Scotchman's Creek Trail

Over the past month I have been working on increasing the distance I can walk to the level I could before breaking my ankle six months ago.  Due to the damage I did to the soft tissue, until recently I could only walk, or more accurately limp, around a kilometre or so.

I still have a way to go, and my ankle still swells up every day, and aches when I do too much.  I still don’t have the balance I used to have so need to be very careful as I walk, and I have to walk slower than I used to.  But I am making progress.  I have been told by both my doctor and my physio that this type of injury takes around eighteen months to fully recover from, so I am trying to be patient.

I am very lucky to live in Melbourne where there are some great walking trails.  Today Paul and I decided to walk along the Scotchman’s Creek Trail.  My longest walk since my injury which I did last weekend was 7.5kms, and as today’s walk was fairly flat, I wanted to walk at least 8kms.  I ended up walking nearly nine and a half kilometres.

The Scotchman’s Creek Trail is one I haven’t done in several years and is a lovely walk along the creek, at one stage going under the Monash Freeway through a long tunnel.