Testing times

As per usual I have set myself some challenges this year

and unlike usual I am going to be ready for them

which is why yours truly was wandering about the countryside with a 44 pound rucksack on his back 

gaining as much height as the geography allowed

and in as quick a time as possible.

Have to say I was pretty impressed with myself 

as with a 44 pound pack I was not much slower than when not loaded like a packhorse. 

Roscoe Tasha and Sven were companions of choice today,