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Continue reading →: Friday night
It started reasonably well, a couple of pints at the rugby, a fast-moving physical contest between evenly matched sides and then my son came to get me from the Grandstand seat and told me that my better half was in A&E after she’d had some blurred vision in one eye.…
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Continue reading →: Physio shocker
My third physio session corrected my mistaken belief that I only had 3 exercises to be carried out once a day. It was supposed to be 3 sets, 3 times a day for 3 days. It’s now 6 different exercises (5 lots of 10 seconds and 1 harder exercise for…
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Continue reading →: Barbershop
My hair had gone feral. It was time for a crop. The waiting area had plenty of reading material. It came as a bit of a surprise to find out that Boy George was representing San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest and that Stormzy was bankrolling a film about…
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Continue reading →: Cottage pie or is it Shepherds pie?
The difference is whether you use beef or lamb. Obviously, lamb denotes shepherd’s pie. I have used the BBC ‘s Good Food app for the recipe. There’s a fair bit of preparation and cooking on the hob before putting the dish in the oven for 25-30 minutes. My ingredients were…
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Continue reading →: A garden coming together
The plan to level the sloping back garden seemed a bit ambitious a few weeks ago. But now, there is a plot filled with grit topped with soil. My better half has sown native wildflower seeds and has planted flowers and grasses. The old path was removed, and the left-hand…
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Continue reading →: Zip it
Luggage can be frustrating if you are struggling to zip it up, either because you’ve tried to cram too much in or you’ve one of those zips that catches on the loose stitching around it. My backpack has served me well for a while now, but through brute force I…
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Continue reading →: Strange exercises
I have just had my second physio session for my damaged left calf muscle. There has been a huge improvement in my muscle strength, having done the recommended reps of standing on tiptoe with my left foot and bending my right knee. Shari did an initial assessment of my progress…
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Continue reading →: Domenico Modugno Italian singer
Francesco, the effusive owner of La Bottega (the best Italian restaurant in Belfast, and one of the most authentically Italian restaurants in Ireland) recommended this singer to me and told me to pay attention to the Italian lyrics of this song ‘Meraviglioso’…my Italian is not up to much, but thats…
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Continue reading →: Unforseen consequences
I overdid the fast walking from the pub to the rugby ground to get there by kick off. A few days later, my left calf muscle was quite sore. It wasn’t getting any better so I booked an appointment with a physio. It turned out that the cause of my…
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