Category: Life

  • Turn and about.

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    Work has sorted itself out in no time. I’ve done two weeks without being cancelled and the hours are plenty long enough. I was running up to Aspatria, top of the Lake District, doing an awkward trailer swap then running back to Crewe, trailer swap, back to Irlam. Now Aspatria have set aside a really…

  • ‘Phone!

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    You know the running battle I’ve been having with ‘phone and it’s dying on me? It has been instructive in many things. I’ve upgraded the O.S., ironed out a glitch with my Gmail, and worked out how to ‘sideload’ Adblocker again. The latter not being as impressive as it sounds. Apparently to sideload is just…

  • Be very, very careful what you whinge about.

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    Two weeks ago I was whining because it was all work and trying to get a little sleep and that was all. Then last week I went in on the Thursday, as they were sacking all the full timers, and should have been cancelled but accidentally screwed some lad out of his shift. Friday I…

  • Bolton Hill Marathon.

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    Holy crap, that was tough! Think of a tough thing, then times it by several orders of sadism and you are in the ball park. First off it was goddamn freezing. Apparently the wind chill had it at –3C. I thought it was colder. The wind was howling a gale on the hill tops, the…

  • Bloody big run!

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    That’s it. My blog for this week. Worked, did big run. Note to self; must try harder!   Last weekend I did bugger all. I was so knackered (and lazy) that I just loafed around and then it was Monday again. Bah. A few days ago I started feeling chesty. It felt hard work to…