I typically bypass Orchard Road when I am in Singapore as I am not much of a shopping person. This is where all the major shopping malls are located in Singapore, so we needed to dedicate some time to the area.

We changed hotels so moved a whole bunch closer to the famed shopping precinct, it was a bit of a walk, so I thought no worries. How wrong I was, this was not a fun day – for the best part. She is used to big shopping malls, I know that but I thought she might like to see a place she has never been. OK, it was a warm day, but everyday is warm in Singapore.

The day before her phone pedometer recorded just short of 30,000 steps, I would have been over 30,000 steps easily. I directed her to some escalators whilst I took the stairs, I might be 56 but still love the challenge of jogging up stairs in tropical humidity. Whilst I have downloaded a pedometer to my Samsung phone, it won’t record steps unless the app is open and I did not open the app. By the end of the day, my legs were shot so when she said she wanted to take the MRT back, I was not complaining. She was tired. I have to keep moving at a brisk pace as the tendons behind my knee are damaged and get fatigued standing around or moving slowly.