{"id":4934,"date":"2019-01-03T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2019-01-03T16:11:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T15:11:07","slug":"january-2019-a-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/january-2019-a-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2019. A New Year."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well another year has been and gone and we welcome 2019 with a little trepidation. None of us can foresee the future, we just need to embrace whatever is thrown at us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t believe in making resolutions. I do however believe in setting goals and challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those goals is to get up earlier. I am a natural night owl, but I do enjoy early mornings when I have too. That is when we go competing before the break of day. My instruction from the yard manager, \u2018Just fall out of bed and into the lorry by XX.X am. I usually manage to get up early enough to put on tail bandages and help load the team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another goal is to walk more. So, with that in mind the boys and I set off \u2018round the block\u2019 in the beautiful January sunshine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1234-e1546525956200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4931\" data-link=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/img_1234\/\" class=\"wp-image-4931\" \/><figcaption>Let&#8217;s go!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1235-e1546525752772-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4930\" data-link=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/img_1235\/\" class=\"wp-image-4930\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Come on!&#8221; says Jaeger<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" 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data-link=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/img_1241\/\" class=\"wp-image-4924\" \/><figcaption>Where are we going?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1242-e1546525098751-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4923\" data-link=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/img_1242\/\" class=\"wp-image-4923\" \/><figcaption>Nearly half way.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1243-e1546525028898-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4922\" data-link=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/img_1243\/\" class=\"wp-image-4922\" \/><figcaption>Uphill home.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loire-gite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_1246-e1546524946336-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4921\" 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