Daily Blog - 2024

  Sunday 31 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast – just a grey day   Today’s Plan Summary Do my C25K-W09-R03 with the 8am crew at the NISV. Go to Junction 28 for Easter Sunday Lunch.   Wake-up call and routine I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth. I did an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee The log I did my C25K-W09-R03 with the 8am crew at the NISV. Go to Junction 28 for Easter Sunday Lunch. I collected my new massage gun. I tried it out. Now my muscles are sore.   What’s Next   Tomorrow I shall do a Body Conditioning session at Bannatyne’s. At lunch time I am going to Rhiwderin to look after Emmie & Evie. I could h...

  Saturday 30 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast is grim – but nice in the morning   Today’s Plan Summary Post a sympathy card for Kay. Buy Emmie an easter Egg. Do some trip documentation.   Wake-up call and routine I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth. I did an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee The log I posted a card and bought a couple of Easter Eggs. I did a lot of work on my Porto Santo preparation documentation. I also completed some forms for Medway Law vis Docusign.   What’s Next   Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. I am going for a meal at Junction 28. I need to do C25K- W09-R03 first. I have plenty of jobs to do tha...

  Friday 29 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast is grim – but nice in the morning   Today’s Plan Summary Do Bradley’s circuit session. Do some trip documentation.   Wake-up call and routine I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth. I did an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee The log I did Bradley’s session. I tided up my Lake District Trip documentation. I have started to tidy up Porto Santo docs too. I did C25K-W09-R02 in the morning before the poor weather arrived. I ordered a Ring Indoor camera and disposed of MaisieCam.   What’s Next   I will work on trip documentation. I will prepare for discussions with Medway Law. I may do s...

  Thursday 28 March 2024 IMPORTANT Kay sent a Whatsapp message, her Mum has passed away yesterday.   Weather The weather forecast is grim   Today’s Plan Summary Do Cara’s session. Meet David Smith get the house deeds. Tidy up my Lake District Trip documentation. Cancel Richard Jenkins.   Wake-up call and routine I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth. I did an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee The log Do Cara’s session. Meet David Smith get the house deeds. Tidy up my Lake District Trip documentation. Cancel Richard Jenkins.   What’s Next   I will do a Bannatyne session in the morning (Claire has broken her foot). I will buy an ext...

  Wednesday 27 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast is slightly better than Toruń.   Today’s Plan Summary Buy Cyndi Lauper tickets from Ticketmaster presale at 10:00am. CYNERGY Savings account part two (Post ID) also, at the PO - forward a letter on to 83, Gibbs Road. Book a dental appointment. Consider cancelling Richard Jenkins.   Wake-up call and routine I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth. I did an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee The log I bought Cyndi Lauper tickets from Ticketmaster presale at 10:00am. I booked a hotel in (The Sydney Hotel, Chelsea) for one night. I noted that I have a ticket for Einstürzende Neubauten but no ac...

  Tuesday 26 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast is slightly better than Toruń.   Today’s Plan Summary I shall do some exercises. I shall go to bootcamp. I will have a Sainsbury delivery. I will do C25K-W09-R01. I will get a massage from Daniela. I shall watch Wales v Poland. Wake-up call and routine I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth. I did an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee The log I did some exercises. I went to bootcamp. I had a Sainsbury delivery and placed an order for the next one on Wednesday 3 rd April. I did C25K-W09-R01. I got a massage from Daniela and booked the next one. I watched Wales v Poland. I did the first stage of ope...

  Monday 25 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast is light cloud, some light rain dryer later.   Today’s Plan Summary Today I will head for home. Travel to the airport. It is a 15-minute journey from the Holiday Inn to the airport, which comprises a 5-minute walk and a 10-minute bus ride. I shall leave the hotel room at 08:00 to give myself plenty of time. I will get the plane then get the National Exprees coach to arrive in Newport at 13:00. I shall get a taxi home.   Wake-up call I woke up early so I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth At my desk, plug laptop and Beltron into two faces of a UK multi-socket. Charge the iPhone and laptop and also, when I shower, plug my smartwatch into the Beltron to charge that. I did an appropria...

  Sunday 24 March 2024 Weather The weather forecast is light cloud, some light rain dryer later.   Wake-up call I woke up early but I had had nearly 7 hours of restful sleep. So, I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed for a short lie-down. I then got up and did a few exercises plus other morning chores such as check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth At my desk, plug laptop and Beltron into two faces of a UK multi-socket. Charge the iPhone and laptop and also, when I shower, plug my smartwatch into the Beltron to charge that. Do an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee Do some puzzles. The weather forecast is light cloud, some light rain dryer later.   I left for Bydgoszcz before 11:00 I wheeled my case to Plac Św. Katarzyny and got a tram to Plac Rapackiego and a 27 to Dworzec Główny (Torun) front ...

  Saturday 23 March 2024 The weather forecast was light rain. Wake-up call I woke up early but I had had 5 hours plus sleep. So, I had some tea and coffee and then went back to bed a dozed some more. I was woken by my alarm at 06:30. So, in between the early wake up and the second wake-up I did a few chores, like check my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. As usual, I made some tea and coffee and I brushed my teeth At my desk, plug laptop and Beltron into two faces of a UK multi-socket. Charge the iPhone and laptop and also, when I shower, plug my smartwatch into the Beltron to charge that. Do an appropriate mix of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises. Have some more tea and coffee Do some puzzles. It is parkrun day plus the marathon and the 1500 metres finals. I went to the parkrun and did C25K-W08-R03. C25K - (Week 08 - Run 03). On the Torun parkrun course. The plan: 5-minute’s brisk walk, 28 minutes run and a cool down. After the 28 m...

  Friday 22 March 2024 The weather forecast – Cloudy, maybe some light rain or drizzle. I checked my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. Sleep wasn’t too bad but I did wake up once at around 03:30. I made some tea and coffee and brushed my teeth.   At my desk, I plugged my laptop and Beltron into two faces of a UK multi-socket. I was charging the iPhone and laptop and also, when I showered, I plugged my smartwatch into the Beltron to charge that. I do not have to rush this morning so I did a bit of Claire’s and Chris’s exercises. I sold my Fidelity ISA holdings this morning since the FTSE gained a fair bit yesterday and was hovering around 7900 mark this morning. I should receive £17,957.85 from this sale. I answered Kay’s iMessage and Denise Cuer’s Messenger message. I went to the stadium to watch the 1500s and the 200s. I had a chat to Chris Palmer and Ceridwen Howells, then with Barrie & Katie. I came back to the hotel mid-Afternoon. I will have my u...

  Thursday 21 March 2024 The weather forecast was for light rain. I checked my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. Sleep wasn’t too bad but I did wake up once at around 03:30. I made some tea and coffee and brushed my teeth.   At my desk, I plugged my laptop and Beltron into two faces of a UK multi-socket. I was charging the iPhone and laptop and also, when I showered, I plugged my smartwatch into the Beltron to charge that. I didn’t do a great deal of Claire’s, Cara’s and Angela Copson’s warm up exercises because I was going to the stadium early. In fact, I got to the stadium in time to watch Juliet’s 200 metres heat. Juliet was again not at her best. I sat with Ceridwen Howells while her husband Chris Palmer ran in the 200 metres heats. He qualified for the semi-final which was great news. I eventually headed back to my hotel. I walked rather than use public transport. It’s about 5 minutes difference. I went out in the light rain and did my C25K – W08 – R02...

  Wednesday 20 March 2024 Two things that I have learned. (1)             36% cream is thicker than double cream so it is not great for coffee. (2) The bus ticket machine which stamps the tickets has an arrow which is illuminated when the machine is working. Sometimes it is not lit. It must be something to do with the internet connection dropping out if the machine is not working.   The weather forecast is for sunny intervals and light winds. It will again be chilly in the morning but it will be a nice afternoon. The 800 metres is on tomorrow afternoon the first race at 12:06 features Bruce Hendrie (M75). Peter Mountain is in the M65 race at 12:38.   I checked my sleep, body battery and e-mails on my iPhone. Sleep wasn’t too bad but I did wake up once at around 02:30. Make some tea and brush my teeth At my desk, plug laptop and Beltron into two faces of a UK multi-socket. Charge the iPhone and laptop and...

Tuesday 19 March 2024 It was going to be a cold morning. I wore my denims and a green V neck polo with my GBR old style track suit top and big red coat on top of that. I also wore a Hi-Viz Beanie hat and gloves. I briefly saw Archie & Lynn today, they were officiating. The men’s over-80s cross country race started at 08:30. As per my plan I left the hotel at 07:30. I went to Aleja Solidarności and got a tram to Kraszewskiego. From there I walked straight to the cross-country course. I found a good place to watch on the far side of the course from the start and was able to cheer on our runners. Barry, Ken, and Michael won a team gold. Michael also got individual silver. Ros got a bronze and Betty got gold. At 09 30 Race 2 featured Stuart Thorpe, Ron Cattle, Alan Appleby and Andrew Murray, At 10:20 Race 3 featured Wendy Doxey plus some fast Brits. including Claire Elms (W60 Gold) and Susan McDonald (W55 Silver). I went across to the arena to see the W55 60 metres heats includi...

  Monday 18 March 2024 Weather   I had a fairly good night’s sleep. My plan for today was to plan ahead for the cross-country day tomorrow. Also, my click and collect Garmin cable arrived at the Decathlon store so I added that to my to do list. I had a hotel breakfast this morning (75.00 PLN). It was very nice but it went straight through me and I had the squitters until it had all gone down the toilet. So, after that, I went and fetched my Garmin Charging cable from Decathlon. I tested the cable with my powerbank to make sure it was the right one, it was! I pretty much knew my way this time so I did the round trip out from Plac Św. Katarzyny by tram number 6 and back to the old town by bus within the 60 minutes 3.80 PLN ticket allowance. I bought some Kefir, coffee and cream from Biedronka and a mug from a souvenir shop. All payments were contactless.   At about 3pm the cleaners came so I went for a wander around the town. When I got back, I went down for my di...

  Sunday 17 March 2024 Weather Much colder today and the occasional fleeting icy shower too. I had a good night’s sleep. My plan for today was to walk to the stadium (via the square where they might be selling hot food), and watch the racing. The weather forecast suggested it would be chilly and drizzly. I wore my GBR old style track suit top with my red coat over that. I took my Beanie hat at gloves too. I will keep track of my activities on iPhone Strava app as I can’t charge my phone. As I left, I decided to get the tram from Plac Św. Katarzyny to the arena. There were some stalls in the square but no hot food, except for little fried potato pancakes. I got the number 6 tram which took me to the new “Bema” tram stop and I walked from there to the arena. At the stadium I had lunch of Pizza Slice and Tomato soup 43.PLN. Later I had coffee (10 PLN cash).   On the way back I got the number 5 tram from Kraszewskiego to Plac Św. Katarzyny. In between I met Wendy & S...

  Weather I have checked the Toruń weather forecast. I will need my big coat!   I had finished packing by about 21:30. I didn’t sleep at all really. I set multiple alarms and then rested on my bed. My backpack when fully loaded could fail the Ryanair size test so I put some of my not particularly valuable valuables into my suitcase. They were cables and electricals mostly but also spare reading glasses etc. Immediate note that I forgot to pack my smart watch charging cable.   I got my Veezu taxi at 02:20 with no problem. Consequently, I was at the Kingsway bus stops half an hour early. There were more bus passengers around than drunks. The National Express coach was on time. It was a comfortable journey with a big video screen so we could watch our journey. We got to Bristol airport 10 minutes ahead of schedule. The Ryanair automatic bag drop machines were not accepting my 07:10 flight bags at 03:55 but the desk check in was open and I used that. Security was re...

Weather Drizzle, drying later. Plan   Pilates with Claire. Window Cleaner, Distinction Gardens, Repeat Prescription, Ryanair Flight check-in, Carvery offer at the Toby Carvery, Meter Readings.   Sleep and Symptoms Status   Last night I slept until my alarm. Well, I woke up once (briefly) and went back to sleep again.   I am aiming for an intermittent fasting window (e.g. 11:30 – 19:30) but I won’t be able to implement that until I am off my meds. I’m still burping (a bit) but I feel a lot better. In Poland I might be able to go OMAD (ish) by having one early afternoon meal at the hotel.   Positives   I’m back at Bannatyne’s and it is going well.   Couch to 5K progress – This is week 7 – I have run three left to do.   Daily Entry (to be completed at end of day)   One minute job:                Ten-minute job:    ...