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...
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...
I’m still really, really sore and stumbling around a bit while walking, but that’s not stopping me swimming or cycling, although I’m taking it easy with both of them. I did 16 lengths of the pool today and I’m planning to up that by 2 lengths a day until I’m...
I felt the first twinge of boredom today, that’s not bad going since I retired nearly 3 months ago and I have a good reason. I’m really really sore from yesterdays workout and my head feels fuzzy from the difficulty sleeping, because I was really really sore last night too! ...
It was only the first day of my gym training, but honestly I can already say that I’ve never worked so hard, that’s the difference that a personal trainer makes. The first session was free and was more of an assessment than a training session, but the assessment was hard,...
I’m back in St Annes today and it feels great, it’s very true that one of the best things about travelling is coming home, all those little comforts, knowing where everything is, seeing friends and family, time to chill out. What’s not so great though is the accumulation of all...