to the waterfalls which were too beautiful. The weather though was chilly and my persistent cough and sneeze were back.

I followed a route from The waterfalls that led to a couple of caves, oops !  The howling voices got my heartbeat pounding I just wanted to be out of there.

     

cute steps   

cave 1

Cave 2

I was happy to be out of there literally and craving ice cream. The rest of the trek was great nothing conspicuous to report. I got to see a couple of cheeky monkeys who wouldn't pose for my camera (shy I guess) others were too fast for life. I was reading trees hahaha I know crazy but it was just in line with being an environmentalist for the day and I love reading.

what pose is this  ?

I was almost 6 kilometers in, trying to locate a lake which I later found out had dried up when I found a toilet. I didn't need a bathroom break but I found a nursery where they plant tree seedlings. I need to get into the farming thing too. I know a friend who would love this trees.

I made a few friends here and we used a different route to get to the exit. I couldn't take as many pictures because they kept with the questions which I was very happy to answer plus I didn't want to scare them off. The way back had quite a number of tunnels with safari ants. Also the forest was thick and breezy which cooled me off.

I got to the end, happy I conquered 10 km and set to run come next weekend. I'm ready to feel better and run, also need to get a puppy, *insert cutest puppy face ever* , we just wont name him roger, right ???

Too serious !!!

Cheers

Martie