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Time to Rant
Its finally happened, the world has gone totally insane. I had to drive miles yesterday to get enough petrol to drive back home again, what was the point? Over the last few weeks I have sat on the sidelines of society watching as it gradually sinks into an oblivion, and not the fun, theme park kind. At the beginning of this whole pandemic episode, we didn’t believe it, we said it would be fine and we refused to conform. Then, gradually we did conform, we stayed home, we wore masks, we stayed away from family. Things got difficult, small businesses struggled. New businesses were formed, people pretended they were fine,…
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Never Give Up
Greetings fellow travellers in time, I hope you are rested and well as I begin my tale. Where have you been oh mighty guru, I hear you cry (hopefully). Well, my friends much has changed since we last communed and my life has been a whirlwind. Last time I wrote this blog we were still in lockdown, although there were signs it was coming to an end, and there was a road map. Now, almost six months later (I know! Six months! I’m such a bad blogger) the road map is gone, tossed aside like last years Christmas cards (that never got sent anyway) and we are in a new…
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Healthy Living
Another week another set of rules and a slight revision to a road map that no one understands anyway. But we just carry on and hope for the best, I mean what else is there? So dear followers, how are you all coping? Have you lost weight, gained weight, got fitter, got lazier? It’s been one of the biggest changes we’ve seen but in the grand scheme of things its probably just a bump in the road. Dinosaurs managed a couple of hundred million years before an asteroid fell on them, we’ve only been here a short period, I’m sure we can cope with a bug. Maybe its natures way…
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Solo walking safely
You may have noticed a distinct lack of blog last week and while I’d like to say there was a glitch in the matrix and technical issues forced me not to post anything, I’d be lying. In fact, last week I just lost all motivation and couldn’t bring myself to write anything. I’m not looking for sympathy or anything here, I’m just stating the facts. There was no blog because I ran out of mojo. This week however, after the more positive government announcement and a possible end date for this weirdness, I have some enthusiasm back and so Im here again to regale you with my antics. It did…
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Healthy Eating and Stretches
Welcome once again fellow travellers on life’s path to yet more of my thoughts, experiences, and ramblings. I wrote some time ago about my keto journey and my experiences with a low carb diet and at the time things were going well but it was early days. I thought it was time to update you on my findings and pass on some advice. what is keto? For those of you unfamiliar with the term keto, let me explain. Firstly, keto is a shortened version of the word ketosis and refers to the natural state the body enters when it uses dietary or stored fat as fuel instead of sugars and…
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Lockdown Routines
I opened my eyes the other morning in the semi dark to another day of tedium. Its getting to the point where I have to check the calendar to see what day it is, one day is much like the next. I don’t even bother with an alarm anymore; I know I’ll be awake by 8am or thereabouts and I have nothing really to get up for anyway. Its dark when I get up, it makes it so hard to drag myself out of bed. I know there are many people for whom this doesn’t make sense, they have jobs, they set an alarm, get up go to work, even…
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2020 – What a year.
Here we go again. Most of us have just moved up to tier 4, which is effectively another lockdown, and the rest are in tier 3, a semi lockdown, but how long will it last this time? A year ago, I was preparing to move into my new house, in a new village, full of hope and promise and looking forward to the next chapter in my life. The industrialist Andrew Carnegie was not much older than me when he sold his company and moved into what he termed, the third phase of his life where he began to give something back, and I really thought I was heading into…
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Geocaching – The Search for Gold Doubloons
My last couple of blogs have been very walking oriented and this one is probably the same, but I do want to emphasise that walking isn’t just something I do for fun, nor is it something frivolous that I think you should do when you’re bored. Walking really is beneficial to your health in so many ways. Being outside exposes us to Vitamin D, and we all know how good that is at the moment, to negative ions that help us to combat the effects of free radicals. It helps to lessen anxiety, helps us get more sleep, improves focus, gives you better immunity, I mean the list is endless…
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Lockdown Blues
Second week of lockdown 2 seems to have been the hardest for me and for many people I have spoken to, as I think we are just about over the enforced holiday, plus the weather isnt as nice! Those of us who are furloughed or forced to stay at home have begun to lose our sense of purpose and its been even harder to stay motivated. Even the most hardened walkers on the many social media groups I frequent have found this period more difficult with many struggling to reach their mileage goals for the year. So what are we to do, dear friends? Its easy to think, well there…
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Salt water and muscle cramps
So here we are, Lockdown 2 the difficult second album. Although maybe a little less strict than the first time its still going to be tough on many of us, but it is a chance to work on your fitness and your mental wellbeing, which is exactly what I shall be doing. If you’ve been keeping up you will know that last week I talked about my weight loss journey so this time I’m going to continue banging on about health and we are going to take a look at dehydration and rehydration. Lets start with a bold statement shall we? Water doesn’t hydrate you. I mean it does, obviously,…
