70forseventy

 I first started thinking about my 70forseventy experience around winter solstice last year, and by 1 January I had the first draft of The List. Amazingly the challenge wasn't how to find seventy things to include, but how to limit myself to seventy things! So exactly six months on, I thought it was time to step back for a moment to see where I'm at. First of all, that list: these are the things that I've done or am doing. Write a blog about doing 70 for seventy ✔ This is it! Reach level at least A2 in Spanish ✔ I'm up to a 277 day streak on Duolingo and it tells me that I'm now at middle A2 level. I'm not so sure, but I'm carrying on doing my half an hour a day and can also often be found wandering round the vineyards with Indie muttering away to myself in (bad) Spanish. I started to learn on Duolingo last autumn when I was on my usual October holiday in L'Estartit - I'm going this year again so the truth will out when I open my mouth! Do Pilates a...