I’ve almost always lived near water, I grew up next to depleted gravel pits (now a fantastic nature reserve), holidayed by the sea and swam almost every day. Debbie and I have always lived close to rivers or the sea and I spend most mornings walking or cycling along the...
Today was my first real strength training session and although it started late, it went well. I enjoy pushing myself in exercise and I like it even more when I’m getting encouragement and support from someone else. I’ve noticed yet another benefit of having a personal trainer, he run’s around...
Well the summer holidays are over, my lazy afternoons lounging in the garden are coming to an end, Debbie and the twins are back at school/college and Jennie is back at work (Steph started last week). It’s been fun, but I’m looking forward to doing more stuff again, DIY, hiking,...
One of the things that I love about St Annes is the view of distant hills that keep tempting me to explore them. To the North the Lakeland fells, to the south Snowdonia and to the east Rivingon and the West Pennine moors, today was one of the better days...
I’ve still got a mild cold and last night it decided to step things up a notch, gifting me with shivers and a arthritis flare in my left arm, shoulder and lower right leg. That’s just the kind of random selection of body parts that I’m used to, so there’s...
Last night I started with a cold, which as tends to happen triggered a little bit of a flare, which in turn brought back to life a bad bruise on my leg which had me limping around. I decided that my best option was to relocate tomorrows walk to St...
On my personal blog I wrote an article yesterday about how I’ve built an anti-fragile lifestyle, to offset the unpredictability that my health conditions impose. In this post I thought I would explore how I’ve applied the same principles in business to create an organisation that’s also resilient to the...
Although the weather’s been a bit blustery and chilly when the clouds came over, today’s been a wonderfully warm social time. The day started as it almost does with me saying goodbye to a sleepy Debbie to come downstairs and feed the hungry cats, before heading out on my bike...
Swimming is starting to become a habit, I added another two lengths, so I’m up at 18 now and although my shoulders are sore they are coping. My legs continue to be really, really sore when I’m walking up and down stairs, but I’m swimming better and they are stronger...