Happiness = 1 hour of sunshine

My determination was rewarded this morning.

It would have been so easy to say 'to hell with walking the dog' as the rain lashed down in the early hours.  A general gloom hung over the breakfast table (not that you can see the table for bits of as yet unassembled Ikea furniture).  Once again the kids effortlessly stalled their way into a lift to the bus stop (Girlie - "my hair will frizz!").  I lifted the mood by mentioning that i had heard on the radio about a new website  where you can track your poo (http://flushtracker.com/index.php)!  Something to do with World Toilet Day no less!!

Did the 'slow and throw' of the kids at the bus stop and then drove through the relentless rain with The Beast up to Ashdown Forest in East Sussex.  Beautiful spot this and the home of Winnie the Pooh, Eyore and Piglet (the original ones, not Disney's).  Suddenly, blue sky!

What a beautiful morning - just the tonic for my developing cold and cough.  The Beast and his mistress in tune with nature and each other!  Then the hill - i imagined it to be a Saharan sand dune (obviously it's a bit cooler on the Kent and Sussex border, but heh).  It's big and it's steep but the views reward the effort required to climb it.

In case you're thinking i'm being a wimp, the picture is only 1/4 of the climb and i am pretty unfit!
The Beast and i paid homage to Winnie the Pooh's creators at the Gill's Lap memorial stone at the top before completing the walk with faces turned towards the sun - bliss.

We made the drive home and the grey clouds circled and surrounded us once again.  My hour of private sunshine and thoughts of Googling 'poo tracker' kept me smiling all the way home..........