The walk was about 6.5 miles in total and quite overgrown in places, with some of the access cut off by the farmer, so we had to take a bit of a detour from the planned route. We started from home, walked around the quarry, which is owned by Tarmac, I think. We then walked through a field full of cows, including a bull, but luckily he wasn't interested in us as he stayed at the far end of the field. Across a few cornfields, the railway track, through the village and then more cornfields. Here are a few photos. I also shared a video in my community, and this is the sort of thing we talk about in the Hills & Heart Hiking Club. If you're interested in joining, it's still FREE at the moment.👇 https://skoo.ly/hiking I might transition to paid soon, to make more use of Skool's new Growth Boost feature, but I haven't decided yet! What are your thoughts on this?

On Friday, I went for a lovely walk at Haughmond Hill, as it’s finally cooled off here in the UK for now! It was fairly quiet given that it’s half-term for the schools here, but we did get there for just after 9am to beat the crowds. On the way back, we stopped off at the ruins of Haughmond Abbey, which is a medieval abbey from the 12th century. It was closed during Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monateries in 1539. PS this is the sort of thing that we post about in the Hills & Heart Hiking Club. So, if you love getting out on the trails, or local hikes and enjoy chatting and sharing photos, come along and join us.👇 🔗 https://www.skool.com/hiking-7608

Last week, I went to the library, and that kind of prompted this question. 📚 Where do you usually buy your books from? Do you like to buy them online, or in a store? Or do you prefer to borrow them from the library, or a mixture of all of those things? I hadn’t been to the library in ages, and we went to our local one, because I wanted to sign up, so that I could borrow digital books online. I actually had to get a new library card, because I wasn’t on their system anymore due to the fact that I’d got the library card nearly 20 years ago! 🤣 I usually buy e-books, because it’s easier to hold with the osteoarthritis and I have a Kindle, which means I’m kind of tied to Amazon at the moment. But I have just switched to a Kobo e-reader, which I’ll be able to use to read digital library books. These are exactly the kinds of conversations we’ve been having in the Cosy Living Community. Everyday chats about the things that make life more enjoyable, from books and reading to all things cosy living. It’s a lovely, friendly space and I’d love to see you there! 🌸 If that sounds like your kind of place, come and join us here ➡️ https://skoo.ly/cosy And here are a couple of photos of the library, because it is a beautiful old building and has a really cool fact about it, it used to be a school and Charles Darwin went there. ⬇️

Right… something came out of a Mirror session yesterday, that we run inside the Backroom (MYM ENGINE ROOM) that I wanna share because I think every single Skool community owner needs to hear this… Your tiers are not just price points. They are STEPS. And the job of each step is to speak to the person on the step below about what's waiting on the step above. And here's the question I want you to actually sit with for a second mwah… Does every piece of content you put out speak to the person on the step below about what's waiting on the step above… or are you just talking to everyone about everything and hoping the right person figures out where they fit… Because if it's the second one… that's possibly why peeps ain’t moving. Not because they don't want to. Because nobody (aka you wink) has shown them clearly enough where the next step actually leads and why they need to be on it. 𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺… 𝗧𝗵𝗲 $𝟭 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 (𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱) is for the epic person who wants to be a little more themselves… have real juicy convos…say the shit they have been holding back, use their voice, stop lurking and actually start showing the ef up… they're not quite ready to DO yet… they want to feel it out a tad first… and that is absolutely fine because that step is doing exactly what it's supposed to do… 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗬𝗠 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝘁 $𝟮𝟳 (𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲) is for the person who is DONE talking about it and ready to actually move… they want to do the thing… fix the damn thing… get in the room and make it happen… together… live… every single fricken week… 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝘄 𝗩𝗜𝗣 𝗮𝘁 $𝟵𝟵 (𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗙) is for the badass person who wants MY eyes specifically on THEIR specific thing… intimate, exclusive, my eyes balls in on your biz, together… just us… going deep into their world every single month… Do it yourself. Do it together. Do it with me. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞. 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠 😂

Now that it’s spring again, I’ve opened the FREE Hills & Heart Hiking Club here on Skool. It’s a community for walkers, ramblers, and hikers of every kind. Share your favourite routes, tips, photos, and enjoy being part of a friendly online walking community. 📝 Includes a FREE digital Walking Planner to track, plan, and journal about your hikes! If you’re interested, please join us here. ⬇️ HILLS & HEART