London Winter run 5/2/17 – the before
All bright eyed and bushy tailed before the run.
Northala Fields parkrun 4/2/17
Another Saturday, another parkrun. This week with a click of their heels the magic running shoes took me to Northala Fields in North West London, near the west end of the Central Line, that’s the red one. There was the first timers briefing. A tarpaulin on the ground and some benches to place your stuff ...
The Walk
The morning came and I looked at the results of the “pitch inspection” – positive news, both local events a bit icy and slippery but going ahead, (at your own risk of course). Just a slight problem. After taking junior to work for the start of his early shift I returned home and decided to ...
Happy Birthday Livingston parkrun
A bumper parkrun at Livingston today, it was their first anniversary event, so lots of extra folk. Add in the new year resolutioners and the event broke their previous attendance record by ninety to 360. As the tailrunner today I was that number 360. Not needing to run without stopping I took the opportunity to ...
Favourite things
A couple of my favourite things happened today, they are both in different ways things I find so therapeutic. If I get regular doses in 2017, I’ll be a happy & peaceful camper. First of all chopping wood with an axe. A simple thing to do but no room for a wandering mind or psychological ...
A Black & White Walk
Today’s walk for Boris and me was to a woodland we haven’t been to for a couple of months. On the last visit we spied the boards that the Forestry Commission had put up, inviting bids from companies to harvest the soft wood forest. A crop grown over the last thirty to forty years now ...
Santa parkrun !
Christmas came a day early, to the little boy, in the shape of a present from Santa parkrun. Santa didn’t do all it himself, no. Assisting Santa were the Christmas Elves – Wiggle & Tribesports. So through the letterbox dropped a package. The eager young parkrunner collected his package from the mat with a level ...
The Tail of a Brush?
Those of us who have a Labrador dog in the house are well aware of the sweeping power of a dog’s tail. This tail is designed of course to drive the dog through the water to retrieve sodden Labradorian fisherfolk or downed fowl or in our case swimming for the joy of it. It only ...
Walnuts & The Walking Dead
It’s winter and Christmas is looming near, Ho Ho Ho ! Of course with Christmas comes food associated with the season of cheer. In this case roasted chestnuts. Tasty enough, they don’t take long to cook in the hot oven. Once peeled it’s an easy munch. I don’t know about you though but to me ...
Latent Power
One of the delights of living where we live is that time of the day when the natural lights are turned off – dusk. In the summer we witness intense orange horizons, as the sun sets in the west. These sunsets are the equal to any I’ve seen in my travels. In the winter, especially ...