Well dear reader it has come to the end of another year and on behalf of all of those from the Fat C Walking Club, I wish you a Happy New Year for 2009. In the last few weeks Pesky has been sunning himself in beautiful Tasmania and has found new friends at the beach amongst the whales. Dina has been applying finger nail polish daily in anticipation of the coming year. As you can imagine I have been faithful to the cause and maintained my exercise regime as much as possible during this very distracting time of the year. Even on Christmas Day I took the dog Tom for a long walk. It was wonderful as the suburb was deserted due to the time of day. Indeed I highly recommend a walk in the middle of any day in an attempt to walk off the excesses that abound at this time of the year.
Readers will recall Tom (the golden retriever) featuring in our travels to Sydney earlier this year. On this occasion the dog was spending part of his Australian whirlwind tour in Melbourne.
Having been back at work this week, I have taken the traditional walk along the Yarra River and Dina and I have resisted the temptation of “Yum Cha”. There is a high degree of excitement in the air as one walks close to the areas of celebration in Melbourne. This assists with the enjoyment of a longer than usual walk. Expect the night sky in Melbourne to be illuminated with fireworks at the dawn of the New Year.
We are welcoming some new members to the FatC walking Club in 2009. Unfortuantely Pavarotti will be a “no show” but we expect another Italian “Soprano” – “Tony” to join us early next year. It is hoped that “Cricket” will also rejoin us next year for our lunchtime walks certainly in the early part of the year.
I am glad you have followed our progress over the year and indeed managed to move past the indulgencies exhibited by Pesky in his entries to this site!
We look forward to providing further contributions in 2009.
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