New Camera and Old Pub

New Camera After a lazy Boxing Day, I was up with the larks on Sunday (assuming that larks wake up around 7 o’clock) and ready to try out the new camera and socks. For footwear, I decided to utilise my Scarpa Goretex shoes which are slightly big requiring 2 pairs of socks – the next…

Merry Christmas

I awoke on Christmas Day to discover that Santa had been, so I must have been a good boy. Before the rest of the household were up, I nipped out for a few miles to blow away the Crimbo cobwebs. I crossed over the oddly deserted M6 to Water Orton clocking up a nifty 3.3…

Canal by Moonlight

Similarly to last week or so ago, I was able to leave for work a little early and grab a walk en route. I parked up in Hockley Heath for a walk along the Stratford Canal towards Kingswood. The sky was clear with a nearly full moon. Even though the moon was still waxing, it…

Work

Still feeling rather coldy, I was back at work on Friday, working a day shift (0700 – 1900.) Towards the end of the shift it was time for my circuits and I completed 16 laps or 4 miles. Saturday was much the same but with a few more laps (20 laps – 5 Miles). Sunday,…