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Sensible or chicken?

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tanith Sat 01-Aug-26 15:47:18

I was fully intending on tackling Ivanhoe Beacon today on my own but chickened out at the last minute. It a local hilly walk near me, it’s either a straight walk/climb up 45mins, a 3 mile slower walk or a 9 mile walk I was going to try the 45 mins walk but slowly and then I kept thinking of my daughters words as she left for the weekend,”don’t climb any ladders or do anything daft” so I didn’t go just in case I fell or tripped or something happened. I never used to be put off things like this till recently I wouldn’t of given it a second thought once upon a time.
So was I being sensible or chicken?

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Doodledog Sat 01-Aug-26 15:50:01

Is there a decent signal? If so, and if you have a phone on you (in a pocket or somewhere you could reach if you fell) then so long as you are fit enough to do it, I don't see why not, but it's difficult to say without knowing the variables.

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AGAA4 Sat 01-Aug-26 16:25:05

I used to walk in quite an isolated spot with narrow paths and long drops if you tripped. It didn't bother me at all.
I now have a painful hip so I won't risk those walks. Signal is sketchy so someone may not be found for days if they fell.
You know the walks you plan to go on so assessing their difficulty and your own fitness to do them seems sensible.
I still walk but use the safer better used pathways now.

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