Wherever I work, I always go for a walk in my dinner-hour and explore the area widely until I find walks I like. They all need to be around three-quarters of an hour long so I can get something to eat first. This is my current one…
All photos my digi point-and-shoot
You can just see the gateway to work across the road!
After admiring the flowers, you cross the old quarry line and go into the woods…
and follow Eller Beck for a while…
There is a little secret cave under the rocks of the opposite bank – I’ve been known to clamber down for a visit…
Then you arrive at the old mill pond…
and then climb above the weir…
I generally come back on the walkway between the canal and beck behind the castle… the crag on the right under the castle has recently started to collapse! 😮
Why sit at your desk all dinnertime playing on your phone when you can go out and, not just get some fresh air and exercise, but see views like these!
The Adventures of a Mountain Coward 
I love the charming sprouts of flowers and the long grasses. I have a favourite walk that ends at a lookout of the river valley 🙂 It always makes my day.
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I don’t think you can beat exercising in the countryside for mental health and relaxation! 🙂
Carol.
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Agreed. Its very carefree and relaxed. Have a sunny day 🙂
Cheers!
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Very nice, best I can manage is a walk around the massive office park where my desk is buried 😢
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You might be surprised – I’ve worked in towns and cities before and have usually managed to find at least a riverbank or canal bank somewhere…
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I try to do walks like that as well if I’m static in an office or on a course somewhere new to explore the area. Looks nice. Most of the time though in previous jobs I’ve been pretty active at work all day so I enjoy my lunch for a seat,a read at the paper and a rest.
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With the new retirement rules coming in, I think I’m going to a manual job in the next year or so and then I can retire before I die!
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Looks a nice lunch time wander – plenty of interest 🙂
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and great shelter if the weather is inclement – which it often is!
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An hour for lunch‼️ In my dreams……. However I do make up for it and the two twelve and half how shifts I work each week with plenty of local walks. Do you explore much beyond this circuit or do you generally go further afield?
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On a weekend I can generally sneak a longer walk in on my dinnerhour (shhhh! 😉 ) and then I do go further afield. It can be linked to a lot of nice walking just past the woodland.
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I was always the same, Carol. A quick lunch, then out for a wander for the rest of the hour! 🙂
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I work with other people who work 12 hour shifts and it’s amazing how many of them don’t stir from their desk – very unhealthy! I’m surprised they don’t all have DVT bloodclots!
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Looks like a lovely walk. You have snow and flowers.
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I love when the flowers start in spring. We haven’t any snow now – it doesn’t last long here…
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