Ninety minutes of walking with the dog today – in the thaw and fielding team calls on the way. It’s efficient in the sense that it makes it possible for me to actually get out and make my walking commitment during the working day – but trying to combine managing the dog, talking in the … Continue reading →

There is a theme emerging about the general suckiness of Mondays. Whether it’s because my Monday walk is usually a 06.00 teeth-gritted challenge (so as to not distract from the tsunami of email that arrives over the weekend), or because Monday in general is a bit awful I’m not sure. When I move to a … Continue reading →

More snow! Though it’s wet and not sticking thank goodness. A longish but slower walk today around the woods. Time to chat with my Mum who came with me having been stranded at my house for a week. Continue reading →

A hearty breakfast, and an hour’s walk from Victoria to Kings Cross carrying about three stone of luggage. No need to zip my coat up – I was glowing after the first 10 yards! So that’s my walk commitment done, but not my steps…. Continue reading →

A day that started with a meeting with colleagues in Singapore, over a telepresence connection, where they were all in shirtsleeves and I was wrapped up in multiple layers of thermal underwear! But I smashed my steps target with 18,200 clicked up walking from Victoria to Hoxton to see Desiree Burch at Hoxton Hall doing … Continue reading →

A day that managed to involve battling both the Beast from the East and Storm Emma simultaneously! That saw my journey from Yorkshire to London take 8 hours instead of the usual 3, and that ended up with my plans to walk for the hour required from Kings Cross to Victoria wrecked by only having … Continue reading →