I am so glad to be back out on the fells. I’ve lost myself lately due to work, lots of travel and generally spending all my spare time on things that are not good for me whilst fully neglecting my own needs. 🤔🤯😩🥺

I need the outdoors in my life! I have felt my life slowly slipping away from beneath me and I have found myself falling deeper and deeper into a black hole. I have felt like a crazy person, lost a few friends and been very angry 😤. Despite feeling anxious and not sleeping well, yesterday I left for the lakes at 7 am.

Yesterday was beautiful, the sun was shining and the visibility was amazing. I loved it! I hiked 10.5 miles, bagging off another 5 Wainwrights, in the Northern Central Fells, with my favourite companion Ferrithead (my dog)🐶🌞🏔. I managed to see a red squirrel, lots of deer, butterflies and a frog. I half heartedly was going to kiss the frog but I didn’t want to give him a heart attack.

As i sat looking at this view for ten minutes, I realised this is what I have been missing from my life for the last few months. I switched off from the world and all my stresses.

Being outdoors is what I value and love spending my time doing. Sometimes life gives you many distractions and it’s easy to lose yourself in all the noise and stop doing the things you love.

When life gets tough Stop and re-evaluate where you are spending your time and energy and make sure a proportion of that time each week is saved just for you to do the things you love 💖
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