Not So Active This Christmas

I just read my post from this time last year and was amazed at how much exercise we did over Christmas! This year, not so much. We went to the gym once in Manchester and once in the Lakes on Christmas Eve, then we played squash on Boxing Day, so that's three lots of exercise in the last week, compared to six lots in the same period last year. A decidedly more sedate pace this year, and it was great.

The casino night on Tuesday was really good - we lost all our 'money' on the blackjack table, but we definitely looked the business in our black tie get-up (no pictures I'm afraid - I remembered to take the camera but didn't remember to use it). There was a set of treasure hunt questions left in our room, so we went round Ambleside on Christmas Eve, doing the treasure hunt as we went. It was a great way to see a bit more of Ambleside - it isn't exactly a huge town, but we don't often get to wander round the back streets. After dinner we went to Midnight Mass at St Mary's Church in Ambleside.

The plan on Christmas Day was to go for breakfast, go on the Christmas Morning walk, have lunch, then open our presents in the afternoon. But we were both really tired and not all that bothered for going on the walk this year, so we stayed in and opened our presents in the morning instead. I did really well, particularly considering I told Rob I didn't need anything this year. Among other things, we both got new pyjamas for Christmas, and we put them on after lunch and spent the rest of the day watching DVDs from bed. Very relaxing :).

Yesterday evening the hotel put on a quiz after dinner, which we sucked at. We were lulled into a false sense of security with the picture round, which they gave out at the beginning and which was collected in at the end after the other 5 rounds have been answered. We knew all 10 of the pictures, but unfortunately the other rounds weren't anywhere near as easy and our strong finish wasn't enough to make up for our appalling showing in the other rounds :(. Good fun though.

We drove to my parents' house this morning and had Christmas again - turkey for lunch, then presents this afternoon. Again, I did really well: all I asked for was an iron (exciting, I know) but I got that and lots more. Mum got a cornet - see Jen's blog for a picture of Mum's first attempt to play it. Keep practising, Mum!