Mummy, my legs hurt

Near Woy Woy NSW Distance: 2.5km Duration: 45 minutes Today we explored Bouddi national park along the very easy boardwalk that begins at Putty Beach and goes for over 8km. We did a small stretch up to Gerrin Point lookout as we had been out for a family lunch earlier that day so the kids weren't up to a big day out. Unfortunately the time of day also meant we had to dodge a lot of people; this one is popular on sunny days, especially when we were there right at the start of whale season. This boardwalk is fantastic in that it hugs the coastline but is open so that you can step off and explore the amazing rock formations and get closer to the coastal views. This might be a bit hairy for smaller kids who are liable to run off a cliff but for our 7 and 9 year olds it was a good adventure. There are some sections early on with stairs, and let's be honest, nobody likes stairs. Apart from that it's mostly open coastal heath interspersed with s...

The Festival of the Feet at Georges Hall was an amazingly friendly and well organised event. 3 loops around Lake Gillawarna made up the half marathon distance.  Although everyone had commented that this was a hilly race; I'd taken this with a grain of salt - I've run UTA, there can't possibly be 'real' hills here!! However, I think the looped course and the repetitions were what made it seem hilly. The overall elevation was negligible but it was very much constant up and down.  My transport there was super easy as Richard drove and dropped me off. He continued on with the kids to his sister Debbie's house as she lives just down the road. I got picked up afterwards and got to have a yummy lunch with Richard and Debbie  afterwards. I chose to do this as my 'birthday' race, so it was quite unusual to have Richie and the kids drop me off. It was a frosty but clear morning so I stood in the sun trying to warm up and  met some lovely new RMA friends at th...