So I sort of said I was going to post a challenge everyday for the next week and I suppose i’m off to a bad start because I missed yesterday, although my reasoning is not without an excuse.
Yesterday was mainly spent doing the Birmingham Walkathon, which means I walked 26 miles around the number 11 bus route in Birmingham. I did it in seven and a half hours which i’m pretty pleased with, Although that’s mainly due to the fact that I was keeping up with my friend Roy for the first 13 miles. Roy has been in the army for over ten years and is as used to long type of walks as a person can be I suppose. After the halfway point though I told him I was going to keep my own pace and he slowly vanished off into the distance. He did it in 6 hours 45 mins with a 55 pound Bergen on too.
I suppose I would be remiss if I didn’t let you know that you can still sponsor me post walk via this link: http://tinyurl.com/2e6693o But don’t feel obliged to.
“yes, yes, yes” I hear you impatiently cry “this is all very good but why in the name of all buggery didn’t you post when you said you would?”
Well I’m not going to lie to you, I did remember I was supposed to post but as soon as I sat down my calf muscles seized up and it took me a long time to get anywhere in the house. Add to that the three big blisters I discovered once I got home (the biggest of which is here, but don’t click if you squeamish) and i’m sure you’ll understand that once I was down I didn’t really want to get up.
But never fear because there are five more challenges to post which should take us nicely up to friday. So without further delay here’s my second challenge.
Number two Learn to play the guitar properly
I bought a guitar back in 2000 when I turned 20 with the best intentions. unfortunately after a few years of ownership I ended up only managing to play Wonderwall very badly. I sold the guitar to my brother in law who can actually play the guitar. Some years later in 2005 I bought another guitar again with the best intentions and this time I have progressed more than my first attempt. But still the fact remains that five years later i can only play a handful of songs and have also for some reason acquired an electric guitar that I can also not really play.
Basically I can now play most open chords but i’m rubbish at bar chords, my strumming is atrocious and my finger picking skills are nonexistent. Ultimately this boils down to me practicing regularly.
Hopefully I’ll be able to get the stage where I can confidently pick up a guitar at a party or get together and strum out a few songs that everyone can drunkenly sing along to. I have no aspirations to start a band or anything.
