Woohoo, go Celts, it's your Birthday!

Now that the evenings are lighter myself & Dave have decided to start going for walks every Tuesday to supplement our weekly training regime. On our first Tuesday session we decided to walk from Ye Olde Laxey town up to the top of Snaefell.

We set off along the tram lines & I used this as another opportunity to wear the hiking boots that I’ll be using on my trek up Kili. Again I was pleased with their performance as they had to deal with all sorts or terrain on this fairly long walk, navigating over the railway sleepers & rough terrain, let alone the jumping over the big drainage gaps & dodging the mad sheep.

Saturday was a great day as we managed to beat our closest rivals Vikings Saxons in a toughly contested hockey game, the end result being 2 – 1 to the mighty Celts. This has continued our unbeaten season run & means that we need to get at least one draw from our next two games to secure the division 1 title. I also enjoyed this game as I played a full game & felt well conditioned, being able to run for the full 70 minutes without feeling too tired in very hot conditions.

On the Sunday walk we decided to complete another session in the south of the Island. Starting in Colby we walked via the Southern 100 course through to Castletown where we joined the coastal footpath, trekking from Scarlett through to Port St Mary then through Cregneash & the Sound back to Port Erin & then on to Colby. A decent distance to walk over different terrain & I’m afraid to say that it was actually reasonably enjoyable!