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Late Spring camping in Great Langdale. There are few greater pleasures… Feeling sad, lonely and nostalgic for the excitement Matthew and I would have been having on bank holidays in the past. Picked a mini edition of Wordsworth off the bookshelf for distraction. Couldn’t remember when and where I bought it. Opened the cover, and - picture #2 - found this. Nearly eight weeks post surgery and a first return to the climbing wall. Only thirty minutes. Nothing with any chance of falling. Nothing that relied too much on putting pressure through what is still a rather unreliable right foot. But for a first try it was entirely good enough. (Most of all, I do remember how to move, and that helps.) Yesterday was as close to ‘six weeks post surgery’ as makes no difference, so I took my leg to the Surrey Hills for a longer walk. Conclusion: I can now walk lots of miles off-road without pain, and I have more muscle use back than I had before the operation. Hopefully that means the nerve is decompressing itself as well. Day 10 after surgery and Project ‘Walk As Much As You Can’ emerged from the local park and struck out to the east. Day six after surgery. Reflections from a difficult couple of weeks: Home from a week in Lakes. Wishing the best of new years to you all, be they never so wet.

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