WELL, after all the walking I’ve been doing lately, I felt that participating in the SPAR Daily Dispatch Fun Run would be the next natural step in my endeavours as well as the perfect opportunity to stretch my legs and get a week’s worth of walking done in a day. 4km Walk done and dusted and I even got the T-shirt. It took me just over an hour – what with stopping to take photo’s and video footage – roughly 6,000 steps if my smart watch (a gift from my son) is anything to go by.
Chronicles of a Walking Woman - Week 6 : Bonus Walking Day
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IN PLANE SIGHT I love the fact that the phone on my camera captured what I have tried to do on other cameras.
GETTING SET For a change I was quite near the front. This is only about the 3rd, perhaps 4th, time I have actually participated as my hubby Kelvin, son Cameron and I usually do behind the scenes work. This year I chose to walk and they chose to help.
IS MY SHIP ABOUT TO COME IN? Perhaps not quite yet - just like in this picture, 'my' ship is far away on the horizon.
ROCKET SCIENCE - I have no idea what rockets have to do with Christmas. Anyhoo (no typo), I do believe that our Festive lights are going to be LIT-erally the best ever.
COASTING - East London has an amazing coastline, one which many covet and yet we have access to it every day. Oh, and by the way, I was 'coasting' along as I walked as well - taking in the sights, sounds and smells and enjoying every moment of it.
AGE OF AQUARIUS - Though not as huge as the 3 Oceans Aquarium in my beloved Cape Town, our aquarium is an extremely informative one.
SEAVIEW - Amazing how properties with just a teensy weensy itsy bitsy seaview are valued so much higher than ones without one.
ARTFUL ACT - Very clever. Display one's wares for runners / walkers to see in the hope they will return to purchase the items.
PHOTO SHOOT I shot the Sheriff ... Oh wait, that's a Daily Dispatch photographer - capturing another momentous moment - this time me doing the Fun Run.
FOOTPRINTS Sadly, I didn't make it down onto the beach - but ... I did walk in the sand that had been blown onto the pavement at some stage.
MAN HOLE - Positioned where this is, the caption to this photo could have read as "Man IN hole" - extremely unsafe.
PROMENADE ALONG THE ESPLANADE - I could tag these 3 but I don't think they'll be charmed. Let's just call them D1, D2, C1.
TURNING POINT - Halfway through the walk and a half-pat on the back for making it this far. It's not about the distance but the goals achieved.
RIVER OF RAGE - This is / was called the 'Blind' River. Why the term 'rage'? Well, it's because I am extremely angry at it's unnatural colour - human(un)kind is not good for nature.
LIFESAVING - Lifesaver's shack. At least that is still here ... not much else remains in this area from my childhood.
DREAMS ABANDONED - This building has seen a variety of businesses over the years and none of them seem to go the distance despite the beautiful vista it has. Remember O'Hagans?
PEG LEG While the other poles are dancing on their feet, this one seems to be doing a dance en pointe.
PRICKLY SUBJECT - Rubbish to that - we need to discuss and resolve this issue of irresponsible waste disposal.
MIRROR IMAGE - That's the thing about selfies - any wording in them is a mirror image i.e. reversed.
CHEERS And so, I stand ... at the end of the race (ha ha - no race for me - just a walk in the park really)
SHELTERED - This part is still beautiful, though you will still find the usual unnatural products lying around and littering the ground.

