My arms are still killing me after my inaugural attempts to do press-ups. I just looked in my cupboard and I’m 100% sure that anything
Month: April 2017
The Sterling Sunrise Medical Elite XS 4 Mobility Scooter
I haven’t done this in a while (and I don’t normally write two posts in a day) but my dad was browsing for items that
Thirteen and a half stone later…
I’ve rather enjoyed this week – and as well as my walk to Balsall Common and trip to Oxford on I treated myself to a first
Wolvercote to Cassington on the Thames path
One of the upsides of having friends that don’t live nearby is that if you want to keep in contact with them then occasionally you
Kenilworth to Balsall Common
Despite many weather forecasts suggesting today would see epic rainfall it’s instead proven to be absolutely gorgeous – and has been the perfect morning to be out and about
Back on the bike
It’s been a while since me and my torture simulator spent some quality time together – but since all of the muscles associated with walking
Feeling lots better
I’m currently revelling in two different kinds of little miracles – the first as old as time and the latter a far more recent thing.
Sayonara 13 Stone
I had an inkling that things may be on the right track this morning when I put a recently purchased shirt on and could sit
Large chopper
I hate to say it but this week (and today in particular) I’m struggling a bit. This afternoon I’m looking around me and I’m feeling
No songs or Northerners
I’m waiting for 5.20. It’s almost 4pm. It’s been almost 4pm for about three or four hours. Or thereabouts. Maybe that’s just me being impatient.
Along the Offchurch Greenway
As bank holidays go I’ve zero complaints so far. If the point of such a holiday is spending time wandering aimlessly from place to place
One year on…
So it’s here. It’s actually a whole year since I joined Slimming World. 365 days have passed. It’s currently 8.21am on Saturday 15th April 2017
Not that man any more
Today I’ve hit my target. Theoretically I don’t have to walk anywhere. I can sit at home, put my feet up on the sofa, turn on
Pity party
It’s not rained for a while. Not properly anyway, meaning that dirt track walks have suddenly dried out and extra bits of the countryside have
Good golly it’s Molly!
It’s 10am and the canal towpath is already busy with the fleeting scent of jogger and cyclist’s body sprays as they pass by. Occasionally I
Backed up
Whilst in Tesco’s this afternoon I was standing next to a child having a meltdown in the DVD aisle. As I watched her tantrum reach fever pitch
New shorts
Another day has passed and i’m another tantalising step closer to normality (if such a thing exists). I stood in a changing room in my local supermarket
It’s twenty nine!
‘In all the years I’ve been a diabetic specialist,’ said the practice nurse sitting in front of me ‘I’ve never seen a diabetic patient with HbA1c
Passing duck
As I’ve been walking over the last few days I’ve seen and said hello to a lot of people. It’s somehow always easier to say
Hedgerows
Although summer is a still a way off today has definitely had the feel of it – even if it’s the wrong time of year. Everything
