Today is the fourth day of a walking challenge I have committed to. The challenge is to reach 10000 steps each day. I know there are some days, that I will not be able to achieve that step count in a day. When I am travelling long distances in a car to meet up with family or go to a holiday destination, that step count will be challenging and unlikely to happen.
My own personal goal is to achieve on average over 10000 steps per day over the 50 day challenge which started 14 May 2018.
This afternoon I stepped out from my house for a walk. It was lovely and sunny, although a little bit chilly.
Tags: 10000 Steps, ForYouByYou, Shropshire, Walking Challenge
Hodnet Hall Gardens are open every sunday during their open season but only on three weekdays during the season. I planned to visit the gardens today if the weather was favourable. The weather had changed from the lovely sunny weather we have experienced in recent days to overcast and cloudy.
The visit was looking promising but I had to wait for British Gas who were scheduled to fix our heating system which had broken down (again). Every time our water was being heated so were our radiators, not exactly what was needed in the hot weather we had been having. The engineer arrived in the allotted time frame and expected that he would only be their around ten minutes to fix the problem, however when he arrived he announced that he had been instructed to conduct our annual service as the same time. This takes over an hour!! It made sense but I was a little frustrated and wondered if would be able to get to the garden in time for lunch.
It was past my lunch time when the engineer left so I almost convinced myself not to go. I am glad that carried on with my plans; I enjoyed the drive, the lunch (although even more delayed due to catching the lunch time rush), the bluebell woods and the gardens.
Tags: 10000 Steps, Day Trip, ForYouByYou, Hodnet Hall, Shropshire, Walking Challenge
Flecks of red, blue and gold paint cling to the grooves in this colourful sculpture depicting the Holy Trinity. York’s craftspeople chose the finest materials to ensure the crispest of finishes. The quality of the alabaster used has helped to preserve the original colour. The two richly dressed benefactors show at the bottom of the scene may have paid for the altarpiece to be constructed.*
*from an information board next to the altarpiece
Tags: Trinity, Weekend away, York, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Museum
Over all the mountaintops
Is peace
In all treetops
You perceive
Scarcely a breath,
The little birds in the forest
Are Silent,
Wait then; soon
You, too, will have peace.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
…in the early reign of Emperor Hadrian A.D 117 – A.D. 122
Hadrian spent more time the provinces of the Empire than in Rome. Many of their names still survive today. Travellers throughout the Empire used a vast network of roads and rivers to move around. A legion could march 25 miles a day. A horse-drawn cart could travel 40 miles in a day. Using a relay of men and horses the official postal service could cover 500 miles in 24 hours.
Britain, the largest of the islands which Roman geography includes, is so situated that it faces Germany on the east, Spain on the west; on the south it is even within sight of Gaul; its northern extremities, which have no shores opposite to them, are beaten by the waves of vast open sea. Round these coasts of remotest ocean the Roman fleet then for then for the first time sailed, ascertained that Britain is an island.
Tags: A.D 117 - A.D. 122, Emperor Hadrian, Floor Map, Roman Empire, Weekend away, York, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Museum
When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
Luke 24: 50,51
Tags: Ascension, Ascension Day, Christ, Hexham, Hexham Abbey, Jesus, Weekend away
Limestone statues from St. Mary’s Abbey, York; Moses, Unknow Apostle, St. James and St. John the Evangelist.
These larger than life statues were placed above the west entrance to the abbey church at St. Mary’s to awe and inspire visitors. Beautifully crafted and painted they are the finest surviving example of eleventh century sculpture in the country. The statues were discovered by Reverend Charles Wellbeloved in 1827. They had been unceremoniously laid face down in the ground as foundations stones when the church was later rebuilt.*
*From and information board next to the statues
Tags: Apostles, Moses, St. James, St. John, York, Yorkshire Museum
