On rowing at midnight

I have a rowing machine. I bought it on a whim when I bought my aquarium. Not necessarily an obvious connection but they were both second hand and being sold by the same family. And I’d already borrowed the van. It’s not especially good quality. It’s not, according to my brother who actually rows, a […]

On yoga as an unusual form of torture

One I wrote a long time ago (mid summer, sometime) and never got round to sending.. *** Until recently I’ve always been a bit, I don’t know, snotty about yoga. I first heard about it 15 years or so ago when it was propagated as ‘not a good thing’ by the church youth group. I […]

On Boxing Day bowling with the boys

…or the second day of Christmas for anyone who doesn’t know what boxing day is… Once upon a time, about 20 years ago,  DB and a crowd of friends decided to go [10-pin] bowling on the 26th of December. Since then it’s become a tradition. This year was the first time I went with them. […]

On raking up old leaves

Usually people turn over new leaves, especially at the beginning of the year. I’ve decided to rake up a few of my older ‘new leaves’, the ones which have fallen by the wayside over the course of the year. Hopefully some of them will stick this time round and I’ll have a headstart on next […]