Waterblog

 Okaaay a bit of pondering today.  This is my life aim: to take my final breath (hopefully not for a long time yet!)  knowing I have lived life absolutely to the full and can reflect with joy and satisfaction that I did my best to, well, have fun and be there for those I love.   So at this stage in life, every day I swim (which, let's be honest is most days)  is a good day. And that aim to live life to the full is what led us to move to the seaside in December.  That has been a roller coaster ride but once we had decided, it was like all the pieces fell into place. Deciding took a long time, because there were many benefits to where we lived before and we loved our previous house.  I didn't think we could afford the seaside town where we now live.  Wrote a list of all the things we wanted and really it was the only place that ticked all the boxes.  So we thought, let's aim for 4 or 5 out of the 6 things on that list and live somewhere el...

there is nothing like open water to bring home the fact that you are, well, a tiny speck in a vast ocean, world, universe. There could be 1,000 leagues of water underneath or just 3 meters its all the same if you are out of your depth.  But being out of depth is often safer in lochs and rivers as there will be less debris and fallen branches in the centre of the water.  We do actually float, just saying...  So here I am being a tiny spec in Loch Ken cos I can't find the photo from wednesday.   But we were tiny specs in that too! Lunderston was a micro adventure.  From our new house, I knew I could get the train to the dentist in Greenock, so after a wee bit of hesitation and making excuses, I  hopped on the Brompton (amazing folding bicycle, see my Create with Fibre and Knit 1 Bike 1 blog for its adventures round Scotland) cycled to the station and went on a low carbon jaunt.    Train to Greenock - with knitting of course -then a nosh up in t...