Hi there its ME.....on the view from here, Tuesday, 14th January 2014

A patchwork of pale grey, cream and a few grill black squares, inter-mingling with rectangles and long ribbon strips, connecting the whole area over head of me as I lay supine and slightly hot, smiling, recognising the view before me.

I'd seen it all before, elsewhere places, of a similar nature and construction, for the same situations, usage and demands.

And here I am, in a resting position, thankful for previous occasions when I'd found myself flat on my back, lifting and lowering the limbs, twisting the body, vainly endeavouring to catch her voice, against the musical thump assailing our senses.

It's almost relaxing, almost, until the voice of our tutor, gains our attention by telling us to gently roll over, curl into a crouching position and rise to stand upright, with our arms raised above our heads.  Complying with her instructions, we swing our arms down and up, down and up, bringing them together in a resting stance, palms together to applause our efforts today.

"Well done, Ladies!  Does anyone need to give me their email address......?"

We roll up our exercise mats and stash them in the corner, then muffling up in coats and wraps in anticipation of the cold awaiting us outside.  Some of us are going for coffee but I'm hurrying home.......things to do, words to write.

The view from here was, of course, the ceiling area of the Community Centre at Hanwell Fields in Banbury, where I'm taking part in my first session with the Rosemary Conley exercise and nutrition class.

Yippee!  I love moving to music and, whenever I'm not, I'm wondering why on earth not!

We give up on exercise far too easily - when, let's face it, it should be the very last thing to go from an active life!!!

Daisy