Taking the car in.

Today I had to take the car in to the local Vauxhall dealership as there is a known issue with the heat resistor causing fires. Therefore, i had received a letter asking me to take the car in to get it checked and fixed at Vauxhall's expense. I needed to pop into town to get a few things from a couple of places so I checked out a route on my Viewranger account t get me into town from the dealership. I found I could follow a road that went along the Middlesbrough to Saltburn  railway line for a little way, past the football stadium and into the town centre and back to the bus station, Later on I had to walk from home to the dealership to pick the car up.

Total miles today are 8.9 which is pretty good for me at the moment. I probably did 11 - 14 miles a day when I was a teenager doing my paper round morning & evening plus walking to  /  around school. No wonder I was skinnier then.

Here are the stats and maps and also some photos.

View of the railway line heading to Redcar / Saltburn

Looking towards Middlesbrough.

A tributary into the river Tees

Signal box & level crossing

Coast path signpost

Network Rail staff hard at work

Introduction

Hello, I'm Deejay.
I'm a 44 year old bloke that's far too overweight, has Type 2 Diabetes and suffers from Sleep Apneoa. Now, I want to do something about the weight which will help my fitness and medical conditions. I used to be a fairly slim fella in my youth and wouldn't mind getting back to somewhere back near that again. This blog is about the walks I will do in order to try and lose a bit of weight. I am taking part in the #walk1000miles2017 challenge by Country Walking magazine.