craigavon

yano what? its taken about 10 years but im starting to like craigavon..i like the way the cycle path is right beside my house, i like the great shopping centre (one of the best in NI i reckon), i like my little spot at craigavon lakes where i can just sit in the sun and read, i like my house, i like my garden, i love kernan pitches cause i can take beth there and throw a frisbee for miles or fly a kite or kick a ball with her..its just so cool! i know this is random but i only realised today..

ive really taken to cycling by myself recently. its a great way to get exercise and to just have some time out with The Big Man. ive been cycling every day for the past few days now and i really wanted to go to the lakes but i had forgotton how to get there and didnt want to look like an absolute tube cycling backwards and forwards trying to find them lol. so, this morning, i went online and got myself a wee map of the craigavon cycle trail (http://www.cycleni.com/common/product/documents/Craigavon%20Cycle%20Trail%20map%20side.pdf) and i found how to get there! so, i grabbed my bag, washed some fruit, got a bottle of tesco mountain spring water from the fridge, stuck in my right earphone and set off on my big adventure.

im really unfit :S and part of the reason for the cycling everyday is to get fit for the summer..so as you can imagine i was puffing about 5 minutes in lol. my knees were aching and my muscles were sore..but being the determined person i am, i continued. so i got to the lakes and theres this really big grassy hill and i was gonna go there to eat my fruit and read for a bit but i decided to see what else i could find. cycled on for a bit more..past a housing estate, past powerwalkers, past joggers, past dogs running around and then i saw this bench..and in front of it you could see this great view. the unspoiled natural habitat for so many animals..this beautiful lake. there was long grassy stuff in the middle and the water was so calm. the bench was just about two yards away from the waters edge. beautiful. it was so calm and tranquil. i was in awe of Gods creation! and then i thought, wow..men made these lakes. ok you are probably gonna think im contradicting myself if you dont know anything about craigavon. ok, basically, years and years ago, actual humans made those lakes. they dug out the ground and filled the holes with water and stuff and now...years on...that place is thriving! theres so much wildlife and its so beautiful. i love it there.

sorry, its just all this stuff popped into my head and i want to show everyone how cool my place is! ill take a picture of it and post it on this thing.