tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post420652121095110295..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Disconnected jottings - early days - Covoid 19Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-9807767100165914362020-03-29T14:06:42.476+01:002020-03-29T14:06:42.476+01:00Phreerunner - Take care. Be on your guard for a po...Phreerunner - Take care. Be on your guard for a potentially angry retired gp - I think she is now living closer to your patch.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-27780630116607641392020-03-29T10:17:51.953+01:002020-03-29T10:17:51.953+01:00As a jogger in South Manchester (avoiding parks, o...As a jogger in South Manchester (avoiding parks, obviously, as it's hard to keep the two metre distance), I'm finding that the few people I encounter either reciprocate my greeting (from the other side of the road after I've veered away from them) or shout something like "I wish I could do that". <br />I've stopped using the towpath as the two metre rule is difficult to maintain, and there are bl00dy cyclists who give us joggers (and everyone else) no space!<br />I was out for 40 minutes this morning and saw two joggers, three dog walkers, two miscellaneous, and half a dozen cars. Social distancing wasn't a problem.Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-16370415456663137882020-03-27T22:19:43.966+00:002020-03-27T22:19:43.966+00:00Ruth -I sense your frustration: joggers elciting a...Ruth -I sense your frustration: joggers elciting a mild expletive from an educated, refined professional ! But worry not - better days will come. Here's a little story.<br /><br />Grande Randonnée walking in the alps back around year 2000 I met a Frenchman in the refuge and spent the evening talking in French. We had common interests and exchanged addresses and I corresponded with Sylvan for many years afterwards until I heard no more. He must have been in his eighties when I met him, but still fit and active.<br /><br />During that refuge conversation he told me he had met a party of Germans on the way to the refuge - the weather was bad and they were complaining, and I suppose thinking about his age he said "Moi - j'étais juste content d'être là" ( Me, I was just happy to be there) a thought that one has more often as one becomes older.<br /><br />Regarding the joggers I may also have been irritated but for a different reason: jealous that I am no longer able to enjoy the freedom and exhilaration of running having had two new knees - at least one has done over four thousand miles and the other around a thousand so I have to make Sylvan's wise words apply. Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-88784482138718125302020-03-27T14:26:23.228+00:002020-03-27T14:26:23.228+00:00I’m doing the gardening too. Not very good at it, ...I’m doing the gardening too. Not very good at it, so will probably kill everything that’s currently growing 😆<br /><br />About to go out for my daily walk. Finding it difficult to maintain a safe 6 foot distance in our Manchester parks. It’s not the other walkers that are a problem, but large family groups, young children on bikes, and bl00dy joggers! <br /><br />Good luck with your stair climbing and stay safe xRuth Livingstonehttp://www.coastalwalker.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-76154454233270711572020-03-26T22:29:52.276+00:002020-03-26T22:29:52.276+00:00Gayle - Two out of two so far. I'm a bit worri...Gayle - Two out of two so far. I'm a bit worried about wearing out the stair carpet though. I wasn't sure what a bite guard was so I Googled - since I am obn my own I am not sure if I snore or grind my teeth so I'm not rushing out to buy one, even if I was allowed to rush out.<br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />BC - I don't think the meeting will be by video link - most of them are not that tech savvy but I doubt that we will be meeting physically. I have set up group email and we will probably coomunicate that way.<br /><br />Perhaps you could repeat the local walks walking backwards? There seems to have been no rime limit set for one's daily walk so you could do a one miler twenty times to keep yourself in tone.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-88367119976787861362020-03-26T19:18:15.676+00:002020-03-26T19:18:15.676+00:00You may be well equipped for solo living but try n...You may be well equipped for solo living but try not to poison yourself.<br />You are more organised than me with your plans, I take it the next book club meeting will be by video conference.<br />I've slowly started with the garden but have lost the impetus for boring walks from home. I will have to come up with some theme to push me out.<br />Everyone is saying 'stay safe' but probably just as important to stay sane.bowlandclimberhttp://bowlandclimber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-65390967919300596662020-03-26T15:55:47.356+00:002020-03-26T15:55:47.356+00:00I'm going to wager on a slightly different bas...I'm going to wager on a slightly different basis on your stair repetitions and say that you will complete the activity on 19 days out of the 21 of the current lockdown period. I'm giving you one day off for forgetting and one day when you just don't feel like it, but otherwise I reckon you'll find the motivation. <br /><br />On your novel tea-egg recipe, it put me in mind of an incident described in a blog post from Denmark in June 2017:<br />"Being now well after 11, Mick wasted no time in preparing elevenses. Jam was smeared onto croissants and coffee made, but it didn't go well. Biting into my jam-laden croissant I discovered that it was stuffed with ham and cheese, and drinking my coffee I discovered that Mick had forgotten to remove the two slices of lemon which had languished in my mug from my previous two drinks. I can report that lemon coffee is a far worse taste sensation than a savoury croissant with jam."<br /><br />Then there was the incident just a couple of weeks ago when I had my bite-guard soaking in a cup of sterilising fluid next to the cup in which Mick was about to make a cup of coffee. I'm sure you can guess the result. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949399573658007074noreply@blogger.com