MikeMoon01 had some good ideas about easy forms of exercise. I do use a power mower, but I don't use the power drive. I let the engine produce the cut while I push it round a fairly large and sloping garden, and the mower is a heavy one to push! I sometimes need to shop in 2 supermarkets. I park at one and then walk to the other and then back again. When I first got into walking with a friend we walked on Portreath beach as often as we could. We would drive down to the car park next to the beach and pay a pound for parking. Now we park 1/4 of a mile away, clear of any seasonal parking restrictions, walk to the beach for our beach walk and then walk back to the car. Better for our fitness and we save a pound! I nearly bought one of those small power rotovators to help me prepare the veg patch recently. Instead, I dug it over by hand. Better workout and saved money. A friend bought a small fitting for his bicycle that goes under the rear wheel. It converts the bike into a cycle machine, and he can still use the bike on the roads when he wants. I sold my eliptical cross trainer to a friend some years ago. The only week she didn't lose weight is the week she didn't use it.
Lee.
