And … we’re finished. I’ve waited till today, to write up my final stats for the Cool Bloggers Walking Club even though I know week 4 ended, technically, on the 28th, it seemed logical to wait for the month to end. And wow, what a month it’s been. First a BIG big thank you to Elisabeth for running this and doing her weekly round ups so we could all keep track of what everyone else was doing. And all those wonderful photos too. Funny some of the strange things people saw while out on their walks, kangaroos, and pigs … well yesterday, I saw a kestrel near the park, hunting maybe? No, no I didn’t manage to snap a photo. Shame. So, where am I? Well, funny you should ask, here’s the last nine day’s of stats. Tuesday 22 — 6200 steps / 4.15 km Wednesday 23 — 5700 steps / 4.0 km Thursday 24 — 6400 steps / 4.65 km Friday 25 — 8100 steps / 5.75 km Saturday 26 — 5000 steps / 3.65 …

Another week of walking and trying to keep busy, with a lovely long weekend of peace and quiet. Though, one tinged with a great deal of sadness on Monday, what with the passing of Pope Francis. My mother in law is catholic and my partner lapsed. Québec was once a big catholic stronghold though, these days, less so. Still, everyone has been paying their respects. Lots of lowered flags. Friday saw the opening of early voting so other than hitting the mall to buy up our monthly supplies, we thought to go vote early but, didn’t count on the fact that 2 million others were going to do the same thing. There were hundreds queuing to vote at our polling station, which was within our own building complex (so no need to go far, or, out in awful weather). And once there, we decided a 30 minute wait wasn’t so bad … except, that 30 minutes morphed into almost an hour before we got in the teeny tiny room where there were only two stations …

Well, will you look at that, yesterday saw the completion of week 2 of the CBWC. So how did I do? Well, funny you should ask. I think I did pretty well even though, again, I didn’t get out that much or take too many photos. But what I did do is: Tuesday — 6,400 steps / 4.4 kms Wednesday — 7550 steps / 5.15 kms Thursday — 7300 steps / 5 kms Friday — 6,100 steps / 4.35 kms Saturday — 6,100 steps / 4.35 kms Sunday — 5,600 steps / 4.15 kms Monday — 5,700 steps / 4.2 kms All in all, I’m doing an average of 4 km a day, and most of that’s inside the apartment. I also spotted some flowers in our local park. Running total walked: 65.4 km 

I started off the month with great intentions and then, Thursday I didn’t feel so good and by Saturday, really not firing on all cylinders. Despite feeling sick, I still manager to walk the apartment, even if I didn’t get outside for a walk. Not that the weather’s been all that cooperative. We’ve had mild plus 18 degrees to minus 8. Then we’ve had hail, wind, snow, sleet and ice pellets. Everything but the kitchen sink of weather. We never quite know what kind of weather we’re going to get here, in April, it can be anything. While not a fantastic start to the month, I’m still happy I managed to get in over 5k steps a day. Tuesday — 6500 steps / 4.6 km Wednesday — 7600 steps / 5.3 km Thursday — 6500 steps / 4.6 km Friday — 6000 steps / 4.2 km Saturday — 7300 steps / 5.70 km Sunday — 5700 steps / 4.15 km Monday — 7200 steps / 5.25 km Here we are, on the start of week …

This will be a somewhat short update on my walking stats for the week, given we only started on Tuesday and, as I was ill last night, I’m not doing much today while I recuperate. What I have done so far: Tuesday — 6500 steps / 4.6 kms Wednesday — 7600 steps / 5.3 kms Thursday — 6500 steps / 4.6 kms What I forgot to keep check of was calories burned or, at least, my iWatch estimate of calories burned based on activity. I need to add that section to my little yellow journal for future reference. Sad to say, I’m not sure our planned trip out tomorrow to the botanic gardens will happen, given they’re telling us bad weather’s on the way, and the whole weekend will be a mix of sleet, rain, and possibly, hail. April, as usual, is showing us winter is not over for us, just yet. I’ll post another update next week with further stats to see how things are progressing. Meanwhile, happy walking!