doubtfulace came over for Christmas lunch and he spotted this real-life Advent Calendar whilst we were on our postprandial walk


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( Food diarying for 22nd Sep )

The lovely self_etcetera came down to visit for the afternoon. We walked to Regent's Park. There was lying down and looking at the sky/trees. There was chatting. There was treating me to lunch! There was climbing Primrose Hill and viewing the marvellous London cityscape. There was walking along the Regent's Canal back to King's Cross. All in all there was 6 ( Read more... )

This isn't exactly a *how to leave the flat* post. Not enough of you are currently being entertaining or available, so I think I will have to prize myself from the sofa. I'm still really knackered, but I'm worried that might be due to inactivity now rather than exertion. I'm going to have a walk on Hampstead Heath using the fuel that is caffeine. ( Read more... )

doubtfulace and I went for a long walk on Sunday from Camley Street near King's Cross to Brentford. This is the route we took. We walked west along the Regent's Canal, passing through Camden Market and alongside Regent's Park, until we got to the mis-named Little Venice where we had a rest in a canal barge/café. Little Venice has enough room for a canal barge ( Read more... )

Walk report

Will Self was on a vox pop a couple of years ago, and he said it was possible to walk from central London to beyond the outskirts of the city in one day. Inspired by this, and also by the TV programme with a group of obese Americans walking across America, I decided to walk from my home in the heart of central London to Hertford.

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- Still got RSI, managing to stay offline most of the time though ( Read more... )

Since developing RSI in both wrists quickly followed by shin splints, I have re-discovered going for long walks. As a teenager, living in a semi-rural area, I often used to head out on my own and tramp up and down the countryside. Living in the heart of London as I do, it is very easy to get to interesting places on foot. When I've grown tired of ( Read more... )

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night LJ peeps!

I feel good today. Still recovering from a cold though. ( Mentions food )

Good stuff:

Met up with an old friend after not seeing each other for over a year. It went well. We bonded over exercise :-)
Had pizza with vicki_t_veg. Pizza is a rare event for me nowadays. It was good to hang out ( Read more... )