Woos walk up "Cardiac Hill"

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    Good morning yesterday I decided to attempt a walk up Cardiac Hill all 144 steps something I have wanted to do for a long time and it was very important to me ,it was a struggle but I achieved it at last:smile:

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      That looks quite a climb @wiseowl but I'm glad you made it. I hope you had a good view from the top :smile:
       
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        Well done Woo. Very impressive. Are you using ski poles? was going to get some but got two orthopedic elbow crutches instead (two in case I want to go hiking (cough, cough).
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          Looks like a nice bit of countryside, where actually is it.
           
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            Good morning @Michael Hewett @Victoria and thank you my friends yes they are walking poles my sons suggested I try them (They are all trekkers and do cross country 5/10 miles every week and wild camping) and they really helped with my balance so I am going to get some but not sure what ones yet.:smile:

            @pete its at Shorn Woods Country Park:smile:

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              Well done Woo, glad you took it steady and it look like many places to rest :)
               
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                Looks a lovely place :blue thumb:
                 
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                  Well done. :blue thumb: Great walk/climb. I'd need to be carried some of the way :heehee:
                   
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                    Good afternoon @Jiffy @Lem @shiney and many thanks my friends it is a lovely place :smile:

                    @shiney I'm alright climbing and decending over rough terrain its walking on the level terra ferma that I find the hardest for some reason;):smile:
                     
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                      We need to somehow work something out between us. :heehee:

                      Stairs are not my thing and we live in a bungalow so I don't even get any practice. :noidea:
                       
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                        Down hill is worse than up hill for, it pounds the knees and back.

                        I like the sign, "no cycling".

                        Imagine coming down there on a bike, you wouldn't have many teeth left at the bottom.:biggrin:
                         
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                          Well done Woo, that's quite a climb. :thumbsup: Did you count every step on the way up?
                           
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                            @wiseowl that is a tough climb. I find it much easier to either have "regular" stairs or a smooth ramp than those type of treads. Those you've conquered have that, step up, step, step up, step. And it is hard to get a rhythm on what I think of a "shuffle climb".

                            Good on you! The paved ramp going up to the Grenich Observatory was a bit of fun. The sharp incline slowed me a bit and a bunch of school kids breezed by me. No, I didn't stick my foot out to trip one!

                            I like the "observation benches" for stopping and appreciating the surroundings nature supplied :heehee:
                             
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                              Good morning @pete well I certainly wouldn't my friend I 've only got a top denture and I would have to use 6 boxes of Fixodent:heehee::heehee::heehee:
                               
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                                Good morning @Sheal my friend I got as far as 5 and then didn't have the breath to speak after that:heehee:

                                Good morning @CanadianLori and thank you my friend yes the benches were handy they should been bed shaped so I could have layed down:heehee::heehee::heehee:
                                 
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