Jim and I set out this afternoon for one more walk before my trip - just a short one today, about 12km. He is a great walking companion and despite having very short legs, he keeps on trucking. We walked from our house down the Forbes Mill Road, a very quiet dirt road Apart from a herd of deer and a couple of eagles soaring overhead we didn't see a soul.
Physically, it was harder than the two longer walks I've done in the last couple of weeks. I just couldn't seem to get going and I kept thinking that maybe I'd call David to come and get me. But, that stubborn streak in me was having none of that and we kept going. I did stop to rearrange my sock and sat on a tree stump near the river. Of course, Jim followed me and immediately stepped into a clump of burdock, his poor paws were covered with them. Sometime later we were able to continue the walk!
The rest of the walk was fairly uneventful and the farther we went the better I felt. Sometimes you just have to walk through the discomfort. Still not sure I'm ready for this but I'm going to do it anyway.
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