Measuring steps in fruit

YAY! Burned off four bananas’ worth of energy today! I range from a couple of cherries, a plum

or two and maybe the odd grape up to a whole bag’s worth of oranges, a clutch of avocados and a basket of apples. Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration. I think I’d have to walk half

Winding through trees en route.

way to Scotland and back for the equivalent of that much produce. But the point is, the fruit provides an entertaining measure of how well your walk’s gone in terms of calories used. A free app on my mobile tracks performance, and the little fruity icons appear when I finish the workout. I like them, although seeing the occasional solitary strawberry, or whatever, is a bit sad and makes me think along the lines of the old school reports: ‘Could do better!’

I took a rather long-winded route this morning after choosing a wrong turn - and completing two different circuits on a housing estate before eventually finding my way out.

I completed a good lap of the local park, however, which was my goal, before eventually arriving back at base – actually a nearby garage for milk and bread! – at spot on an hour: 1hr 36 seconds, to be precise. Very satisfying! And apart from the slight detour, hadn’t slipped on a single banana skin!

                                                                 

Footnote: 'Fruitometer' is just what I'm calling the quota of fruit recorded on the app after each walk!