Inspired Naturally – Kate MacAndrew, artist and school workshop leader based in Derbyshire

It’s Saturday and right now I should be out with my powerwalking friends completing our last long training session before the Moonwalk on 15th May. Instead, I am sat curled up on the sofa feeling extremely frustrated! Despite resting, resting and more resting since seeing the Doctor I am still under the weather. That said, I thought I should take the opportunity while I can, to blog at the weekend! I don’t know about you but I always think weekends go incredibly fast. All week you plan what it is you would like to do, see and get done and when it arrives you either do all those things (and feel exhausted by Sunday evening) or you end up doing other things and wish you had more time. I have got better at organising my weekends – one of the key reasons for this more recently is the fact I’ve had to schedule long walking sessions somewhere to get the mileage up ready for the Moonwalk. After this event I’ll be swapping my mid-week and weekend powerwalks for runs, in preperation for the 4 events I’ve signed up to between now and September.

On a more creative note, I have started progress on my ‘Life List.’ I know it’s a bit earlly for buying tomato and pepper plants if you haven’t got a frost-free greenhouse to keep them in but…… I couldn’t resist! I’ve had these (see photo) for a few weeks now and they have steadily got bigger. Sometime over the weekend they’ll be repotted and moved to a deeper windowsill. I’ve asked people’s advice and I’m planning to plant them outside come the end of May in the hope the frosts will be gone. I’ve also been given some strawberry plants which I’m hoping to find a home for soon.

Enjoy the weekend!