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At 1:44pm on October 15, 2008, Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE said…
Welcome to Iowa Avenue!

At 9:53am on October 13, 2008, David said…
Hi Aranm welcome to Iowa Avenue. The description of where you live and the mountains in England are fascinating. Looks like fun!
At 7:13am on October 13, 2008, Lisa Newton said…
I love your blog. I love walking in the mountains, too, although I don't think my mountains are as high as yours.

Welcome to Iowa Avenue.
At 6:16am on October 13, 2008, Aran said…
hi there,

just joined from north wales in the united kingdom

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About Me:
I Love walking in the mountains.
I live in the middle of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales, surrounded by mountains, that I love to walk with my faithful black labrador Penny
Website:
http://www.ilovewalkinginthemountains.com
What are your goals?
to live long and prosper - on target so far!
To stay married to my Wife, Nina 'til the day I die.
To raise my 3 children as straight as possible - only time will tell.
Climb mountains 'til the day I die.
Favorite Music:
I love the Blues - all the way from Basin Street to today, but especially the 60's
Favorite TV Shows:
I am unusual in that I don't have television, so I don't have favourite TV shows, but I love the Movies, right from the Silent Era to today.
What is your current exercise routine?
I just try to walk everyday, some days up a mountain, some days round the lake by my home
What diets have you tried?
I don't diet
What things do you want to do before you die?
to keep on doing what I keep on doing
What is your favorite book?
too many to mention

On Walks

About six and a half years ago I was involved in a head on car smash not far from where I live.
At the time I was driving an old but beautifully restored Citroen BX - my pride and joy and the first car I had been able to buy for nearly 10 years - but no ABS. So I was left with an injury to my right pelvis, thru having my foot on the brake at the time of the impact. It was a pretty quick accident - I came around a bend to be confronted with another vehicle trying and failing to overtake an Articulated Lorry and the combined impact was judged to be in excess of 100 mph.Fortunately the car did what it was designed to do in such a case and crumpled up, absorbing most of the shock, but of course with my foot firmly on the brake pedal the impact was transferred through my leg to my pelvis - Ouch.
After much physio, acupuncture, shiatsu and Chinese massage, last year I began to be able to walk more than 500m or so without any pain.
These days I am able to walk up a mountain, but it takes a few days to recover, but my goal is to be able to return to my former level of fitness and be able to do one or two a day. By next Spring I hope to be able to start climbing gain. I have a desire to visit the Tien Shan Mountains in Khazakstan for my 50th next year.
I do have some photos of me on my hard drive from earlier this year when I judged I was fit enough to start exercising again, but I am really ashamed of them - I look dreadful! However when I look a bit better I will post them alongside some "Now" pictures for comparison ( Hey! not that I am vain or anything)

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Busy day today

Been busy today updating my website and adding some great new content and photos,

Come on over and see

bye
Aran

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