some kids Oldun , but not all, was out this morning watching the great granddaughter,3 years old,
having swimming lessons
her grandmother, 60 yesterday,was doing lenths in the big pool.
after the great granddaught had finished her lesson's, she and her mother went in to the big pool, jumping in and splashing around.

Watching a family, including youngsters, arriving at a camp site and setting up a tent certainly sums up what's right and wrong with parents.

Some parents (including a much younger SC) when they arrive at a camp site, each child has its own job to do, getting the pegs out, sorting out the sleeping bags, laying the pegs around the tent etc etc. Then the children are sent to explorer by seeking out the shop or the toilets or the taps whilst mum and dad put the kettle on.

Other arrive, get the kids out and tell the kids to b***** off until tea time. They then spend the night shouting out the kids using copious expletives and wonder why they are bored!

Some kids are great .... others are ...........

Slogger,
With your track record I suspect that barring further stunt work involving leaping over cars, you'll eventually be the first centenarian to complete the C2C! (probably 'at the double')

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George, 62 is about normal
mine is about 42 resting , have a job to get it to a 100 when exercising, some time if I go like the devil I can get it 120

That was no stunt. That was practice for the Grand Bus Jumping Competition that is held every July the 1st in Chorley.
Although I still think more practice is required for the double deckers in Round 2.

Bendy bus in round three should be a doddle.

Hi 'aging walkers'
In the face of advancing years I think it's helpful to have lots of optimism and faith, that as you get out of bed each day and start moving, all the gremlins, aches and glitches will fade away. They currently do.
I'm certainly relying on a mountain of optimism that, when I do my first C2C in June, I'll be almost 68; -yet I started planning this when I was much younger, 18 months ago.
I got great satisfaction from training walks and a 6 day Hadrian's Wall trail last April. But right now I'm getting back my leg strength and hill-climbing (helped by a running machine and step-up blocks), but my hip joints need increasingly liberal doses of Ibuprofen & -gel.
I've reduced my road running to concentrate on walking. Slogger said on another thread there's a rapid fitness drop off with age, and I guess that might explain my history of identical flat 4.0 mile road jogs: (last 5 years' bests)
2006 34:50, 2007 36:05, 2008 (age 65) 37:40, 2009 38:00, 2010 38:50, and so far only one in 2011 =44:20 (yuk).
I used to be overjoyed when one fast run beat the previous year's average. Hardly likely now; -- but hey, where's my optimism? You never know.....
As for my C2C, I intend to split each day into easy small sections. I've sussed out almost every bench, cafe and pub on the route, and June has L O N G hours of daylight ;^)
Ray

It's pubs that are just off the route that are a danger! For example, the Farmers Arms at Muker and the Feversham Arms at Church Houses.

SC, does this 'danger' get worse with age? The pubs you mentioned seem to need quite a climb up out of the valley to regain the trail.
My alternatives might be noon at the Punchbowl Feetham, and evening at the Lion Inn Blakey (camping there). But are my two as suitable for a discerning, aging walker's quality drink?
Ray

You mean that would would want to carry on with the walk after a meal at the Feversham Arms. Now that is a challenge.

The Punchbowl. I last went there when I was on honeymoon. Even a retired doctor who we shared a table with baulked at the cost of the meals. I would expect it far more reasonable now as the market has changed in xx years!

The Lion Inn. No worries. A great pub but it can get busy in high season. A pleasant place to sit and wait though, especially if the weather is kind enough to let you sit outside.

Don't forget to factor in a cream tea at Ravenseat, before Keld and a cuppa at Midge Hall after Littlebeck. If you are camping at the Lion you will probably not be ready for a scone at Dale Head Farm Rosedale ... a great pity.

Did my first 20 miler of the year yesterday and today I am creeping around bent up and creaking. We started in good enough weather but after 2 hours the rain started falling and never let up. Forest tracks became quagmires and to get up steep embankments from river beds we had to grip the ground with our hands tearing up hand fulls of mud. To top it all, at the end we saw our train home leaving the cloud covered station in the distance. This meant sitting around for an hour before the next train reached the terminus. At least the sun is shinning this morning, so I had better do some stretching to get some of the knots out. I notice that I won't have to cut my nails for some weeks as they are ground down.