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# ah sure grand
6 ways to take that Grand Stretch by the horns
Let there be light…
IT MAY HAVE seemed like the longest, coldest winter known to man but finally there’s a bit of a stretch in the evenings.
In celebration of that extra bit of Vit. D our sorry bones are synthesising right now here’s our top 6 ways to take advantage of that little bit of extra daylight.
1. Book in the park
The cinema may have been your refuge during the winter months, but the time has come to crack open a book, laze on the grass and consider yourself all intellectual, like.
2. Rooftop anything
Rooftop bars, gardens, and terraces are all fair game in your extended days. Find your closest one and set up camp, pronto.
3. Eating outdoors
You’ve already picked out your favorite outdoors lunchtime area to nibble a sanger in, now’s the time to stake out an evening version. Practice your stink-eye for anyone encroaching on your space…
4. Explore your local area
Now that you don’t have to hurry home in the cold and dark, there’s time to explore around where you live. Taking a different route home could throw up all sorts of interesting sights you’d have never seen if you hadn’t gone out of your way a little.
5. Outdoor exercise
Longer evenings mean summer is coming and summer coming means…swimsuits. And swimsuits mean getting in shape. However, there is one shaft of light in that grim, grim exercise tunnel – outdoor exercise. Whether it’s a coastal walk or bootcamp in a park, give those endorphins a double whammy with some light-filled exercise.
6. Break out the patio furniture
Your patio furniture has been waiting all winter (the whole six months of it…) for this moment – do it a solid and set it out in pride of place.
