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So I decided today that I will, at least once every month, descend and ascend Shaftesbury's Gold Hill.

It's only so I can fend off the NHS nurses when they interrogate me about the amount I exercise .....

Today was my second ascent, thereby overturning Cromwell's record of having done it once!

And the time of the ascent, from the crack in the tarmac by the telephone pole at the bottom, to heaving myself over the last step and onto the High Street at the top (if you want to emulate the feat ) was ..... 3 minutes and 25 seconds! (With only one stop for a breather three-quarters of the way up, and a 10 minute sit down under the town Christmas tree at the end).

It'll be interesting to see if I can improve on this.

Now please do not be alarmed. I am not seeking sponsorship for these monthly endeavours.

But if you want to donate an amount of your choice (minimum sum 1p) to a charity of your own choosing (as long as it's local to you, preferably animal-related, and doesn't employ a Chief Executive Officer earning more than the Prime Minister), please feel absolutely free!

Who else has made a crazy resolution this year?

Ossie that is fab, but you do know that little and often (ie three times a week) is what the NHS bods will be after?

Fair play to you though, that is some hill!!!! *Cue Hovis ad music*

I'd like to walk up that and go back down on my roller blades!

Kaz, when it comes to exercise, every little bit helps ....

Ally, roller-blades over the cobbles?
You'd better stick to your mountaineering!

TheOstrich wrote:Kaz, when it comes to exercise, every little bit helps ....

Ally, roller-blades over the cobbles?
You'd better stick to your mountaineering!

That's the whole point Ossie - it would make it more fun.

Well done ossie I knew a lady at one time lived in one of those houses in her childhood

That's good going Ossie - you'll be running up and down it before you know it!

TheOstrich wrote:So I decided today that I will, at least once every month, descend and ascend Shaftesbury's Gold Hill.

It's only so I can fend off the NHS nurses when they interrogate me about the amount I exercise .....

Today was my second ascent, thereby overturning Cromwell's record of having done it once!

Ossie, you are nails! We'll have to start calling you Sherpa Os if you keep this up!

I'd love to see someone you down Gold Hill on rollerblades Ally!

As for mad resolutions yes; I've decided to give up drink. Mad, because I'll never stick to it..

Dare I admit that I had to google the hill to see what it looked like (don't really watch much TV and only when I saw the pictures did I twig re the ad. That hill is amazing! And well done you Ossie, that is good going. Although I am with Kaz on this one - maybe try aim for once a week vs once a month? Or even twice a month to start with and then build it up from there.

I haven't made any resolutions because I don't really ever stick to them. I know that I need to amend my lifestyle so I'll work on that bit by bit

meriad wrote:I haven't made any resolutions because I don't really ever stick to them. I know that I need to amend my lifestyle so I'll work on that bit by bit

Snap!