The Cool Bloggers Walking Club: Week #2

Congratulations to everyone in the “club” for walking your way through Week #2. And special thanks to everyone who submitted pictures from their ten minutes of daily(ish) movement!

First up, my walks.

• Day #4: 7.3 km walk with Joy propelled by good conversation (and stalled by a few photo breaks).
• Day #5: 4.13 km walk with John and the kiddos (it started to rain on the way home, so we took a shortcut).
• Day #6: A Sunday evening family stroll along a local trail. I didn’t take my phone or record my walking distance (but I know it’s ~6.5 km). Lovely.
• Day #7: 3.12 km walk as a family to do school dropoff. A lovely morning – crisp and sunny. My idea of perfect weather.
• Day #8: 0.95 km walk in the rain with Belle. We did little more than the requisite 10 minutes, but found a few good books at a local lending library.
• Day #9: ~3.3 km walk to school (forgot to wear my watch); 7.5 km walk with John, including some lovely trails through local woodlands.
• Day #10: 3.36 km walk to school + a 1.96 km walk with Joy (she walked over to my house for coffee and I met her in the middle so we could walk back together).

San is filling in the printable tracker with pictures. Utter genius (then again, would we expect anything different from such an extraordinary blogger).

Engie and Hannah put me to shame with their (often thrice!) daily walks. This picture is of Hannah on Wednesday, and I quote: “It was a perfect Midwestern October day and we both loved it.” Curious how Engie knows Hannah enjoyed the walk? She speaks fluent dog.

Bibliomama fit in lots of walks and pitched the idea of starting a Cool Bloggers Crawling Club.

• Melissa! What a picturesque street.
• Kyria. Day 7 included an early morning run; Day 8 featured all sorts of colours.
• Sabine. No tulips this time of the year in the Netherlands, but gorgeous foliage nonetheless.
• Jan and Charlie out for a forest walk in Glebe Park (Ontario). Charlie is 13 years old and still a willing – and photogenic – walking companion.
• Nicole and Rex. These two walk every day…rain or shine.
• Lisa and Taco out for a jaunt through their neighbourhood to look at Halloween decorations!

• Jacquie sent me a lovely picture along with a special note (pasted below in its entirety). Thank you for sharing such a touching story and congratulations to your parents – 70 years of marriage is a tremendous milestone!

“I love being part of your walking club!  It’s been particularly lovely getting outside on these crisp, sunny days.  

I’ve attached a photo of a hike that I did with my daughter this week.  It’s called Teapot Hill, and while the view at the top is minimal, it is a fun hike to do because people leave teapots, cups and saucers, and creamers along the trail.  

We’ve done it several times before; however this time I wanted to leave something personal.

My parents celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this past June 25th.  The cup and saucer is from their “wedding China” and the playful looking horse is one of my mum’s collectibles.  They are 92, almost 93 now, and I like to think that they will always be somewhere playing together.”

• Sophie found tulips! It might not be the season for tulips in Holland, but it is in Australia.
• Nicole and Rex on a very special occasion. Day #10 was the two-year anniversary of when Rex joined her family. Happy Gotcha Day to Rex!
• Tobia e-mailed me a collection of wonderful pictures from Germany.
• Maria sent snapshots from various walks in New Brunswick. In addition to beautiful fall views, one walk required rain gear and featured her four-year-old pushing a toy shopping cart full of various and sundry items.

If you are participating in the walking club and want to submit pictures for next Friday’s roundup feel free to e-mail them to me at optimisticmusings7 {at} gmail {dot} com.

Happy walking. And Happy Thanksgiving weekend to my fellow Canadians here and abroad.