Ex-RN and Army Schoolie. 45 Cdo Gp Schoolie/Watchkeeper Falklands 82. 800m/1500m athletics coach. Photography. Old churches.
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Paignton @PoppyLegion Victoria Street this morning. It was very busy. One of the volunteers on the stand was a National Serviceman, called up in 1959. He joined the Royal Hampshire Regt. His medals are unofficial (non-Gov issue) Nat Svc medals. @Tigga594
๐คฃ They'd have no problem keeping up with me. @poetwithpace @cavemichael77
Eddie Bairstow retweeted
M&S have wiped the floor with John Lewis in the Christmas advert wars this year.
John Lewis might as well take the decorations down and go home.
This isnโt just a Christmas advert. This is an M&S Christmas advert. ๐
8 Oct Flu jab
9 Oct aching muscles, chills, headache.
Got worse. Painful to walk. Lack of sleep
Stopped jogging. Fewer exercises
2 Nov bit better
4 Nov Doc. Checked temp/pulse/listened to chest Given naproxen. 500m v slow jog
6 Nov mile walk/jog 14.30. That'll do
Ok so far๐ค
I was reminded of my photo of "gate to nowhere" on a walk around Clennon Valley Lakes, Paignton, Devon. That lead me to this Talking Heads song...
youtube.com/watch?v=LQiOA7euโฆ
Vet 45 800m runner. Recovery run this morning.
Target: 5km at 5 min km pace.
Strava stats:
Distance 5000m
Time 25.00
Pace 5 min km.
Ha!
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@poetwithpace @LydiardsWay
1956 book on USSR in YMCA charity shop, Palace Avenue, Paignton. Not for me. I left it there. No price on it. I imagine it would be very cheap. @militaryhistori @DrHelenFry @hoyer_kat @AliceB01973554
Detective Mind !
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes, was not above telling self- deprecating tales.
In one situation, he was waiting at a taxi stand outside the railway station in Paris.
When a taxi pulled up, he placed his suitcase in the car and took a seat next to it."Where can I take you, Mr. Doyle?" asked the taxi driver.
Doyle was flabbergasted.
He asked the driver whether he knew him by sight.
"No, sir, I have never seen you before.
"The puzzled Doyle asked him how he knew he was Conan Doyle.
"This morning's paper had a story about you being on vacation in Marseilles. This is the taxi-stand where people who return from Marseilles always come to. Your skin color tells me you have been on vacation. The ink-spot on your right index finger suggests to me that you're a writer. Your clothing is very English, and not French. And so, I deduced that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"Doyle remarked, "This is truly amazing. You are a real-life counterpart to my fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes."
"There is one other thing," the driver said.
"What is that?"
"Your name is on the front of your suitcase."
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Worth spending a few minutes watching this and smiling. ๐ @JaneFranklin99 @militaryhistori @Tigga594 @BrotherPlukker
I've never met an athlete who didn't make excuses after a race: too windy, got blocked 1st lap, the dog ate my trg plan.๐Reflects how much they care & want to do their best. In @RoyalNavy we used to say if sailors stop dripping/moaning then start to worry. Similar.
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Very sad. ๐ซ @JennyMeadows800 @SteveVernon29
Olympic runner Mageean dies aged 34 bbc.in/47Ou9Ld
Went to the @poppylegion stand in Paignton this morning. At one point three of us @RoyalNavy veterans were standing together, chatting: a Scribe, a Club-Swinger & a Schoolie. Walking home, I realised it sounded like the beginning of a bad joke. ๐ @Tigga594 @JaneFranklin99
Falklands War 1982. 15 @RoyalNavy cooks were killed in action. There were also 3 @RoyalMarines cooks killed in action with @45CdoGp. The threat to life was everywhere. Remembering. ๐ซก @FalklandsinUK @JaneFranklin99 @Tigga594 @militaryhistori @I_W_M
