The announcement...

Living virtually on the edge of the Peak District I come across lots of walkers and count many walkers among my friends.I met one of them this morning.I didn't initiate a conversation immediately as I consider myself to be a sensitive soul and knew she would be anxious to make the familiar 'announcement'- the amount of how many miles she'd walked over the weekend and that I don't know what I'm missing.In fact I do know what I'm missing,having trudged most of the Lakeland and Snowdonia fells in years gone by.I didn't tell her this (she didn't give me a chance)and stood,resigned to my fate, while she described every blade of grass and cowpat she'd encountered with her walking group.She didn't notice my eyes glazing over as she then proceeded to tell me for the umpteenth time that it would do me good to join -it would 'get me out of the house'!!I hesitate to tar all walkers wih the same brush but they all do need to announce the amount of miles they've walked and seem to wait for a reaction.Am I supposed to offer congratulations? I usually say 'good for you' or 'well done' Why do I say that? I've been just as virtuous doing the washing or preparing a talk! However, I do say it and I did so this morning,albeit with glazed over eyes.Ah well, that's my moan over for the day.Time to bring the washing in.