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Cat camping
My tabby and white friend is an outdoor adventurer, so I fear him being stuck outside of an evening. Winters in the UK have been pretty mild in the last few years but cold snaps remain likely. I’m therefore putting together my solution: a super cosy outdoor den! It will be equipped with an igloo…
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Is it the end of days or is it just me?
Even the most sickeningly optimistic people would struggle to argue that 2020 has been a vintage year. At the end of 2019 I was happy to declare “good riddance” to a crappy decade (see Brexit, Tory rule, “austerity,” Trump etc). It never occurred to me that 2020 would be so bad that the previous “lost…
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Supporting the high street
On Tuesday (22nd October 2020) I managed to steal a couple of hours in Gloucester Quay. It’s a unique place with a novel juxtaposition of socio-economic eras and architecture. The shopping mall isn’t huge but it does have several outlets that are well worth a little detour. If you catch the place on a nice…
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Life without bars
I’ve been so busy lately that I failed to post about how I no longer live behind bars! It was not easy by any stretch of the imagination but I finally got the safety rail removed from the exterior of the living room patio doors (see below). My living room is located on the middle…
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Diet reflections #5
I haven’t written a “diet reflections” post since July, which speaks volumes about how my focus has drifted since then. In the last week I have started to re-focus upon weight loss intentions, although my instincts led me in the wrong direction at first. My first thought – a kneejerk reaction – was to do…
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Showing a little love
Yet another beautiful day today so I took the opportunity to get outdoors and clean my road bikes. 🙂🚲 My BMC was serviced yesterday too so she’s been well and truly pampered in the last few days.
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Another day another new artwork
My taste in art isn’t for everybody and I’m fine with that – I like what I like and cannot entirely explain why. I rarely have guests (by choice) so I do not have to concern myself with other people’s opinions. I focus entirely on what captivates me and what works in a given space.…
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Last blast of summer
This weekend delivered a warm wave (perhaps better than a heat wave for cycling purposes) so I pulled out the newly repaired Thundergoat and hit the roads. I still managed to self-sabotage, forgetting to strap up my knee. It definitely slowed me down became reluctant to attack, especially on the hills. Nonetheless, an enjoyable ride…
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Cobra Kai
What’s the best film ever made? Actually it’s a stupid question because there are no objective criteria for assessment. It’s a value judgement that boils down to taste, which cannot be arbitrated for in any unprejudiced way. Nonetheless, if we’re going to indulge a silly question anyway I think “The Karate Kid” is a candidate.…
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“Get on your bike”
Where does the time go?! A few things happen and the next thing I know I haven’t been on a bike ride for 4 or 5 weeks. I didn’t plan this ride, I just woke up to a nice day and thought “get on your bike.” I wasn’t fast, I wasn’t feeling good (a painful…
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Dr Martin James 