I did my shopping at the local market at lunchtime and decided that it was such a nice day that I’d go and meet Lisa from work. I sent her a text message saying that I’d meet her, and dashed home to drop my shopping off. I then did my usual power-walk up the hill [...]
It had been raining or drizzly all day and I’d been stuck indoors and feeling as though the sides of the valley were closing in on me. It’s what happens here at this time of year when we get the gloomy weather. What can be a really pretty little valley starts to feel a bit [...]
It has been 23 days since I last rode a bicycle. I can’t use the broken wheel on my Basso as an excuse because my mountain bike was okay but I didn’t ride that either. I had my wheel repaired but I still didn’t ride. Okay, I was ill for a while, but I’ve let [...]
I wanted to get out of the house for an hour so I accompanied Lisa up the hill to Heptonstall on her walking commute to work.
A sunny day and another variation of the Jumble Hole Clough Walk with Lisa.
My mother suffers from glaucoma and it is recommended that close family members should have regular eye tests to see if they are developing the condition. This is very important because 6% of such close family will go on to suffer from glaucoma themselves, and it is the second biggest cause of blindness.
I’ve been stuck indoors for a week (apart from about 4 hours shopping and socialising). I really must get out more! The main reason was that I had a chest infection so I felt pretty rough, but that shouldn’t have stopped me going for a couple of short walks. I can feel myself slipping into [...]
I’ve been feeling ill since I got back from Coventry. My mother had a bug while I was down there and it seems to have spread to the rest of my family. Lisa seems to have caught it too now so when we went for our Saturday stroll, she was struggling somewhat when we went [...]