R. I. P.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • General
The van has now gone to its final resting place.
Southern Sojourn
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • General
Alternative titles could be ‘Avoiding the Scottish wet start to July’ or ‘The other side of July’. We visited my sister in Buckinghamshire for a few days and then had a wander around the Cotswolds and Malvern area before return north. I also carried out a couple of assessments while south. It turned out to be quite an eventful time!
Donegal
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • General
After the Irish 3 Day Orienteering Event, Paul and I took the opportunity to explore the west of Donegal.
The weather was generally dry, bright and windy. There was one miserable wet day so we drove over to Letterkenny (via a good tea room at Glen Veagh National Park), went to the pictures and then the weather cleared.
A White Christmas
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OK, so it didn’t snow on Christmas Day in Dunoon but I don’t care as everywhere was white and the sun was shining out of a blue sky!
My first Christmas after retiring. Did I get the cards and letters off on time? Well I suppose that the answer is ‘Yes’ as I made the last posting date for second class.
November
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November has been revealed to me this year. After many years of working inside, I had forgotten just what it is like. OK, so I walked to work almost every day for the past two years, but then you forget about the weather when it is dark both ways and you need to have the waterproofs on most days.
Weekends away
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering • General
Retirement – all the time in the world to do things! Start to try to live up to the profile on the blog – an active Orienteer (yes), Mountain biker (can’t cycle at the moment due to hip), Kayaker (not been in my kayak this year due to hip), Climber (would probably fall off a ‘Diff’ and not been up a hill for ages!).
Retirement
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • General
Well, life has taken an unexpected turn. In mid-June, there was a ‘voluntary severance trawl’ of teaching staff in Inverclyde. As geography was one of the subjects mentioned, I applied and then heard on the last day of term that I was being offered a ‘severance date’ of 30th September 2009 (no negotiation allowed, not even to the Friday of the week) with 4 years enhancement which took me to the age of 60!
Five weeks and counting
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • General
I really should not listen to my husband (or my inner self for that matter). The Inveraray (fun) hill run at the end of May. I would try it if Carol would as well. We both entered and brought up the rear as we crossed the main road into the Castle grounds where I slowed to a walk as the starting pace was a little fast for me.
I am a level 4 orienteering coach and a qualified Assessor & Coach Educator. I have been orienteering for xx years and have coached on many foreign tours.