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Snow Stopped Play!

So much for today’s scheduled bike ride…

Fight or Flight?

I just walked to the shops and realised that I needed to get some cash from the local ATM. I’d done that and was walking back towards the supermarket when I saw two stocky young men coming towards me. I could tell that they’d been drinking and they had a rather menacing air about them [...]

Baby, I Got The Blues…

I’m just giving the new WordPress theme a go. I quite like the change from green to shades of blue – what do you think? It might take a while to filter out some of the dodgy ads but I am trying folks. Specifically – surgery, pills and fad weight loss ads.

Filthy Lucre!

I was hoping to make a small income from this blog by writing reviews of products that I liked. Well, I actually only made about £45 or $70 in total last year so I’m going to have to try a lot harder. I have come to the conclusion that that includes incorporating advertising. It won’t [...]

The scales must go!

Those damn bathroom scales must go! I’ve discovered that they are not only inaccurate, more importantly – they are also inconsistent! I weighed myself this morning and they indicated 14 st 12 lbs. I went and peed out about a pint or so and then reweighed myself. Apparently losing a pint of urine had increased [...]

Summary of Christmas Week

I’ve been away for Christmas so I haven’t had as much exercise as I’d have liked, but I did what I could. Here’s a summary of what I got up to last week…

Even Bigger Hairier Caterpillar!

You’ve shuddered at The Big Hairy Orange Caterpillar…

A Letter From Mozambique

I had intended to get on my gym bike today but I decided to give myself one more day to stop wheezing from my recent cold. I didn’t used to be this cautious but I rushed out on my bike once, the first chance I got after a chest infection and I ended up unconscious [...]