Exercise Regime

I have had more exercise today than in the whole of the last year. We went for a bike ride this morning, admittedly only round the estate, but it still lasted an hour. We then came back and collected the tennis rackets, and played tennis for two hours. This was not perhaps quite as strenuous as it sounds, as D and J took it in turns to 'play', while the one who wasn't playing acted as ball boy. This really just involved me hitting the ball gently over the net to J (who had never held a tennis racket in her life before) and then waiting for D to retrieve it, or me hitting the ball slightly harder over the net to D, and then waiting for J to retrieve it. Nevertheless, it was sunny and very warm (at least 20 degrees I'd guess), and I did at least do a bit of running around. We then rode home, and walked to the restaurant for a fruit platter and a cafe au lait (a 30 minute round trip). The waitress greets us by name now.