A Forrest Gump moment?

Mindful that my regular readers might be concerned (or maybe overjoyed!) that I have had a Forrest Gump moment and suddenly forsaken running for some other activity (leaving this blog high and dry), I hasten to report that I’ve merely been continuing to suffer from a bad back.

With luck (and some help from Hanne [...]

Iceland circumnavigation from 1977

In 1977 my brother Nigel and his friend Geoff Hunter circumnavigated Iceland in a pair of kayaks that Nigel had designed and build specifically for the purpose.

You can now read the story at https://sites.google.com/site/icelandbykayak1977/

Five at seven

When I was staggering down the stairs at six o’clock this morning with stiff legs from Sunday and a painful back, the idea of going for a run seemed a little silly.

However, I had arranged to meet the Bok for a slow run (HA, there’s two words that rarely appear in such close proximity!) so I [...]

Abilene amble

After a fun-packed day of sculpting and Scouting yesterday, the alarm this morning was an unwelcome intrusion… especially as it was still dark.  I even fell asleep again on a chair in the space between putting the coffee-pot on and it boiling! But it was all for a good cause as I was meeting Mark at 8am [...]

Back to Skelton Workshops

Having sported a painful back for about a week, I couldn’t face a repeat run with Mark and Mach 2 yesterday, so I opted instead for a relaxing day in the garden… wasn’t it a beaut?!

Relaxing day in the garden is an oxymoron for me, of course.  I cleared out the tea-house ahead of [...]