Lockdown Walks

With Heart Care units being closed during lockdown, we want you to stay as active as you can to maintain your health and well-being which is so important during the pandemic.

Walking outdoors is one of the easiest ways to keep active and it has been proven to boost your mental health!

We are very much missing you all at Heart Care so we would love to see photos of your #LockdownWalks, with the beautiful autumn colours and the dry weather its the perfect time to take some great photos. Comment on our Facebook Page, in our blog below or e-mail us your photos at [email protected].

Please ensure you follow government guidelines and stay safe on your walks.

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Wow Laurence you have certainly been busy! Tha'ts fantastic that you are walking daily and nearly reaching 4mph! I'm so glad you have been able to get together with your family and grandchildren that must have been very special to spend the easter holidays with them. You were very lucky to see a red kite too! The zoom dancing sounds great and well done for having a go at the line dancing sounds intriguing!

From: Sarah Gittoes

Published: 29 April 2021
Easter has come and gone since I last made a comment. Time is just going so quickly (hope its not an indication of old age approaching) Morning walking exercise still and getting close to the 4 mph (according to my apps) but not quite reaching it. With the ease of travel restriction, we could spend Easter with our older son and Skype our other son and grandchildren. On Easter Sunday we had a pleasant walk around our son’s local fields, in shirt sleeves, seeing Yellow hammers and a slight difference of opinion between a Buzzard and a Red Kite. The following day was a big contrast, very cold and bits of snow falling. The following weekend we were able to have a garden visit with our grandchildren. Our “new” granddaughter (10 months) was not quite sure what to make of us at the start but we eventually got smiles. Our weekly Zoom dancing and lessons continue. We had a St Georges day session last Friday. Was good fun because percipients still dress up as though a proper get together. To add additional interest there is a quiz, five dances then five questions, through the evening. Its good fun and we have done all UK nations saint days now and of course a Valentine dance this year. Surprising even with limited space and not doing all the dances how tiring it can be. I even had a go at a couple of Line Dances including a ‘new’ one called ‘ Jerusalema’. Looks easy enough but is quite quick. (If you want to see what it looks like done properly try Gardaí or Swiss Police on “YouTube”) Enough for now and take care (if anyone is still awake)

From: Laurence Spencer

Published: 27 April 2021
Hi Laurence. Yes the lighter mornings and afternoons are indeed welcome and it definitely gives a sense that spring is in the air, the snowdrops are really beautiful at the moment. Gardening is a great way to keep fit and boost our mental health, you are lucky to have seen a butterfly so early in the season! Wow 1000 piece jigsaw that has to be challenging well done both of you for keeping busy. Has anyone else been on any walks or enjoying any hobbies, we would love to hear about what you are doing in lockdown on this blog?

From: Sarah Gittoes

Published: 11 March 2021
Can’t believe it three weeks since I made the last comment. However, with lighter morning and evenings it feels better especially for the morning exercise walk. No rain for the last few days and with the winds we have had, meant paths were drier and quicker to walk. Although not seen much about in terms of wild life but Snowdrops in one area have been very cheering. Warm weather a few days ago meant a potter in the garden and a visit to our local Garden centre for compost ready for later this month. It surprising how much exercise can be done gardening, although kneeling for too long can cause problems when you come to move. We also had an early visitor in the garden a Tortoiseshell butterfly. We have just completed another 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, picked because it did not look to difficult. Wrong again, as the previous on we completed. They are a good test tor eyesight and mental capacity. I wonder if anyone else has problems with jigsaws.

From: Laurence Spencer

Published: 09 March 2021
Glad you are pleased you havent put on too much weight and it sounds like the walks are helping to keep you very fit. Hope you enjoyed your pancakes! Yes the weather does seem to be more spring like in the last few days lets hope it stays warmer. Im so glad you are taking a positive approach to lockdown and yes we really can take this time as an opportunity to do hobbies we love or get round to things we have been putting off. Stay Safe!

From: Sarah Gittoes

Published: 18 February 2021
Its been a few cold mornings recently with brisk exercise to get back to into the warmth. Well having got through all the Christmas chocolates and with only a small portion of Christmas cake left I feel rather pleased that the weight gain is reasonably. (suppose though, that depends on your interpretation of reasonable) Just one slight problem, today is Shrove Tuesday and pancakes after the evening meal. I like lots of pancakes, well it is only once a year. At least the weather is getting a bit warmer for the next couple of weeks, just hope it will dry some of the mud up. The paths I use have been slipper than when there was snow and ice about. Like all exercise walking can be interesting with what you see different each time but it is nice when the exercise is done I know there’s a lot of grumbling about Lockdown but I can’t believe how quickly time is going. Perhaps some people don’t have hobbies or things they have never got around to doing but could do now.

From: Laurence Spencer

Published: 16 February 2021
Hi Laurence so glad you managed to enjoy your virtual christmas meal with your son. Yes getting rid of those Christmas treats can be challenging but sounds like you are at least really trying your best to not overload! Glad your enjoying your winter walks and you are absolutely right, a short walk is just as good if the weather is too unpleasant. Keep going both of you your doing a great job of looking after your health and wellbeing.

From: Sarah Gittoes

Published: 21 January 2021
Well Christmas seems a long time ago now. Considering the restrictions, we did manage a Good Christmas. With Skype running on a laptop at the end of the dining table and our son having synchronised cooking his Christmas meal we were able ‘share’ our meal on Christmas Eve evening. The sudden change in restrictions means we still have a lot sustenance still about (the wrong sort, chocolates cheeses, ginger bread houses and Christmas cake). Trying to stop the kg’s (or if you prefer, lb’s) from accumulating at the waist is not too easy. It seems worse now than at Christmas, strong will power then prevented over eating. However, those chocolates and other food we resisted surrender so easily to now to ‘Not wasting food’. We still keep our weekday morning walks going, although the dark morning makes it difficult to get out of bed. Then of course the, the snow, which is quite pleasant when fresh. It’s the days after when its icy that’s fun. If you can get out, even for a short walk, I think its beneficial even in the worst weather.

From: Laurence Spencer

Published: 19 January 2021
Hi Laurence. Yes I expect it was very dissapointing for a lot of people but one thing we know is this pandemic is ever changing and with that comes the rapid changing of rules. Hope you enjoyed your Christmas skype with your family and they are all safe and well. Glad your blue tit is still with you in your garden. Keep up the walking and well done during these icy cold temperatures!

From: Sarah Gittoes

Published: 04 January 2021
Well I wonder how many other people had their Christmas plans scuppered by Saturdays announcement. It would have been less of a problem if the "Christmas Bubble" had not been presented at all. Instead of "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" it will be "I'm Dreaming of a Skype Christmas". Unless of course the web crashes under the strain of many people also communicating. At least I'm not the only one reluctant to get out of bed these dark morning, our roosting Blue Tit is reluctant to leave the nest box in the morning. He will look out, possible come back in then look out again before flying off. The process can take several minutes especially if it really cold or wet. At least I don't have to forage for food. Still one advantage of walks on cold wet mornings, you expend in a little more energy to get back to the dry and warmth of home. Keeping up the exercise is a difficult in these short cold day but necessary with all the Christmas goodies and treats I shall end up devouring. Take care and stay safe

From: Laurence Spencer

Published: 23 December 2020

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