An uphill battle

It's a bit depressing.  It's been so long since I stopped seriously walking that my fitness level has dropped off very badly.  So today I did a walk that should have taken no more than half an hour, and spent about an hour on it - and although part of that time was spent standing quietly and looking for birds, there was a fair bit of waiting to catch my breath too. I went into the Colonial Knob reserve at the Spicer Park entrance, and took the side track that stops at a stream where there might once have been a bridge and carries on over the other side.  I didn't feel like getting my feet wet and scrambling up the bank, and time was getting on so I went back.