Sunday 23 November 2014

Wednesday 19 November 2014

Leg testing days 3 & 4

A week and a half ago I cycled about 3.9 miles around my neighbourhood and started the first on a program of muscle strengthening exercises from here..

Courtesy of Ordnance Survey Getamap 
Not much to write about, cloudy with a touch of muscle pain.

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This week




Sunday I took a 5.6 mile jaunt through the woods to Merry Hill.


Happily, all that ached were my feet!


Overcast, sunny patches, lots of dogs, people and mud.



I took a road route half way around, mainly because I don't like retracing my steps, and came through the expensive part of Bushy.

 

Saturday 15 November 2014

Fond memories

27 kilograms!
+ food!
Transcribing an old trip report is bringing back some memories and reminding me how David has grown! (And how my pack-weight over the years has shrunk!)

'The Ridgeway' was the first trip I took David on. He was only 10 years old. Bless. Must show his girlfriend...

Butter wouldn't melt...

Wednesday 5 November 2014

On a bit of a mission

Mrs. Knee has found out our local council (Harrow) has decided to do away with funding for a lot of our local voluntary care services (MIND, Age Concern, Association for the Disabled, Citizens Advice Bureau, etc...).

These services do a lot to support the more vulnerable amongst us as well as taking a load off our strapped-for-cash NHS.

To this end Mrs. Knee has launched an on line petition with the aid of '38 degrees' to get the council to think again.

More details (and to sign) see here.