Heavy workshop involved air bike, cross trainer, swiss ball ,G5 & treadmill but steered away from the rowing machine.
Allotment to pick daffs before home to do some work.

Karin working in the morning. Lottie and Dan both in the Music centre concert, so afternoon and evening spent at Assembly Rooms, with a coffee break at Quad.

Another lovely day, starting with breakfast in the garden.  A Super Moon this evening, at its closest to the earth since 1992.

A lovely sunny day.  Shiatsu planned for one so decided to miss out on the Heavy Workshop as still feeling a little tired and nipped into town instead for a coffee.  Arrived to find Shiatsu had been cancelled at the last minute so headed home to sit in the garden with Peggy a bit.  Resisted the temptation to head out, although it looked like a perfect afternoon for the grit.  Evening trip out to Alport Heights to view the moon, Dan to make a brew on his new stove and launching of a sky lantern.

Morning in the office then home for a short nap before getting more work done.  Evening playing Tomb Raider with Dan.

Office this morning, then home for an afternoon nap before doing some work and driving along the new road to collect Lottie from DofE training.  Evening viewing started watching The Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy :-)

Happy Birthday Dan.

After an early start to allow the unwrapping of presents morning in the office before trip to the Royal to see Dr Brain for another long chat. I suppose it was good in some respects that I wasn't feeling too great.  Outcome . . . we'll we have to see what the Gastroentrologist says next week before I go back on any medication.

Home for fish fingers, Colin the Caterpillar and a viewing of Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief, all very enjoyable.

Heavy Workshop this morning feeling a little tired and the 1235m on the rowing machine finished my session earlier than expected.  Home for a rest and a little work.

A little shopping and a rest before the coming week.

Saltburn Surf from Tim on Vimeo.

sand blasted, blasted sand

sandblast from Tim on Vimeo.

Saltburn Kite boarding from Tim on Vimeo.

flipping pancakes from Tim on Vimeo.

A beautiful day. Although I have the week off from Heavy Workshop I resisted the temptation to head out onto the grit today. Time to rest for the next few days in Saltburn. Did however nip down to the Arboretum and had a quick play on the boulder before having an ice cream. It'll be a good gauge of how strong I'm feeling as today I could only manage half the problems I'd done previously.

From Dab booklet

Impressive skills from yesterdays comp!


CWIF Winners 2011 from UKClimbing.com TV on Vimeo.

Morning pruning trees, sitting in the sun with a mug of tea and eating Eccles cakes.
Failed to watch the finals of the CWIF bouldering comp as it wouldn't stream :-(

Visit to the GP first thing to discuss stopping all my medication.  Can't see any justification at the moment so will try without, see if there is any lessening of fatigue and stomach discomfort then discuss the way forward with my consultant in a couple of weeks time.  Pointed out the ridge that has appeared in my left thumb nail and the GP went in search of his notes as he couldn't remember the name for them. A quick google suggests its Beau's lines formed two to three months ago according to the GP, so perhaps not a remnant of the stroke?

Allotment this morning in the drizzle to plant rhubarb, raspberry bushes and fruit trees.  Gooseberry bushes next.  Looking forward to fruit crumbles.  Afternoon and evening in front of the fire.

marchselect
Charles Bradley – Trouble In The Land
June Tabor – Shipbuilding
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – Dub I Love
Nicolas Jaar – I Got a
Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers
Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Culture – Two Sevens Clash
Napalm Death – The Kill
Death In Vegas – Hands Around My Throat - D.I.V.
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain't Gonna Work Out
Phyllis Dillon – Perfidia - Original
UNKLE – Burn My Shadow
Lil' Kim – Lighters Up - Explicit Album Version
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – Reggae Merengue
The Detroit Cobras – Cha Cha Twist
Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – Love Dub
The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba
The Dirtbombs – Dirtbomb Blues
Screamin' Jay Hawkins – I Hear Voices
Scritti Politti – The Word Girl (Flesh And Blood) (Edit)
Granville Williams Orchestra – Popeye

Darley Park from Tim on Vimeo.

Heavy workshop this morning Air bike, cross trainer, new G5, swiss ball exercises and 1211m on the rowing machine. Afternoon at Darley Park with Dan and Peggy.

Happy Birthday Lottie :-)
Walk on Stanton Moor then Druids for lunch before dropping her off at Rock City.

not a Gerard Street portion

Trip into work this morning for a restructure meeting, then a little shopping.  Dan to kayaking in the evening.

Half an hour trying to make an appointment to see the GP this morning, earliest appointment I can get is Saturday.  Strongly tempted to stop taking medication before then.  Visit to the allotment to deliver a cold frame, daffodils are looking good and the pond is nearly full. Picked up Lottie's laptop which has been repaired then trip to Allestree Park with Lottie, Peggy an aerobie and Dan and his grass board.

Dan has the new tent erected in his bedroom, doesn't look too bad for something so lightweight and a bargain at under half price.

air bike, swiss ball exercises, 10mins steady pace on treadmill, 1216m on rowing machine no G5 or cross trainer as someone has broken them.

Home for some Scalextric action with Dan.

Scalextric from Tim on Vimeo.

Another easy day as still feeling rough.  Took Peggy for a short walk on Darley Park, well I stood at the top of the hill and threw the aerobie.  Sunshine and showers produced some fine rainbows before I went and picked Lottie and Dan up from Kade's

Day spent mainly on the sofa while Karin, Dan and Dave erected supports for the raspberry plants down the allotment.

Feeling tired this morning so only went for a very short session at Heavy Workshop before going for Shiatsu.  Then home for some sofa time and an early night.  Lottie and Dan have broken up today for a fortnight so its doubly frustrating.  Suspect its partly due to the fact I've started taking diypridamole again which I remember caused headaches when I first began taking it.

cat wars

Not feeling on top form today but ended up with a long day in the office partly due to the fact I've got a couple of weeks off because of Lottie and Dan's half term, but I was also trying to find out about our new structure and what sort of a job I'd have, if any in April.

Feeling a little rough today, morning in the office then sent home by Karin for a nap in the afternoon.  Recovered enough to take Dan to kayaking but no pool time for me this week.

Morning in the office and home for a rest in the afternoon before doing a few more hours work from home.

Heavy workshop this morning not too bad despite feeling a little tired a few extra exercises on the G5 put on my programme to replace some of the swiss ball stuff.  1217m on the rowing machine.  Take Lottie's laptop to be mended in the afternoon and Peggy for a little walk before getting down to some work.

Trip to Aldi to buy some fruit trees for the allotment. 

A wet and miserable day! Drop Lottie off at station this morning as she has her DofE training walk.

Shiatsu this morning, too relaxed for any exercise straight after, so home for a cup of tea and sit on the sofa.  Afternoon trip to the climbing wall for a little exercise. Tired afterwards but hopefully the sort of tired I'll recover from quickly.

I've received a letter from the Trent Dysphagia Special Interest Group asking me to give a talk on Dysphagia following a stroke.  They are interested in the perspective of an 'expert patient'.  Its not until June so I've time to give it a little thought.

Another Lovely Eggs album released on spotify so time for a February selection I think.

febselection

PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
Joan As Police Woman – The Magic
Little Comets – Isles
Mogwai – Letters To The Metro
Akron/Family – So It Goes
Aurelio – Lubara Wanwa
The Lovely Eggs – Why Don't You Like Me?
The Lovely Eggs – Alphabet Song
Skream – Listenin' To The Records On My Wall
Letherette – Eye to Eye
Gold Panda – You
Magnetic Man ft Angela Hunte – I Need Air
Tricky – Murder Weapon
Deadmau5 – Sofi Needs A Ladder
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Agnes Obel – Just So
The Burns Unit – Trouble
Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars
School Of Seven Bells – I L U
The Crookes – Yes, Yes, We Are Magicians
Half Man Half Biscuit – Totnes Bickering Fair
Banco De Gaia – Last Train To Lhasa - Live at Glastonbury

Morning in the office then home for a nap as feeling wiped out.  Recovered enough to do the evening music centre run.

A pretty much full day at work today plus a walk over to a meeting at Stores Road.  Feeling tired in the evening, as is Dan so plans for us both to go kayaking are shelved.

Not feeling as good as last week but morning in the office then afternoon working from home. Out voted this evening by Lottie and Dan who want to watch Vampires Suck, hmmmm

Trip to see my doctor this morning to get the results of the ultrasound.  No problem with my stomach but apparently the ultrasound showed five small lesions in my liver, nothing to worry about according to the GP but now they've found them they'll need to do another test or two just to be on the safe side.  The GP has seen similar things in folk who have been overseas for a while so he suggested it could be the result of damaged caused in 1991 when I was in Nepal, or an Hepatic Hemangioma.  Nothing to worry about and they generally go unnoticed.
Heavy Workshop consisted of exercise bike, cross trainer and swiss ball exercises and a catchup chat.  They are looking to up my programme a little so that's good news.
Dog walk around Horsley Castle this afternoon then Parent Consultation at Landau Forte before heading home to do some work.

Allotment this morning to pick up spuds from the shop and see how the ponds doing.

Trip to Newark today, quick walk round the castle before meeting up with Karin, Rachel and family at Pizza Express.  Suitably full of pizza back to Winthorpe to throw tennis balls for the dogs and chocolate based puddings.  Then back home in time to watch the end of Napoleon Dynamite before catching up on The Killing.

A little work then heavy workshop 5 mins cross trainer, 5 mins air bike, swiss ball dumbbell fly, swiss ball dumbbell chest press, swiss ball dumbbell pull over,  swiss ball rotator cuff, swiss ball dips, 5 mins rowing machine (another metre 1266m) and then a steady 10 mins on the treadmill. Short dog walk in the afternoon and 10 mins on the finger board - beginning to notice some improvement here, managed to hang the poor slopers for the first time in a year only 6 seconds but its a start.  Airplane and Run Fat Boy Run evening viewing with Lottie and Dan, as Karin is over in Newark.

Back from work after 3pm then bed moving.  Dismantling, moving, re erecting Lottie's bunk bed in Dan's Room then constructing Lottie's new day bed.  Opted out of a trip to the wall as I was in need of chips and a sofa.

Work, then an evening watching folk paddling in various boats at Queens Street Baths, will perhaps have to have a go myself next week.

Walked into work this morning as it was such a lovely day and the road is closed.  Work from home in the afternoon and planning on an early night.

Despite feeling a little tired yesterday heavy workshop went well 5 mins cross trainer, 5 mins air bike, swiss ball dumbbell fly, swiss ball dumbbell chest press, swiss ball dumbbell pull over,  swiss ball rotator cuff, swiss ball dips, 5 mins rowing machine (a little bit further today 1265m) and progress on the BTE. Then home for 10 mins on the finger board and a lie down.  Working from home in the afternoon after taking Peggy for a walk/swim at Allestree Park to remove all the clay from her paws after yesterdays pond digging.  Land of the multiplying dog bins . . . . . dont ask!

Trip with Dan to track down a pond liner then a visit to the allotment where we got stuck in with the clay and got the liner in place, just need a little rain now to fill it up.

A really wet miserable day, and just Dan's luck he's on a training walk for DofE with school.  I nipped upto Starkholmes to meet my brother and do some measuring up but got nowhere near as wet as Dan who was out in the wind and rain all day, all good character building stuff!

Heavy workshop went well 5 mins cross trainer, 5 mins air bike, swiss ball dumbbell fly, swiss ball dumbbell chest press, swiss ball dumbbell pull over, 5 mins rowing machine (1256m new PB?), swiss ball rotator cuff, 10 mins treadmill, swiss ball dips, swiss ball kneeling roll outs. Then home for 10 mins on the finger board.

Morning in the office and an evening at Wirksworth Wall, nice to meet up with a few folk.

Another day in the office, not feeling too bad.  A little work in the evening so I can take it easy tomorrow afternoon, hopefully I'll be on for a little climbing in the evening.

Full day in the office and feeling tired