I don’t believe in God and I’m not a flag waver, so I wasn’t singing ‘God Save the Queen’ the other weekend. However I do admire commitment and nobody can accuse Queen Elizabeth, or the Lord God Almighty (unverifiable identity but bear with me) of lacking total commitment to their causes. If you want something to work, be it a religion, a dynasty, even a big night out and especially a ‘made in Britain’ business, then COMMITMENT is what you need.
Instead of just turning my nose up at everyone else maybe I should commit to my own celebration? Just do something, no matter how irrelevant, to mark the occasion. Do something fun that I’ll remember. Mark time with a good time.
I didn’t fancy putting up bunting and having a garden party so I decided to celebrate what I love about living where I do by going for a proper walk in the big hills. Because I like to overdo it let’s make it three walks and the hills will be the biggest in the land. So me and Alex the photographer set off up Snowdon last week, we’ll go to Scafell Pike next week and then Ben Nevis later in the summer.