Week 2  distance walk. 2.5 hours – 5 miles.

Week 2  distance walk. 2.5 hours – 5 miles.

“The real test for any choice is having to make the same choice again, knowing full well what it might cost.” The Oracle,  The Matrix Revolutions 15th Jan The walk this week was one that I had done before a number of years ago, so I knew what I was...
Sleep/Walking

Sleep/Walking

“What is the reason? Soon the ‘why’ and the ‘reason’ are gone and all that matters is the feeling. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it; but is of course a lie. Beneath our posed appearance we are completely out of control.”...
Week 1 distance walk. 2.5 hours – 5.5 miles.

Week 1 distance walk. 2.5 hours – 5.5 miles.

“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 8th Jan The program I am following has been developed by the British Heart Foundation,* I have a reasonable level of fitness and stamina (not...
Pattern recognition

Pattern recognition

“Sleep, those little slices of death; how I loathe them.” –  Edgar Allen Poe. 10 Jan – Days to go on 100 days dry: 93. Days until the Dartmoor Way: 126 One thing I have noticed, as a result of not drinking and exercising more is how much...
A beginning is a very delicate time

A beginning is a very delicate time

‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to’ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. 9th Jan – Days to go on...