So, I got monumentally bored on Boxing Day. This was the result…. Track one: “Do I wanna know?” – The Arctic Monkeys. 2013 With the crispest, cleanest opening I’ve heard in a long time, this is the first song on the Arctic Monkeys’ 2013 album, AM. I love they way they play with metre, which … Continue reading →

So this playlist deserves a little explanation. I made it for a friend of mine who was going through a particularly bad patch in regards to his negotiation of the fairer sex. In fact, he’d spent many days spitting fury about our capability for duplicity, self-deception and inconsistency, not to mention personality disorders, sexual dysfunction … Continue reading →

Today was a real struggle, and although I managed to stitch my hour of walking together from tramping across Hoxton, Gatwick and Dublin – it wasn’t a good feeling…. Continue reading →

Another run this morning – along the Regents Canal – for an hour. And then a half day on my feet facilitating a pitch-off session. It felt good to do the running! Continue reading →

A yomp, involving a suitcase and a rucksack, from Victoria to the Euston Road. After a work day that began at 04.45am. And eventually lasted until 23.00….. yikes. Got my steps done though! Continue reading →

Well now here’s a thing…. my 06.00 walk this morning turned out not to be a walk at all, but a run! I’m not sure what possessed me (and I didn’t run all of it non-stop to be honest), but there you are. I ran 5k. I made up the steps deficit with a ramble … Continue reading →

After nearly drowning in mud yesterday an amble along the canal path today. Dry underfoot, if cold. And a ninety minute walk cheered up by phone calls with two of my favourite women. Not enough exercise in the rest of the day, sadly though….. Continue reading →

A poorly dog led to a disturbed night and some truly appalling cleaning up required in the kitchen. Yuck. Remedied only by a walk in the woods which turned into a soggy mess – snow melt and golf course drainage trenches combining to create enormous seas of mud in otherwise well kept footpaths! Continue reading →

I’ve upped my steps target. And strode out early this morning for nothing more energetic than a haircut. Although I did manage to get my hour in at lunchtime, eventually. Continue reading →

A short sharp hike with suitcase and rucksack from Mayfair to Victoria today. The first daffodils and the first cherry blossom of the season. Continue reading →