Cycle Paths & the Waters of Leith

Today we went on a 13 mile walk. Ann never really plans our 'big long walks' around the city. They just kind of happen?! This morning she said, 'Trixie, shall we walk down to Newhaven via the cycle paths and then we can jump on a bus and come home?'



So off we went. I walked sensibly to Roseburn on my lead and then from Roseburn to Newhaven I was allowed off lead on the cycle path. I'm ever such a good little collie pup now. When we see a cyclist approaching; Ann says, 'Trixie come'. And I have to go and stand next to her until the cyclist has passed.  Not so easy if a cyclist is approaching us from behind. Grrrrrrrrr................ What is it with cyclists? Why don't they ring their bell? #Itsasharedpathway



Anyway, I had a lovely run about and I chased a lot of squirrels and I found a lot of muddy water to wallow in. And then as we were approaching Newhaven, Ann said, 'Trixie, we're having such a lovely walk. Why don't we continue on to Leith and then walk home along the Waters of Leith.'



So that is what we did. You can check out our route here. We're both very tired now!!!



And in other news....................... Those of you who know my very lovely owner, Ann, in 'real life' will know that she likes to set herself little challenges. This year, she's setting herself a challenge for every month of 2020. January's challenge is to come off Facebook for a month. My Blips no longer feed through to FB and Ann isn't allowed to post, comment, or like anything on FB. This is actually proving quite hard. It's almost worse than giving up wine for a month. But not quite. Lol



February's challenge is going to be #29daystoafitterthinnerbody She's going to record her journey to do this on Instagram. That in itself is going to be another challenge because she set up an Instagram account years ago and hasn't a clue how it works. Instagram is for teenagers/ young/techie people isn't it? Don't want to clog up FB with loads of foodie photos. Lol! Anyway she has changed her username to '29daystoafitterthinnerbody' and she has deleted the 14 photos that she posted in 2012? And for the next couple of weeks she's going to see if she can actually work out how this instagram thingy works?????? So if any of you lovely Blippers want to follow her................... we haven't a clue how you'd do that?????????????????? More will follow...........