Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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The Chilterns
Hope you had a good weekend. I don't know how it is where you are in the world, but the days here in southeast England are just fantastic. We've got beautiful weather (something that is not always the case), with the sun shining from morning till evening, the air is clear and not too humid. It's refreshing. Boy, do I like jumping out of bed at 5.30am at the moment!
We were in the countryside yesterday, to be precise, in the Chilterns which is a range of hills about 30 miles out of London towards Oxford. They form a crescent moon-shape from Aylesbury in the North, sweeping round towards Surrey, southwest of London. Beyond this line of hills is the Thames basin and it's very flat, but the Chilterns is an area of gently rolling hills, woodland, farms, little winding country lanes, thousands of footpaths for walkers, small villages with only one pub and a church. There is so much variety, with valleys, hills, woods and some great views with few buildings in sight and it's quiet. That is if it wasn't for the light aircraft that fly over. There's a small airfield at Wycombe and the lazy drone of single-engined aircraft can disturb the peacefulness. But that aside, it's the most wonderful walking country....with very few walkers. (I should keep this to myself so not to make it busier!) It's also a great area to watch Red Kites circling above looking for prey. 
There are also stately homes and park lands owned by the National Trust open to the public. We had a picnic as usual after our five mile walk. It's just so good to take the boots off, sit down and tuck into salad, quiche, cheese and grapes. And then there's tea and cakes being served in the churchyard at Hambledon with the gentle tones of a wind quartet for accompaniment. ....so villagey, so quintessentially English....but it's good. It makes a grand day out. OK I've done my bit for publicising the English countryside.
So here I am back at my clinic early on Monday morning and today is going to be a great day. I'll tell you more about this landmark day shortly. In the meantime, I hope your weekend was lovely and keep thoughts positive for a good week. Enjoy.
