Category: England

I have never done the splits in my life – until this week – apparently.

To explain; I knew I had a bit of osteoarthritis in my right hip back in 2018 but nothing serious; things changed over the winter of 2020-21 and my range of motion and flexibility on the right-hand side of my body became more restricted and long-distance walking was painful, not in the hip itself but in the larger muscles such as the quads and glutes. An MRI in March confirmed that my right hip was worn out and I was referred to a consultant surgeon in May with the result that a total hip replacement was booked for 10 August.

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If it wasn’t true, it would be unbelievable that today marks one year since the first lockdown was announced. At the time I remember thinking that this pandemic would not go away in a hurry but I had no idea how long it would last or how our lives, habits and expectations would change so dramatically.

Continue reading “A life in the year of COVID”

Wimbledon is upon us and some focus has been given to the preparation of the grass courts; is it the lawn tennis court that inspires gardeners, big and small, to aim for that even, green, striped garden lawn? Continue reading “Not so nice & stripey”

The year draws to a close and I am wondering what I learnt from my travels and subsequent return home; what I can carry forward into the New Year that’s an improvement on the usual tawdry promises? Continue reading “Happy New Year”