Pinch, punch first of the month and what a lovely day it is!
I have been thrapping on about how blummin cold it is at the moment. Honestly, it has been so miserable. I have found that the best solution has been to wriggle into my Lycra, get outside and exercise and the combination of that and the sacred Weight Watchers meetings (previously mentioned) are paying off. People are beginning to notice!
On this clear, bright Saturday morning with a temperature of 21C the mountains beckoned and the luxury of being able to start a hike from our front door came into its own. We embarked upon an uphill walk to Ma On Shan and it was glorious.
We trekked up and up from Tai Wan Village past Shan Liu then up up up some more to join the MacLehose Trail (named after a previous Governor of Hong Kong 1971-1982) which is a very steep section with some environmentally friendly concrete steps (they love those in Hong Kong) and through some bamboo dappled, sun lit paths with shafts of light coming through the green canopy of leaves. The temperature was just perfect, a coolness with a blue sky and the steepness and challenge of the route was enough to get the heart rate up and sweat flowing. Excellent!
It took around two and half hours. We were back home by 11.30am to enjoy poached eggs and wholemeal bread from Mushroom Bakery, Sai Kung but that's another blog.


























