And now we can eat again
Posted on Sunday 27th December 2009
Two days ago we had the family round for Christmas lunch. After an aperitif, two starters, 3 main courses, cheese, 3 desserts and chocolates, all washed down with lots of wine, we all felt rather full. Unsurprisingly.
And today, like many other people, we felt a little twinge of guilt about all those calories, enjoyable though it was consuming them all at the time. So, to make amends we went for a little jaunt.
First up was a cycle ride from home to the bottom of Waterfall Gully. Hardly the Angel Falls, but picturesque nevertheless:
That was just the warm-up as then we hiked the trail up to the summit of Mount Lofty. It was quite a tough climb but well worth it for the view from the top overlooking Adelaide:
All told we did a fair bit of work. The cycle ride was 30km rising 175m on the way to Waterfall Gully. Then the hike was an 8km round-trip climbing 500m from base to summit. And pretty hard work on some of the steeper sections.
So, as a result, we feel like the balance has been partly restored and then swiftly ruined by sitting down to a lunch of cold cuts, cheese and ice-cream. Oh dear, better get back down the gym.
Rest of the photos here.
