about JohnH
Sorted, fit. Current activities are photography, hiking, motorbiking, trail biking, music, geology/geoscience, dinner-at-home, travel and more.
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Bad weather around Madeira cancelled my flight to Funchal today. I’d been looking forward to enjoying a post-flight relaxation run amongst the sub-tropical gardens at the Lido there. Instead, a morning still at Heathrow Terminal 5 sorting out the refunds.
Hammersmith Bridge
Barnes Bridge
“No pain - no grain”: run to the Parish Bakery in Barnes to bag fresh bread for the weekend. Muddy trackies because I took a roll in the mud avoiding a pure-bred dog out for walkies with crusty owner. Anyhow my loaf was well-raised and proved delicious for breakfast. No serious pain from running 6.3 km though I did loaf around for the rest of the morning.
Le pain quotidien (meaning daily bread) is the name of a French chain of boulangeries.
- Go for it
- Running Latrigg - Lake District National Park
- Sports walk
- Runner at home
- The freedom of the cross-country runner - Lake District National Park
Christmas decorations at Gémenos near Marseille
Wishing a Merry Christmas 2023 and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2024 to all my Friends and Followers
Christmas and the end of another year and time to look forward to 2024. 2023 has been a mixed year, there were some real high points but I’ve had a fight keeping my garden in Keswick sensibly trim. And I had to fight to keep my toy after a car reversed in to me on the bike near Mont Blanc. But a lot of other fun in between.
Sincere thanks to everyone who has followed, critiqued and commented on what I post online.
Merry Christmas!
Here are half a dozen highlights from 2023
- Snow hike in Keswick
- Aiguille du Midi (3842 m.) - Mont Blanc
- Route de la Bonette (2802 m.): cols du Restfond (2680 m.) & Bonette (2715 m.)
- Logan Botanic Garden - Rhins of Galloway
- Farleigh damson - Keswick
- Marseilleveyre - Parc National des Calanques
- Les Oules du Diable (Devil’s Cauldron) - Valgaudémar
Lounge-wear and a black Corsa, is this the future? Whatever happened to “Live to ride - ride to live”, #rideallyear and #allyearbiker ? Or even “If you want to get about, get a bike”. Is this where it all leads when motorbiking is no longer practicable? Will it be a Corsa or a Harley? Or just a Senior Railcard and Freedom Bus Pass?
Photo with this week’s hired Corsa, the 1199cc go-faster version.
First fruit on Terry’s banana grove in Preston Park, Brighton. The tree’s less than ten years old and this summer is the first time we have seen fruit.
