One step at a time

Hi BlueBlue, the pictures are stunning.  I have not been to Menorca.  Is it quiet?  I don't like going to busy noisy places with fast foods outlets ect.  More relaxed for me.  Would you recommend?

Lee x

Hi Leelaloo We were in Cala Galdana which is quiet at this time of year. No chain type places, a few cafes and restaurants, some mini supermarkets and few gift shops. Couples our age (60/70), young families with under 5's and some other couples in their 30's. Everywhere closes by 11 at night so not rowdy. The beach and bay is beautiful and the water is shallow for quite a bit out. Choose accommodation carefully if you can't do hills. We used to take our children here when they were young about 35 years ago.

Thank you. A bit of a climb to take some of those, but worth it. Mozzies were vicious!!

Looks beautiful 

Lovely photos on this thread! On the subject of mushrooms Dylan - Online Community Team , I saw this shroom in Highgate Woods (London) last week. I love trees and fungi but am way too wary to forage! The light was lovely in the trees too. Walking became my sanity saver during Radiotherapy. 

Hi HappyFeet1 

Thanks for sharing those photos. That’s some impressive bracket fungi (I think), wow!

Yeah, I’m the same. I love mushrooms and taking photos of them, but I’m way too nervous to forage. I’d like to go on a guided foraging walk one day and learn more about them.

It’s great to hear that walking became your sanity saver during radiotherapy. It’s amazing what getting out into nature can do for our wellbeing.

Went for a walk in the park and was amused by a squirrel chasing a magpie! I watched all the birds as I walked and it made me think about how those tiny moments can bring a little light and joy into the day. Cancer comes and goes but around that is always beauty if you look hard enough. It gave me some comfort. 

Hi Millibob, thankyou for sharing the lovely walk you, your wife & your beautiful retired athlete went on.

I was diagnosed with Lobular Breast Cancer in Feb 2025 just after my 52nd birthday. Then after having more CTs, MRIs & a Bone Biopsy taken from my Pelvis I was eventually (waited 5 weeks for Biopsy results unfortunately) diagnosed with stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer in May 2025.

It's taken me over a year to, in someway "accept" my diagnosis as best I can. I'm slowly learning to try & get on with life as best I can, although I have found it terribly difficult mentally if I'm being totally honest. Which brings me to WALKING!! This really has been an enormous help for my mind. I would really encourage anybody (who's able) to try getting outside, even if it's just around the block or to the end of the street & back home, maybe potter around in the garden. It really does help when anxiety & stress are affecting day to day life.

Thankyou for sharing your beautiful dog picture with us

Take care everyone & keep walking

So many different types of walk and scenery on this thread and all of them interesting and worthwhile, both long and short. My one today was a total contrast to the ones last week. There's a tiny wee wood just round the corner. It only takes 10 mins or so to walk all the way round but, because there are a few paths, I usually go round thrice choosing a different route each time. Its nothing special, other than its a bit of nature plonked in the middle of a built up area so that maybe makes it a wee bit special. And I just like looking at trees. They're just starting to turn now...

Hello Lokidog 

Thank you for your post - and indeed your kind words, Yes a cancer diagnosis can be mentally challenging and the older we get, the less we feel the need to exercise.

We have been married 47 years and always had rescue dogs. We lost one in the Summer of 2005 and thought that's it - at almost 70 we are getting on and we can't cope with a dog - however one of our daughters has had a number of rescue ex racing greyhounds and they are easy to walk and look after, (2 short walks a day) and so Ryder (the longest resident of the dog's home) adopted us!

The other reason for wanting a dog was to get us both out and about - walking is exercise, it's meeting people and you appreciate the changes you see everyday. We are lucky as we live 200 yards from a large country park so we have some cracking places to walk.

Take care and as you say keep walking - I would say and a bark from Ryder the dog - but he doesn't bark! (he shows his emotions in only ways grey's can).

Kind regards - Brian.