I’ve been away for another family visit – this one to celebrate my mum’s 86th birthday. Japanese women have the longest life expectancy in the world, but the old Scot has now matched them and with luck she has a few good years left in her yet – Happy Birthday Mum!
As you will see from yesterday’s post, I had pals up for the weekend. Martin made an early start in order to get home to London at a reasonable time, but Paul and Nick fancied a little stroll along the canal towpath before they set off for home, and my usual walking partner Lisa wanted [...]
Another sunny day, which I spent most of staring at a computer screen at home. Finally, I could bear it no longer. I had a small package to post (some SPD clip-on pedal platforms that I was donating to a fellow CycleChat forum member) so I decided to extend my trip to the post office [...]
It was a nice sunny day but I was busy working at home on the computer when Lisa rang. Did I fancy a quick stroll up to Heptonstall with her? Actually, I did! I wanted a break from the PC and I also wanted to test my new walking shoes which had arrived yesterday. I [...]
I felt a bit yucky this morning but in a rare display of good taste, I’ll spare you the unpleasant details…
My guests were spending a few hours having a tasty veggie brunch at the Bear cafe in Todmorden and a stroll round Tod Market so I did a power walk up to Heptonstall to meet Lisa. Boy, was it humid! I got from home to our meeting place in just 14 minutes and was somewhat [...]
My older sister and brother-in-law are up for a long weekend. The sun was shining today and they fancied a little exploratory stroll so we headed for Hardcastle Crags via the Salem riverside walk. We didn’t go far into the Crags since as city dwellers they are not really into doing long walks. We sat [...]
No, I hadn’t given up on the blog – I’ve been away visiting my family in Coventry! Here’s a summary of what exercise I’ve had while I was away. All rides were on my singlespeed bike so were a bit harder than they normally would have been on a multi-geared bike.