The second of my short local recovery walks; today I caught the bus to Conisbrough Hill Top and walked down the track to the hamlet of Firsby. I then returned to the north taking a bridleway running parallel a few hundred yards to the east and arrived at the main road, from where I boarded a bus back to Doncaster.
My first 'proper' walk in eight months since I had my accident, going across the fields and the golf course from Tickhill into Nottinghamshire. Including walking around Tickhill taking photographs my total distance covered came to about three miles I suppose. My legs were feeling good, I didn't need to wear any braces or strapping, but they're still feeling a bit weak and I'm taking things easy.
When I arrived at the bus stop at Harworth a bus was due in a couple of minutes and so I caught it rather than go up to the church to take some photographs. The weather was a bit disappointing, it was forecast for sunshine but was mainly cloudy.
A day out in Lincoln with my support worker. We stayed at the southern end of the city centre, we didn't go up the hill to visit the castle and the cathedral because Siobhan would struggle with climbing up the steep cobbled street up to the top; I could have probably managed it since my legs are well on the way to recovery now, but I still would have had difficulty coming back down.
I've just got back from Leeds after meeting a couple of friends for a meal at a steakhouse on the waterfront area behind the railway station. It was still daylight and so I took some photographs.
My legs were the strongest and least painful they've been since my injury last summer, I managed to climb up and down several flights of stairs.
A run out to Grimsby today: a rather disappointing day, there's not much to see there. We couldn't even find a decent pub to have a meal in and ended up in one that looked more like a nightclub. On the drive back home to Doncaster we called at Lilly's Tearooms in the village of Keelby, we were quite impressed.
