Julia, your wonderful positive attitude will prevail! You are so right about controlling only you!
Love the walking club. I walk with a group and it is so much more motivating especially on those cold mornings when it's tempting to hit snooze and get a little more sleep. We don't usually do pub stops but we have coffee on Fridays and breakfast once a month.
You would laugh if you saw my attempts at walking now though...I have the stoop and shuffle of an 80 year old......I have improved though, it was a 95 year old just last week. My goal is to get around the block by next Friday. I am going to the surgeon tomorrow so that's another positive milestone. I can get the white stockings off.... I've been texting my friends in boredom making up advertisements for the stockings. Actually think they'd be great to keep you warm in London!!