Raising money, home made soup and my favourite place.

We just finished, our walk tonight. It was a beautiful starry night and the first really nippy night and I wouldn’t be surprised if old Jack Frost has painted the world where we live tomorrow.

The walk was fine, Ella was quite talkative, it’s actually noticeable just how talkative teenagers become when they haven’t got there head glued to a mobile phone screen.😄

We spotted 7 foxes on the walk tonight , tomorrow night when I go for a walk again I’m going to see if I can capture some pictures.

I’m quite sore tonight,  not sure it’s anything to do with the walking it’s been hurting all day, I’m really hoping I can do this challenge, I’m determined to see it through, but I also know I’ve got to look after my body. Too think just over a month ago my vertibrea was on the verge of total collapse, small steps Woody and we will get there.👣

It’s been a nice day, I made a really nice vegetable soup today served up with some warm crusty french bread, you just can’t beat the taste of warm french bread. The soup was a success , I’ve made soup before but this was the best, in fact I would go as far as to say it was the best soup I’ve ever tried, with the exception of the pea and mint soup I had at the hospital.🍵

 Tues 2nd

Im writing this at 3.09am  decided to do my walk in the day time, and this time I was going to walk down by the river. One of my many favourite places is the river Medway , it’s about at 0.5km from my front door. I love the walk, the river at this point is stunning , this is also wear it’s very wide and the view you get walking down to it is breathtaking. I decided I was going to cheerfully say hello to everyone I met on this walk.

Almost every one responded back, it’s nice, we should do that as often as possible, you never know what’s going on in people’s minds and just a friendly good morning or a hi could be enough to make a difference to someone.❤️

The river was extremely calm, almost like a glass mirror, and the tide was turning to come back out. Little birds were just gathering on the edge of the river where the tide was turning, searching for food. No seal today, he only appears at low tide, which is going to be later.🌊 

I walked up and down a section that was pedestrianised , at the end of it is a cinema and restaurant complex, I stopped for a well earned Macdonald’s flat white and sat on a bench and just became memorised by the river for a while. It was time to walk back home, I was feeling tired, I didn’t expect to suddenly feel so tired and my body was feeling the stress of the walk, cancer suddenly was being unkind to me. I walked back, most of it was uphill, infarct it was a mountain.⛰️

Well that walk in total was around 4km, I smashed my daily target but at what cost. Sadly the rest of the day was uncomfortable, the drugs not quite strong enough to mask the pain I was feeling.💊

Well today I learned a lesson my heart would love to run a million miles, unfortunately my body tells me no, Woody, you’ve got cancer, time to listen not just to your heart but your head as well.❤️🙇‍♂️

Now cancer won’t stop me completing my challenge that’s for sure, I will crawl the last km if it’s necessary but if I didn’t realise it before I certainly do know, cancer has got control over what I can do and what I want to do.😢

The rest of the day was not so great and I know I wasn’t the friendliest daddy to be around when my wife and kids came home from school.🐻 

I need to plan my activity more carefully so I’ve still got some energy to spend with the kids.

If you ever read this kids, I’m sorry for being a bit grumpy today and I love you dearly❤️