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Alternative instruction on Corona era exercise.

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Edited by Sylvia Taylor, Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021, 18:29

If you have a medical reason for needing to exercise, that can be backed up by your doctor- in my case a referral to the local health trust's Active Living Team for weight loss- then you are allowed to exercise for longer, and you can drive a few minutes to a place you can walk, or ride your bike. This is on the You.Gov website.

Hoorah big grin

This has come as something as a relief; I don't 'do' indoors very well! Neither does the dog; whether it's eighteen feet of snow, a monsoon, or 100mph wind, she's up for a lark. So is her owner for that matter.

One of my bikes has recently been serviced by the amiable chap at the bike shop, I'm doing "Big Bike" myself. New tyres, and the brakes rejigging.

Folks, I'm getting out there!


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Me West Shore

Into the Wild, Blue Yonder

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Here I am at the tender age of 51 (let's be honest, don't know about "tender" but more of an old boiler at this stage...) I am embarking upon a course of study that may or may not lead to a Dip HE, and if I really get my "stuff" together, a BSc in Social Sciences.

My age may be an advantage here: I have reached an age where I am mature enough to take on this level of study. As someone once said, "Education is wasted on the young." Also with my age come life skills and experiences that I didn't have at the time I should have been going to Uni from College in my late teens. With relation to my course of study these are invaluable.

There is a lot in the module DD102 that I can relate to, because City Road in Cardiff- being a microcosm of society in the 21st Century- has a lot in common with the street where I live, where life played out on City Road is mimicked in miniature here on Heath Street.

A microcosm of a microcosm?

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