This is where the hard work really starts… The clocks went back an hour this morning which means it is now getting dark here before 5 pm and sunset will just continue getting earlier and earlier until close to Christmas. I really struggle with this time of year. The local hillsides have been looking lovely [...]
My old cycling pal Bill is back for the summer so I called upon his workshop skills to sort out my Basso which I had stripped down some time ago, but not got round to reassembling. Bill got stuck in, and after a quick trip down to the LBS (Local Bike Shop) for some replacement [...]
Well, I was still feeling ill but I’d been stuck indoors too much this past week so I was determined to get out for a while. It has been my least active week so far this year – that due to a combination of the mysterious ‘lurgy’ that I’ve picked up, but also due to [...]
There’s been a lot of talk in the media about Swine Flu and how it is going to end civilisation as we know it. I know that a really serious flu outbreak could kill thousands of people but this really doesn’t seem to be it, at least not yet. I’ve been pretty healthy for the [...]
Just a quick personal note. My sister and I took our frail, elderly mother to the hospital today for some medical checks and she got the all-clear – phew! We had been worried about this so it was reassuring that the doctors didn’t find anything to be concerned about.
My neck has been stiff and sore off and on for about a year, but yesterday something happened to it (I’m not sure what) and it got quite painful. I’ve been finding it difficult to turn my head to the left today. It’s definitely a muscular thing, like the muscles on the left are going [...]
I had a quiet day today – I got no exercise other than walking up and down the stairs a few times. I was going to get on my exercise bike but I spent too much time doing odd jobs on the computer and eventually decided to cook my evening meal instead. I’ll make sure [...]
Hmm, I’m salivating…! I just started thinking about the baked sweet potato that I’ll be eating later on, once I’ve done today’s exercise bike session. sweet potatoes have a high nutritional value, and I also happen to love their taste! I found a good article about sweet potatoes on Wikipedia so you might as well [...]