When we got home yesterday, I felt very tired. It was at that point that I realised that since Friday morning, I have driven more miles in five days than I had driven in the six months between the start of the lockdown and setting off to the West Country!
Doing something like this takes its toll, and this morning I woke up feeling totally drained and in need of another break. It’s on days like this that I realise that I’m no longer as young as I think that I am, and that a seventy-year-old body takes more time to recover than my twenty-five-year-old mind thinks it should.
Getting old does have its compensations ... but it also has its costs.
Doing something like this takes its toll, and this morning I woke up feeling totally drained and in need of another break. It’s on days like this that I realise that I’m no longer as young as I think that I am, and that a seventy-year-old body takes more time to recover than my twenty-five-year-old mind thinks it should.
Getting old does have its compensations ... but it also has its costs.
"I’m no longer as young as I think that I am, and that a seventy-year-old body takes more time to recover than my twenty-five-year-old mind thinks it should."
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling, even though I'm nearly 57! I'm trying to make the most of it before I do really start to run out of energy etc.
Steve J.,
DeleteI try to keep active, but the marathon drive to the West Country (over six hours to do a journey that should have taken just over four) took more out of me than I expected. Whilst we were away we did quite a lot of walking - something we haven’t done much of since March - and I rather pushed myself ... and I’m now paying for my additional exertions.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteYes, your journeys have left you somewhat frazzled - and yes, we're not as young as we use to be. I seem to get less done and have even resorted to pay money for a basic Car Wash. On another matter- I'm not doing my model railroad now -having sold everything yesterday. Instead I've gone back to an old favorite - My 1/32nd Britains Toy Farm (you can see two posts on my Blog). Well Bob I hope you can recover and enjoy things once again. I often think young - though. Best Wishes. KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteGetting older does have lots of positives ... but it is balanced by a few negatives!
I’m sorry to read that you’ve terminated your model railway project, but I can see why you’ve moved back to your farm project. I’ve looked at your blog posts, and can see why you find the Britains Toy Farm so attractive.
All the best,
Bob
I empathise. A couple of weeks ago I drove about 80miles from home to Marlborough and back. I was exhausted afterwards. My normal daily trip is around 1 mile each way.
ReplyDeleteWhiskers,
DeleteBefore the pandemic started, I used to drive three to four hundred miles a week ... but since March, we’ve mainly been going to the shops and back, although we did go to Sandwich for a day out earlier this month.
All the best,
Bob
To all things there is a season. You just need to slow down a bit and take more breaks. Not that I speak with experience of such advanced age :)
ReplyDeleteRoss Mac,
DeleteAs you imply, it comes to us all eventually ... so I hope that you can learn from the way I deal with my decrepitude to ensure that you avoid making the same mistakes! ;^)
Keep smiling; its the best way to cope with life's little foibles!
All the best,
Bob
When I was 61 I spent 4 weeks driving over 4000 miles in the States, Route66 and Highway 1. I don't think I could manage that today and I'm 70 too.
ReplyDeleteIn the last 6 months I think I have driven to the local B&Q three times and it's only 5 minutes away and nowhere else.
Jim Duncan,
DeleteWow! That really must have been the journey of a lifetime! I don’t think that I would have been able to do that when I was sixty-one.
Until we went to the West Country, my petrol consumption was measured in miles per month, and I only had to fill the tank up once between March and September. Our local supermarkets are about two miles away, and we visit them two or three times each week, with forays slightly farther afield for the odd specialist items.
Keep safe and keep well,
Bob
Have a look here Bob.
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Apologies for the poor quality of blogging, it was my first time.
Jim Duncan,
DeleteThat is truly the story of the journey of a lifetime. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and I am extremely envious of what you achieved.
All the best,
Bob
Looks like you had a good break. It's great to be away for a short while, stops you sitting there thinking "I really should cut that grass, paint that wall, whatever" and recharges you.
ReplyDeleteJoppy,
DeleteWe had a great time away. It really helped to give a lift to our flagging spirits.
All the best,
Bob
Hey Bob,
ReplyDeleteThis is entirely off the subject, but I didn't know where else to post it. The following site has a number of hex-based rules: https://sites.google.com/site/lancerunolfsson/home
Re: aging: I'm reminded that I'm 70 every time I get up from my easy chair. My father used to warn me about growing old. He was right, but the alternative is really depressing.
Bwest regards,
Chris
Chris,
DeleteThanks for the link. I’ve downloaded some of the rules, and on first impressions, they look quite interesting.
Did we ever truly believe what our fathers told us until we realised that it was a version of their face that was staring back at us in the mirror each morning?
Their advice may have been totally wrong when we were eighteen, but by the time we are seventy, they’ve become wise men we should have listened to.
I suspect that it was always thus.
All the best,
Bob