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1000 MILES IN 2024: 1st Running Total
Thursday the eighth of February,
and eleven point seven miles I’ve walked,
a running total in defiance
of the enemy within,
of voices in my head who’d rather
I sit quiet, with nose to screen,
consuming crap made just for me,
algorhythmically designed
to rob me of humanity,
of poetry in my walking’s rhythm,
a miracle that’s in full flow,
performed by those who gave...
Thursday 8th February 2024 10:41 am
Walking Back To Happiness on Friday 26th May 2023 (KISS and TOFFEE)
Desperate to get out and exercise
My increasingly bloated physiology,
I follow advice that I’ve learned from life,
Two magic formulae, KISS and TOFFEE,
My first is: Keep It Simple Stupid!
Then: Time on Feet,-without the t!-well spent, I hope.
And I follow the wisdom undiluted,
Contained in the words of Alexander Pope:
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread!
So on Frid...
Sunday 28th May 2023 12:20 pm
Walking Back to Happiness
Last week I managed to walk six miles or so.
This Tuesday I walked three miles along the canal.
My God it was warm and how thirsty I was at the end!
I went straight to the pub for a pint, to rest and reflect.
One hour and fifteen minutes to walk three and a bit miles.
And here at the bar, by my side was a man in a wheelchair.
He had had both legs amputated below the knee.
This...
Friday 26th May 2023 1:00 am
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