I had an eye test today, the first for years. I should have had one some time ago, really, but these things are so easy to procrastinate. I've got one fairly short sighted eye and one slightly long-sighted eye, with some astigmatism to boot. My brain has always managed to adapt to this, but in recent years has become rather worse at this. My ( Read more... )

Due to my ongoing back issues, some busy months and the fact that the weather has been very fond of raining on my days off, I've not done a proper walk with Scenery since early May. When I have gone out, I've stuck to the cycle path and sea front so I could pop home for lunch - and therefore save my back from having to carry a rucksack - before ( Read more... )

Pellinor expressed the intention of "popping out" to IKEA at lunchtime. I have today off work, but had to reluctantly decide to cancel my planned walk, since the back problem that made me cancel Walk the Wight in May has been recurring over the last few weeks - nowhere near as bad as in May, but I have a very strong need to ensure that it gets no ( Read more... )

Very fed up today. I've had to miss Walk the Wight for the last 4 years, due to being away in various places, but was able to sign up this year. It's tomorrow, and I REALLY want to do it. But I've hurt my back. I don't know how I've hurt my back. If I knew, it would be less annoying. I've probably damaged a muscle somehow, but the pain came on ( Read more... )

We spent most of Sunday at an intensive Morris dancing workshop: many hours of virtually non-stop dancing, much of it involving jumping and leaping. By the end, my muscles felt like limp spaghetti, and my left calf in particularly was particularly painful and shaky. Sunday was also one of our scheduled running days ( Read more... )

Our boiler broke on Tuesday. Again. It's only two months since it last failed, and it failed several times last winter, too. In the past, we've always managed to get it fixed the following morning, although for a while now, the nice (and prompt) British Gas men who have saved us have shaken their heads and sucked in a disapproving breath, saying ( Read more... )

I have no voice. For the most part, I sound like one of Peter Jackson's elves, talking in whispers all the time, except that every now and then, something happens and I suddenly sound like Gollum or an orc for a few words, before I return to being an elf again ( Read more... )

Still very tired. I thought I was mostly better, so walked into Newport yesterday, but it left me so near-paralysed by tiredness that I had to fight hard not to burst into tears in the M&S menswear department. But tea and a spot of people-watching from the Sainsbury's cafe - positioned above the shop's entrance so you can watch all the comings and ( Read more... )

We spent last week adventuring in the far reaches of space (or the not-so-far reaches of space, since Space is Big.) This was the continuation of the campaign we started two years ago, which culminated in a super-powerful Ancienty chap telling us that All The Things were at risk unless we joined him in his fight against The Destroyer. We decided ( Read more... )

Grump! It's been weeks and weeks since I did any sort of walk at all, and I miss it! I had a series of busy weekends in August, and then was couch-bound for a couple of weeks due to damaging my feet by standing on them too much at Summerfest. They're almost better now - my big toes are mostly just numb now, although they occasionally panic and tell ( Read more... )