In the woods
Yesterday after all the hustle and bustle of Christmas I managed to spend a lot of time in the woods – running in the morning and walking in the afternoon. It was a perfect day for both activities – crisp, clear and cold – and was the perfect antidote to the excesses of Christmas. Well actually round here we don’t go in much for excesses, but we did have a jolly good full English Christmas lunch with turkey, all the trimmings and Christmas pud on Christmas day. There may have been some excesses in the chocolate department by the teenagers, but they aren’t admitting to anything!
I know I’ve gone on about this before, but to me there is very little that beats a gentle run in the woods on a perfect day. I know it’s good for my body, but actually I think it has an even more positive effect on my brain. Hustle and bustle vanishes and there is calm time to think about anything and everything. Somehow I always come back with life more in perspective than it was before.
It must be all those happy hormones my body produces!
Helen
December 27th, 2011 at 11:33 am
I was out walking as well – and it does wonders for my soul too. Here it has been stunning – blue skies, sun and snow. And thousands of people, but I know back trails!
December 27th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Beautiful~ food for both the body and soul. Thanks for sharing your little corner of the world.
December 27th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Good for you going for a run – it must have felt so good in such beautiful surroundings. Yea for happy hormones!
December 27th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
I’m going to follow your example and head out for a walk before my afternoon tea guests and a snow storm arrive. Wish it could be in such lovely surroundings – oh well I’ll walk across the golf course and pretend I am in a Swiss forest (there are quite a lot of trees in parts of the course).
December 27th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
beautiful place to run. You just made me decide to get off my lazy behind and go for a walk…I can’t run. Thanks for the push.