Post by mick on Mar 4, 2015 5:51:23 GMT
I had noticed on my last couple of walks that I was starting to wuss out of making some basic steps with regards placing of my feet & stepping out , and hesitating where I should just step out without even having to think about it.
So its time for a bit of rough terrain training for this I thought that I would kill two birds with one stone, I wanted to get up to the Crags at Thrunton woods and try to get a few photos whilst the cheviot hills still had a snow covering and there are some really bad tracks up there to practise on.
Now as a rule I don’t really like walking in man made woods, as they tend to be boring with nothing to see, they plant the trees that close together, the ground is starved of sunlight and it appears dead. & at certain time of the year you get eaten alive by midges & flies and if you manage to find a clearing it’s normally very wet and boggy.
On the good side I have trouble when the wind is very strong and gusting so walking in the woods is ideal for those conditions.
Right the walk.
Parked up at the top end of the woods, and set off up a forestry track, this track might not be shown on any of there walks (they have posted 3 on a board at the main car park) but under the countryside and rights of way act 2000 (crow act) it is open access so you can go where you want.
And as per normal first photo taken near the car this time looking at the track that I will be walking.
Looks like a shooting range (I have never met any one using it or spoken to any one who knows about it)
The track is starting to break down now, and still a bit of snow lying in places
Nearly out of the woods, the track is now just a boggy path
Looking back
First sight of the distant Cheviot Hills
Now heading towards the Crags
Coe Crag and the end of any decent paths
Views looking down over the woods
the path I have just walked along (can be a bit tricky when wet)
Looking towards the set of crags (there is a sheltered spot where I am hoping to have a bite to eat
More views
Lunch stop and putting foot up for a rest
Now it’s the hard bit: - the training
Various shots of the path
I should point out that if I was bringing any other amputees with me I wouldn’t bring them down this way until I was certain or they were certain that it is well within there capability simply because if you fall here it WILL hurt.
There are several easer ways back down.
However that’s one reason I chose this route is to get a bit downhill training in, I need to get rid of any self doubt that has been showing itself on my last couple of walks.
At the bottom now, it’s very slippery here, but the good news is it won’t hurt if you take a fall.
Paths getting better
Back on a track for the last bit of the walk.
When I am out on a training walk I always try to pick a walk that has a good surface to start with so I know that I am settled into the socket correctly, and that I have a good walk back to the car so I can stretch out any muscles which have or are threatening to tighten up.
I suppose it like an runner warms up and cools down, (I should point out that’s just my theory and I could be talking out of my backside )
So its time for a bit of rough terrain training for this I thought that I would kill two birds with one stone, I wanted to get up to the Crags at Thrunton woods and try to get a few photos whilst the cheviot hills still had a snow covering and there are some really bad tracks up there to practise on.
Now as a rule I don’t really like walking in man made woods, as they tend to be boring with nothing to see, they plant the trees that close together, the ground is starved of sunlight and it appears dead. & at certain time of the year you get eaten alive by midges & flies and if you manage to find a clearing it’s normally very wet and boggy.
On the good side I have trouble when the wind is very strong and gusting so walking in the woods is ideal for those conditions.
Right the walk.
Parked up at the top end of the woods, and set off up a forestry track, this track might not be shown on any of there walks (they have posted 3 on a board at the main car park) but under the countryside and rights of way act 2000 (crow act) it is open access so you can go where you want.
And as per normal first photo taken near the car this time looking at the track that I will be walking.
Looks like a shooting range (I have never met any one using it or spoken to any one who knows about it)
The track is starting to break down now, and still a bit of snow lying in places
Nearly out of the woods, the track is now just a boggy path
Looking back
First sight of the distant Cheviot Hills
Now heading towards the Crags
Coe Crag and the end of any decent paths
Views looking down over the woods
the path I have just walked along (can be a bit tricky when wet)
Looking towards the set of crags (there is a sheltered spot where I am hoping to have a bite to eat
More views
Lunch stop and putting foot up for a rest
Now it’s the hard bit: - the training
Various shots of the path
I should point out that if I was bringing any other amputees with me I wouldn’t bring them down this way until I was certain or they were certain that it is well within there capability simply because if you fall here it WILL hurt.
There are several easer ways back down.
However that’s one reason I chose this route is to get a bit downhill training in, I need to get rid of any self doubt that has been showing itself on my last couple of walks.
At the bottom now, it’s very slippery here, but the good news is it won’t hurt if you take a fall.
Paths getting better
Back on a track for the last bit of the walk.
When I am out on a training walk I always try to pick a walk that has a good surface to start with so I know that I am settled into the socket correctly, and that I have a good walk back to the car so I can stretch out any muscles which have or are threatening to tighten up.
I suppose it like an runner warms up and cools down, (I should point out that’s just my theory and I could be talking out of my backside )