Walk 1000 miles a Year; Can a Great Dane and a Couch Potato #walk1000miles 2021?

Day 6 - Dave keeps throwing me out of the van at different parts of town, so most of our walking is urban. I’m like a homing pigeon, clearly better legs mind, I always find my way home. Very unlike Hansel and Gretel who clearly didn’t have google maps. Willow and I make our way onto familiar ground, the towpath and follow the road (so to speak) home. Dave goes shopping drives home and then comes out to meet us, as Eva can’t walk that far anymore.

Before Christmas, 21st Dec, I weighed myself, The scales said “get off, your heavy”. I thought ‘Rude!’ anyways weighed myself again today (started walking 28thDec) did a bit of chuffed dance – I have lost 2.6lbs. Ding Dong Amazing– over Christmas and everything, did get a lot of chocolate, did eat a lot of everything, including cake. It got me thinking, I’m going to take a smalls photo, me in my smalls, don’t worry, I won’t subject you to my nakedness but I’d be interested to see if there is a visual difference over the coming months with walking, click a photo once a month maybe. Another way to record with the focus Not being so much on the miles, what’s to come BUT the benefits of / celebrating what’s already done.

Again, your Race your Pace, Miles apart walking together (no matter what the weather) #givememymedal

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Louise's (Couch Potato) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://twitter.com/NbChangingPace

2. https://www.facebook.com/NBChangingPace

3. https://www.instagram.com/nbchangingpace

4. https://www.tiktok.com/@narrowboatchangingpace

5. https://www.youtube.com/c/NarrowboatChangingPace

Willow's (Great Dane) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://www.facebook.com/WillowTheGreatDane

2. https://www.instagram.com/willowwalks1000miles

3. https://www.tiktok.com/@willowwalks1000miles

4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

PLEASE NOTE - We are not contacted or affiliated with the official #walk1000miles challenge, we are just participants.

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Day 5 - Whose walking? Are you starting today, did you start last week? Whose Observing? You know that the walkers need cake don’t you and there’s a lot of new members? Tell us what your doing, do you have a plan of attack?

Let’s talk numbers – by not talking numbers, I know I’m confusing sometimes I struggle to keep up with my own thought process. I post my numbers because I find the motivational for me. I’m planning on doing #1000miles2021 #givememymedal but I know me, I have this super highly focussed attention span, which initially looks great, amazing looks like I’m going to smash it. However, that attention span is short lived, I have limited focus so my concern, knowing me, is that my enthusiasms/attention will dwindle so my recording my thoughts and numbers I’m hoping to motivate myself to stay in the game.

What I don’t want to do is demoralise you, with my figures, they are just that – my figures. I don’t know your circumstances, lifestyle, abilities or attention spans, you know them. I urge you to reach for the stars, push yourself - aim to do what you can do – start walking if that’s a mile a day that’s 365 miles this year you wouldn’t have walked. If it’s 2 miles a day ……. Come I know you can do the maths. I will probably walk for longer in better weather and longer daylight so don’t be put off by the little steps of winter.

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Same walk different viewpoints - Come say Hi at;

Our website - http://changingpace.co.uk

Louise's (Couch Potato) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://twitter.com/NbChangingPace

2. https://www.facebook.com/NBChangingPace

3. https://www.instagram.com/nbchangingpace

4. https://www.tiktok.com/@narrowboatchangingpace

5. https://www.youtube.com/c/NarrowboatChangingPace

Willow's (Great Dane) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://www.facebook.com/WillowTheGreatDane

2. https://www.instagram.com/willowwalks1000miles

3. https://www.tiktok.com/@willowwalks1000miles

4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

PLEASE NOTE - We are not contacted or affiliated with the official #walk1000miles challenge, we are just participants.

#1000milesin2021#towpathwalking #onit #inittofindout #walk1000miles #Willowwalks1000miles #greatdane #NarrowboatChangingPace #dog #dogblog #youtube #youtuber #walkies #seniordog #boatdog #dogwalking #walking #harlequingreatdane #dogtalking #giantbreed #towpathwalking #canalwalking #thisgirlcan #dogsonthecut #greatdanes #canallife #backtonature #balancedlifestyle #boatlife #alternativelifestyle #givememymedal

Day 4 - Currently there are 1402 people doing the official #1000miles challenge. I started 4 days ago, I think a lot of people will be starting tomorrow and to them I wish good luck and yell “Come catch me up” to 237 people in front of me I whine “wait for me”. My race my pace

Today we took Eva to the Vets, the old girl, Eva not the Vet (who now I am distracted is quite young) has arthritis in her hips, knees and ankles. Dave shoved Willow and I out the van and we walked home. Whilst being super cold – face nearly froze off it was an interesting trudge; I have never seen so many people jump out of my way. It could have been my pleasant demeanour, or the ferocious hound at my waist (see what I did there – most people would say hound at heel, not me) – guess they’re not used to seeing giant breeds, Apart from the missing red carpet I felt like royalty the way people parted for us (leaped out the way). Willow was just trotting along minding her own beeswax, actually totally oblivious to people’s reaction. One lady hid behind a lamp-post ….. not being mean but she wasn’t that thin!

Today I have achieved 3.15miles taking my grand total to 12.5miles My Race My Pace – slow and steady - #givememymedal

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Same walk different viewpoints - Come say Hi at;

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Louise's (Couch Potato) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://twitter.com/NbChangingPace

2. https://www.facebook.com/NBChangingPace

3. https://www.instagram.com/nbchangingpace

4. https://www.tiktok.com/@narrowboatchangingpace

5. https://www.youtube.com/c/NarrowboatChangingPace

Willow's (Great Dane) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://www.facebook.com/WillowTheGreatDane

2. https://www.instagram.com/willowwalks1000miles

3. https://www.tiktok.com/@willowwalks1000miles

4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

PLEASE NOTE - We are not contacted or affiliated with the official #walk1000miles challenge, we are just participants.

Day 3 - it seems I need to change my mindset about walking, see it within it's own right as opposed to something to get somewhere. Look around me and appreciate what 's there. Today 2.49 miles - Total - 8.4

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Same walk different viewpoints - Come say Hi at;

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Louise's (Couch Potato) account of the walks can also be found here;

Willow's (Great Dane) account of the walks can also be found here;

PLEASE NOTE - We are not contacted or affiliated with the official #walk1000miles challenge, we are just participants.

PLEASE DON'T WORRY THERE IS NO DAY 1

Day 2 - Having had the surprise start yesterday, knowing we have to walk 3 miles a day .... also knowing Lisa is miles in front of me, I've made the whole boathold come out with me again. Same walk as this morning but slower due to Old Eva (Ginger Akita). Grand total today 4.46 miles - yesterday surprise start 1.4 miles.

I'm 1.84 miles behind Lisa Warner and only another 994.14 miles to go.

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Same walk different viewpoints - Come say Hi at;

Louise's (Couch Potato) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://twitter.com/NbChangingPace

2. https://www.facebook.com/NBChangingPace

3. https://www.instagram.com/nbchangingpace

4. https://www.tiktok.com/@narrowboatchangingpace

5. https://www.youtube.com/c/NarrowboatChangingPace

Willow's (Great Dane) account of the walks can also be found here;

1. https://www.facebook.com/WillowTheGreatDane

2. https://www.instagram.com/willowwalks1000miles

3. https://www.tiktok.com/@willowwalks1000miles

4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdl0W-Q_vJQmQQ3Ae1Bogw

PLEASE NOTE - We are not contacted or affiliated with the official #walk1000miles challenge, we are just participants.

#givememymedal #1000milesin2021 #towpathwalking #onit #inittofindout #walk1000miles #Willowwalks1000miles #greatdane #NarrowboatChangingPace #dog #dogblog #youtube #youtuber #walkies #seniordog #boatdog #dogwalking #walking #harlequingreatdane #dogtalking #giantbreed #towpathwalking #canalwalking #thisgirlcan #dogsonthecut #greatdanes #canallife #backtonature #balancedlifestyle #boatlife #alternativelifestyle