Recovery time...

[stovie]

...is it just me getting older... but it seems to take longer and longer to get over my weekends away with the scouts. Monday I'm a little jaded...Tuesday I'm flagged...and it's not until the end of the week that I start to feel back to normal (whatever that is).

What about the rest of you...after a hectic weekend out and about are you sprightly on Monday, or do you struggle for a day or two.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[MSkiba]

Yes I do a lot of excersize when out and camping so I feel it in my lefs and shoulders for the next two days.

Im normally right as rain two days later, apart from the mozzie bites.

So far Ive managed to go camping 5 weekends in a row woohoo go me!!

 

[treadlightly]

Like you I'm a little tired on Mondays after a weekend out. Age, I guess.

 

[British Red]

Oh yes mate. I sympathise. I was digging out tree stumps today. Tomorrow I will pay

 

[slammer187]

I'm usually wrecked after weekends but there is a reason for it, when out camping (especially with scouts) you do a lot more physical activity than you do on an average day which your body cannot handle but there is a simple solution to the problem, Taking in about 6,000kal a day will leave you feeling fine after a weekend

 

[drewdunnrespect]

or you lot need to grow young coss i am 22 and i sometimes get home from camping on sunday at say 4.00 and go and ave two ours sleep then go to work at seven and do a Tweleve our shift but i am sure that will change as i get older

 

[tim_n]

My voice recovers at about 4pm on Wednesday after the Sunday clear up

 

[dave53]

yes it is the same for me always takes a day or to to recover but it beats watching the old goggle box and im 57 regards dave

 

[GordonM]

Stovie, I find that the second day after is the more painful.

Gordy

 

[redandshane]

Phew its not just me then
"old age doesn't come alone"

You should see me after a week out walking-knackered
doesn't stop me though

 

[MartinK9]

I'm still recovering from Norway ( almost 2 Months) Stovie, so you're not alone

 

[cbkernow]

its lack of sleep that does me in on camp. Usually kids off to bed by midnight but always nice to have a chat and glass of wine round the fire with other leaders, so rarely in bed before 2am . then being camp I'm usually up at 7 at the latest to enjoy a cup of tea before the kids get up.

Force myself not to lie down when I get home otherwise I'll sleep for a couple of hours and feel worse! Bed about 9 and then don't feel too bad for Monday morning.

 

[Acorn62]

I'm now suffering with old injuries playing up. Shoulder from dislocation seems to flare up, pop out and take forever to heal, previous breaks ache with the damp and on it goes (all that abuse when I was younger - take note Drew!).
The mind is still 26 though...... and thinks the body is too....

 

[GordonM]

previous breaks ache with the damp and on it goes (all that abuse when I was younger - take note Drew!).
The mind is still 26 though...... and thinks the body is too....

Roger that! The arthritus can be intense at times.

Gordy

 

[stovie]

..... Taking in about 6,000kal a day will leave you feeling fine after a weekend

Does beer count....calories and analgesia in one bottle....

 

[stovie]

Stovie, I find that the second day after is the more painful.

Gordy

Agreed...100%....I think I'm still running on adrenaline monday, and come Tuesday the kidneys have had enough (adrenal glands that is...) sorry, muttering shop to myself

 

[stovie]

Oh yes mate. I sympathise. I was digging out tree stumps today. Tomorrow I will pay

so are you suggesting I shouldn't do the garden at the weekend...If so, could you PM my wife...later when I've travelled a safe distance from WG....

 

[British Red]

<sigh>

Wish I could lend BB out. I took the bladed brush cutter out today to the stack yard behind the barn (needs some new tiles before the winter)....then teak oiled two benches, six chairs, two tables, and a swing seat (three coats each). She told me to spend more time sitting down and drinking beer (bless her).

Can't work out whether to shift two tonne of wood chip tomorrow or chop back another 20' of border. Both get old really quick!

 

[stovie]

<sigh>

Wish I could lend BB out.... She told me to spend more time sitting down and drinking beer (bless her).

..... Both get old really quick!

And with a natty bit of editing, I have the power of blackmail....Now, what you doing this weekend???

 

[British Red]

Making a big pile of horse poo and rotting grass clippings......want to help?