The day started with the usual 94 bus ride to Saltley followed by a wake-up two miler into work. After work, with eleven miles to cover, I re-traced my steps from this morning then continued onward towards Star City and beyond. There were graffiti and daffodils to be seen before the sun dipped below the…
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Twenty Mile Warm Up
Amazingly, I did get up at half two this morning. Especially amazing is the fact that after going to bed at half eight I was awoken around ten with a problem at work. Even though it only took about ten minutes to sort I was awake and took ages to go back off. At 03:20,…
Wet Sunday
To complete this weekend’s back to back walks, I dragged myself out of a nice warm bed and out into a cold, wet morn. I may have imbibed a little last night so wasn’t 100% as I headed out of the front door and headed onward. I slipped my way along the muddy track to…
Big Finish
Now before you get excited, this post is not about muscular Sven from Helsinki. Amazingly, I DID wake up at 03:30, breakfasted, threw together a few provisions and was in the car heading for Sutton Park by 04:04hrs. Instead of parking in a side street, as planned, I was able to drive into the park…
Captain, we are being scanned
Had to go to work in the car today as I needed to get over to Solihull in the afternoon for my MRI knee scan. They kept me waiting for a while before strapping me down for twenty minutes of buzzing, banging and clicking (or was it humming, tapping and whirring?) whilst my knee was…