Walks: Sat-Wed, June 22-26

Helen has a word or two to say about gardening

So this might be my last blog post – one of over 600 I've written since the Shore Things blog came to life back in December 2007. I'll be passing the blogging baton along to Susan and enjoying life as a Shore Things civilian, though you might hear from me as back-up from time to time.

With no further ado: Saturday's walk features 14K for the Dubliners, and 12K for those doing the Midsummer. (Next week we begin the Ottawa schedule, too.) 7:30 am start, anyone? Sign in and have your say.

Monday and Wednesday, both groups have 8K and 10K. Wednesday evening will be from Occasions at 7 pm, and Jan and/or Trish will be planning a route – possibly with hills in it. I'll leave you gals to sort that out.

Congratulations to Norma and David for their very wet, hilly 10K in Barrie last Sunday. Norma's report:

As you can tell by the photos, it was a wet and soggy race on Sunday, albeit fun with some pretty landscapes along the route.  Neither of us were counting on the number of small hills and gradual inclines we encountered.  Nothing like the Beach hills but an upward grind all the same.  There was also a lot of puddle jumping and if you missed, well that just meant squishy shoes!  David ran the entire 10K clocking in at 1:01 and I power-walked it in 1:18.  There was no walkers category but they do welcome walkers.  The medal is the most useful I have seen.  It is a magnet and perfect for displaying on the refrigerator!

Thanks for representing, you two.

Birthday wishes go out to Greg – who happens to have the same birthday as our soon-to-be 20-year-old. Hope it's a great birth day for both of you.

Cheers, everyone. Welcome, Summer! And to all our teachers and administrators, happy last week of classes.